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BIOGRAPHIES
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Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio
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ALBERT W. SADDORIS,
fisherman, of Point Locust, is a native of Carroll
township, Ottawa county, born at Point Locust, Jan.5,
1856.
His parents, Elias and Eliza Melissa (Root) Saddoris,
were both natives of Ohio, the former born in Holmes
county, July 25, 1827, and the latter in Huron county,
on Dec. 14, 1835. In their family were five
children, namely: James W., born Feb.2, 1854, is
a prominent farmer of Carroll township; Albert W.
is the net in order of birth; Mary E., is the
next in order of birth; Mary E., born Sept. 6,
1860, is the wife of James Floral, who resides in
Port Clinton; Theodore E., born in November,
1862, died in infancy; Eunice, born Feb. 13,
1864, died Feb. 9, 1867.
The father of our subject for many years was a
prominent agriculturist of Carroll township, both he and
his wife being early settlers of Ottawa county. In
1864 he was drafted for service in the war of the
Rebellion, and was attached to Company H, Fifty-fifth O.
V. I. At Savannah, Ga., he died from illness
contracted while defending his country, and his remains
were interred in that city. He had many friends in
Ottawa county, where he was both widely and favorably
known.
In the district schools of Carroll township, Albert
W. Saddoris acquired his education, and since
attaining the age of fifteen years has engaged in
fishing and sailing on the lakes, so that almost his
entire life has been spent upon the water. He
stands high in the community in which he lives, winning
the confidence and respect of all with whom he comes in
contact. He uses his right of franchise in support
of the Republican party, but cares little for the honors
or emoluments of public office.
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JAMES W. SADDORIS, a
well-known, highly-respected and progressive
agriculturistof Carroll township, Ottawa county, is a
native of the same, having been born Feb. 2, 1854.
Elias and Melissa E. (Root) Saddoris, parents of
five children, a brief record of whom is a follows:
James W. is the eldest; Albert W. was born
Jan. 6, 1856, and still lives in Carroll township;
Mary E, born Sept. 6, 1859, is now the wife of
James W. Floro, and living at Port Clinton, Ohio;
Theodore E., born Nov. 5, 1861, died Mar. 21, 1863;
and Eunice A., born Feb. 13, 1864, died Feb. 2,
1867. The father of this family died Feb. 28,
1865, at Savannah, Ga., while in the service of the
United States army. George Saddoris,
grandfather of our subject was born in Germany Jan. 22,
1778, and Sarah W., his wife, was born, Oct. 6,
1786. While yet a boy he came to Ohio with his
parents and died July 2, 1848, his wife, Sarah W.,
having preceded him to the grave Feb. 27, 1840.
Our subject received his education in the district
schools of the neighborhood of his home. His
entire life has been spent in his native township, and
since an early age he has been engaged in the honorable
occupation of farming. When he was but thirteen
years of age he became a farm hand in the employ of
Dan and Ozila Davenport (first cousins to the
Saddoris family), and remained with them about seven
years, or until his marriage. He says they were
very kind to him, as much as if they had been father and
mother to him. Mr. Saddoris is now owner of
the farm formerly owned by E. P. Ryan. He
is a man of sterling integrity, and, though never
aspiring to office, takes an active interest in all
matters pertaining to the welfare of his township and
county. In Carroll township, Dec. 28, 1873,
he married Miss Mary Rudiforth, a daughter of
Michael and Alice (Hornby) Rudiforth, the former of
whom was born Nov. 27,1823, in Holmes, Yorkshire,
England, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Smith)
Rudiforth.
Michael Rudiforth was married Jul. 5, 1850, at
Skipsea, Yorkshire, to Miss Alice Hornby, who was
born in Barmston, same county, in June, 1831. In
1858 Michael Rudiforth emigrated with his family
to the United States and located at Avon, Lorain Co.,
Ohio. To him and his wife were born twelve
children as follows: Elizabeth, born Oct.
11, 1852, married to John Wilder, and now
living in Clinton, Missouri; Robert, born Sept.
9, 1854, his present place of residence not known;
Mary (wife of our subject) and Ann Whipple
(twins), born July 30, 1856, both residents of Ottawa
Co., Ohio; Selena, born Aug. 21, 158, married to
Charles Beinard, of Lodi, Ohio; Eliza,
born Sept. 4, 1860; Alert Victory and Alice
Victoria (twins), born July 29, 1862, the latter
being now the wife of Charles Eglier; Jessie,
born Oct. 28, 1864, married to Steven Brisbin; Frank,
born Oct. 8, 1869; Jennie Lind, born Feb. 12,
1872, married John Nixon; and Herbert Lincoln,
born Dec. 10, 1874. On Nov. 19, 1861, Michael
Rudiforth enlisted in the U. S. army; was discharged
from service July 13, 1865, and on the 25th of the same
month he settled in Ottawa county.
