Aultman, Cornelius
manufacturer, was born March 10, 1827. In 1851 he entered into partnership with Ephraim Ball, an ingenious inventor, in the firm of Ball, Aultman and Co., and engaged in the manufacture of the plows and stoves patented by Mr. Ball. Being a man of marked executive ability, Mr.
Aultman devoted his attention to the general affairs of the firm, while Mr. Ball continued to invent new devices, which the firm took charge of and manufactured. The Ohio mower, the World mower and reaper, the Buckeye mower, and the New American harvester were brought out successively, and were manufactured in enormous quantities. After 1872 the style was changed to C. Aultman and Co. Having accumulated more means than could be employed to advantage in his own business, Mr. Aultman invested his surplus resources in various industrial concerns, including the Wrought Iron Bridge company, the Mansfield Mower and Reaper works, and Aultman, Miller and Co., of Akron, Ohio. He died Dec. 25, 1884, in Canton, Ohio.