ELLSWORTH GREGG STALEY has earned a favorable reputation at the Ohio bar during more than fifteen years of practice, first at Tiffin, his old home town, and in recent years at Akron, where he became a member of the law firm of Staley & Trunko with offices in the Peoples Bank Building.

Mr. Staley was born on a farm near Tiffin, in Seneca County, August 3, 1883. His father, Clayton J. Staley, a native of Frederick, Maryland, came to Ohio when a young man, devoted his active life to farming and finally came to Tiffin, where he died in 1915. His wife was Alice Loose, who was born in Pennsylvania, and died in 1918.

Oldest of three children, Ellsworth Gregg Staley was educated in the Tiffin High Schools and in Ohio Northern University. He was prominent in athletics, and played on the football team that gave Ohio Northern its most enviable reputation for that branch of sport. He received his law degree in 1907, was admitted to the bar, and began practice at Tiffin in the same year. He handled the general routine of law business and for one term served as city solicitor. In 1922, on removing to Akron, he was associated for one year with the firm, Burch, Bacon & Denlinger, and since then has been head of the firm, Staley & Trunko, handling a general practice.

Mr. Staley has been active in democratic politics. During the World war he participated in all the patriotic programs at Tiffin, being one of the four-minute speakers. His fraternal affiliations include the Eagles and Elks.

He married at Tiffin in July, 1907, Miss Rose O'Brien, a native of Cincinnati, but reared in Tiffin. Her parents were James and Alice O'Brien. her father for many years was foreman in the moudling department of the National Machinery Company but is now living retired at Cincinnati. Mrs. Staley was active in the Catholic Church and the various social and club organizations of Tiffin. They have three children: Alice, Jane and Phyllis.


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HISTORY OF OHIO,
The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Volume IV, page 6