Ira L. Herriff
Ira L. Herriff, furniture dealer, Kent, was born in Rootstown, November 19, 1846, son of Samuel and Lydia (Hartlerhode) Herriff. His paternal grandfather was John Herriff, a native of Pennsylvania and among the early settlers of Rootstown. His maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Hartlerhode, who with seven children—Lawrence, John, Samuel, Christian, Kate, Mary and Ludia—settled in Rootstown in an early day. She afterward married Samuel Hartle, of Rootstown. Samuel Herriff, the father of our subject, is a farmer and resident of Rootstown. His children were six in number: Ira L., Ezra, Everett, Cecelia (deceased), Emma (deceased) and John (deceased). The subject of this sketch was reared on his father's farm and educated in the common schools, When twenty-one years of age he located in Kent and embarked in the manufacture of brick, in which he was engaged for seven years. In 1881 he entered the furniture business with L. C. Reed, which partnership is existing at present. He was married December 1, 1869, to Belle E., daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Ward) Caris, of Rootstown, by whom he has one child—Amy I. Mr, Herriff enlisted in 1865 in Company H, One Hundred and Eiglity-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He is an active member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R. In politics he is a Democrat.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885