Kent, Marvin
merchant, manufacturer, banker, railroad president, legislator, was born Sept. 21, 1816, in Ravenna, Ohio. He was educated chiefly at Tallmadge and Claridon academies, and received a thorough business training in the store of his father, Zenas Kent, foremost merchant of northern Ohio. He subsequently entered co-partnership with his father. Upon the death of his father a in 1865 he became president of the Kent's National bank, which position he still fills. In 1875 he was elected state senator, and declined a renomination. The town of Franklin Mills was changed to Kent in honor of its chief promoter.