To James W. and Mary (Rudiforth) Saddoris were
born seven children, their names and dates of birth,
etc., being as follows: Alice M., Feb. 8,
1875, now the wife of Solomon King of Allen
township, Ottawa Co., Ohio; Ada M. born Aug. 20,
1876; Eva L., Aug. 20, 1878; Clarence E.,
Feb. 26, 1882, died Dec. 14, 1893; Robert W.,
Nov. 19, 1888; Mary, Mar. 18, 1892, died Mar. 4,
1894; and Elias B., June 13, 1884, died Nov. 13,
1893. Socially, Mr. Saddoris is a prominent
member of hte Knights of Honor. Knights of the
Maccabees, and Sons of Veterans. Politically, he
is a straight out-and-out Republican, always giving his
support to that party, while in religious belief he and
his family are identified with the United Brethren
Church.
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WILLIAM JOHN SAUERWEIN
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ANDREW SCHIELE
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ANDREW SCHIELE, JR.
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LOUIS SCHIELE
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AUGUST SCHMIDT
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ALEXANDER SCRYMGER
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GEORGE
L. SEELEY, one of the leading, influential and
representative men of Oak Harbor, Ottawa county, and
cashier of the Oak Harbor State Bank, is a native of
Ohio, born May 2, 1853, in Lorain county.
Morton C. Seeley, father of our subject, was of
New England birth, coming at an early day to Lorain
county, Ohio, where for many years he was engaged in
agricultural pursuits and real-estate business until his
declining years he retired into private life. He
was a progressive and honored citizen, and filled many
county offices, with honor to himself and satisfaction
to the community he represented. He married
Sophia Onstein, also a native of New England, and
they had one son, George L., the only child born
to them.
The subject proper of this sketch received his
elementary education at the public schools of his native
county, which was supplemented with a course of study at
Oberlin College, and, after graduating therefrom, he was
employed in drug business for about three years, then in
a banking business at Amherst and Chicago until 1887.
In October of that year he removed to Oak Harbor, and
assisted in the organization of the oak Harbor State
Bank, since which time he has continuously filled the
position of cashier, with recognized ability and
judgment. In 1884 he was married, in Medina
county, Ohio, to Miss Luetta M. Spitzer, daughter
of Garret and Mary Spitzer, the former of whom
died January 3, 1891, aged seventy-three years; the
latter at the present time an honored and respected
resident of Medina. To this union were born on
July 10, 1885, twin sons named respectively Morton C.
and Clifton M. Mrs. Seeley in
her native town attended the Congregational Church, but
in Oak Harbor she worships in the Methodist Church.
In his political views Mr. Seeley is a stanch
Republican.
Garret and Mary
Spitzer, parents of George L. Seeley, had
born to them a family of eight children, all of whom are
yet living, a brief record of them being as follows:
Alice is the wife of Aaron Loomis, a prominent
merchant of Wyoming, Iowa; Amherst T. is
president of the Medina Savings and Deposit Bank, with
residence at Medina, Ohio; Eva is the wife of
W. C. Lyon, editor of the Newark (Ohio) American,
and ex-lieutenant governor of the State of Ohio, his
home being in Newark; Aaron E., is a prominent
clothing merchant of Vinton, Iowa; Fancelia is
the wife of Dr. David N. Loose, a well-known
physician of Maquoketa, Iowa; Adelbrt L. is a
banker and prominent citizen of Toledo, Ohio;
Luetta M., is the wife of George L. Seeley,
the subject proper of this sketch; Bessie is the
wife of Dr. Hudson D. Bishop, a popular and
leading physician of Cleveland, Ohio.
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CARSTEN H. SETHMAN
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HENRY SETHMAN
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HENRY P. SHAENFIELD
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WILLIAM SHERBROOK
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EMMA SIEGRIST
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JOHN SIEGRIST
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CAPT. WILLIAM J. SLACKFORD
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MRS. W. J. SLACKFORD
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JOSEPH
SLIGER, one of the representative self-made
farmer citizens of Benton township, Ottawa county, is a
native of Pennsylvania, born March 28, 1848, son of
Henry and Anna (Hardman) Sliger.
Henry Sliger was born in March, 1818, in Bedford
county, Penn., where he was reared to manhood, and on
Sept. 18, 1842, there married Anna Hardman, a
native of the same State, born Nov. 22, 1823. To
their union were born eleven children, six of whom are
living, Joseph Sliger being the only one in Ohio.
They came to Ohio in 1852, settling in Richland county,
where Mr. Sliger cleared up a farm and made a
comfortable home for his family, living there until
about 1868, when he sold out and removed to Sandusky
county. Here he cleared another farm and became
owner of a nice property, which he lost by signing
papers to assist his friends in business. Here his
wife died, and shortly afterward he went to Michigan,
where he passed away April 7, 1886. Mr. Joseph
Sliger's maternal grandfather, Jacob Hardman
was born about 1790 in Pennsylvania, and came thence
with a team to Richland county, Ohio, where he died in
1860; his wife, who was born about 1790, died in 1856.
