Edward Payson Otis

1856 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Edward Payson Otis  [1]
  Birth	27 Oct 1856	Winfield, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Wayne Twp., Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, USA   [2]
  		1860 U.S. census, Wayne, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, USA p. 404
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	His education was obtained as a student at Oberlin College and Wittenberg College, from which later he graduated in the Class of 1882. He also, during his college course, taught school, and upon graduation read law in offices at Mansfield and New Philadelphia, OH, finally taking a law course at the University of Cincinnati, where he received a degree in 1885 and was admitted to the bar in June of that year. That same year he opened an office at Akron and shortly formed a partnership with his brother, E. E. Otis, under the firm name of Otis and Otis, later known as Otis, Beery & Otis. He and his brother worked together in many things outside the law, although neither sought a political office. Between them they occupied the position of Superintendent of Trinity Lutheran Sunday School of Akron for nearly twenty-five years, in which church they are both greatly interested. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Wittenberg Lutheran College, while his wife as President of the College Club of Akron women.
  Person ID	I4726	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2008

  
  

  Father	Reisen Prichard Otis,   b. 14 Jul 1827   d. Bef Mar 1922 (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Katherine Bais   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1 Mar 1849  [3]
  Family ID	F1663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessie Louise Wolf   d. 13 Jun 1919
  Marriage	1887  [1]
  Children	1. Catherine L. Otis,   b. 1891   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2002

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Oct 1856 - Winfield, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, USA Census - 1860 - Wayne Twp., Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S398] William A. Otis, A Memoir of the Otis Family, (no publisher). [S601] Ancestry.com, 1860 U.S. census, 31 Jan 2020, p. 113. citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1043 [S398] William A. Otis, A Memoir of the Otis Family, (no publisher), p. 442.