Joseph Sliger was a mere child when his parents
came to Richland county, Ohio, where he lived until
eighteen years of age, obtaining his education in the
district schools. At the age of twenty-three he
was married Sept. 14, 1871, to Miss Jenette Smith,
of Sandusky county, Ohio, and they settled in Sandusky
county, where they remained for six years. They
then came to Section 11, Benton township, Ottawa county,
where they bought forty acres of mill land, not a foot
of which was cleared. There was not road to their
new home, and they cut a road through the timber some
distance to get onto their land, on which they built a
frame house by addition to shelter them, and at once
began clearing away the timber that they might raise
something for their sustenance. On going over the
farm now one would not realize the work that has been
accomplished by him and his faithful wife in the
developing of that part of the township; the land is all
cleared, not only of timber, but also of stumps, is well
fenced, and equipped with comfortable buildings, and the
well-kept condition of the place and all the
surroundings gives evidence of the neatness and taste of
the owners. In connection with general agriculture
he is also engaged in bee culture, having at various
times nearly forty swarms, from which he has sold 100
gallons of honey in a season, and for seven seasons he
has also operated a threshing outfit, in which business
he has made a reasonably fair success. In addition
to his own home business he has done much contracting in
the line of getting out timber for different parties.
Mr. and Mrs. Sliger have always been busy,
striving to make home pleasant for themselves and their
children, and their efforts have results in a very
cheerful and happy home.
Mrs. Jeanette (Smith) Sliger was born May 7,
1851, in Sandusky county, Ohio, where she lived until
1877, acquiring at the public schools as complete as
education as the times would afford. Her mother
dying when she was quite young, her help was needed in
the home, and this somewhat curtailed her advantages for
an education, for which she had a great desire.
Her elder sister, Calesta, was a teacher and away
from home much of the time, thus leaving a great deal
for Mrs. Sliger to do; but this early experience
has of course added much to her success in managing her
own home, and she has been of great assistance to her
husband in securing the home. To Mr. and Mrs.
Sliger have been born four children: Newton,
Aug. 31, 1872; Anna, June 18, 1874; Edwin,
Aug. 14, 1885, and May, May 8, 1890, of whom
Edwin died when only two months old. The
others are living with their parents on the farm, and
have been very faithful in helping them in various ways.
Special mention should here be made of Newton and
Anna; they have improved every opportunity to
secure an education, having adopted the profession of
teaching. In addition to their country schooling,
Newton attended the high school at Rocky Ridge
for a time, and Anna the high school at Oak
Harbor, leaving when in her senior year to accept a
position as a teacher, when occupation she has followed
for three years, and is now among the most promising
teachers in Ottawa county. Newton taught
one term, and was obliged to discontinue the work on
account of his health. They are truly ambitious,
self-made young people, and, if health permits, they
will no doubt make creditable records for themselves.
DANIEL
SMITH, father of Mrs. Sliger, was
born in Pennsylvania July 11, 1814, and Dec. 6, 1834,
was married to Miss Jeanette Holcomb, who was
born June 30, 1815. To them were born seven
children, four of whom are living - two sons and two
daughters. Daniel Smith was one of the
first justices of Sandusky county, an office he held for
thirty-three years. The grandfather, Daniel
Smith, Sr., was born about 1777, and in his family
were thirteen children. They were among the
pioneers of Sandusky county, coming to this region when
it was a forest out of which they cleared up a farm and
made for themselves a comfortable home. [To the
above sketch Mr. Sliger adds in the early part of
November, 1895: "We are packing our household goods
preparatory to starting for Los Angeles, Cal., where we
intend making our future home." - Editor
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HUGH SMITH, an old and
highly respected resident of Danbury township, Ottawa
county, is a native of the Emerald Isle, born in County
Monaghan, about the year 1825. His parents,
James and Alice (Burns) Smith, were also born in the
same county, and passed away in their native land.
The subject of this review received a limited education
in the schools of Ireland, and from his early youth has
been engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1847 he
left his native land, going to Scotland, and for about
seven years resided in Glasgow and Busby. He
worked at farming and in a print factory until, deciding
to try his fortune in America, he took passage, June 17,
1854, on a sailing vessel, which reached Quebec, Canada,
in August of the same year, after a voyage of two
months. From there he at once proceeded to Ohio,
locating in Marblehead, Danbury township, Ottawa county,
where he worked in the plaster quarries for about a
year. The succeeding three years were spent in the
same line of business at Catawba Island and Plasterbed.
About 1861 he removed to Kelley's Island, Sandusky
county, where he also worked in the quarries some three
years. In 1861 he purchased his present farm near
Lakeside, making it his home continuously since, and for
some time past he has devoted his time and energy to
fruit growing on an extensive scale.
Mr. Smith was married in Sandusky City, in
February, 1855, to Alice Boylan, a daughter of
James and Nancy (Matthews) Boylan, who were natives
of County Cavan, Ireland, and are both now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith became the parents of ten
children. (1) Mary, the eldest, born Sept.
23, 1855, became the wife of Robert McKinney, a
native of Rochester, N. Y., who died Oct. 12, 1889,
leaving three children - Alice, Isabel, and
Jeanette; Mrs. McKinney was married Nov. 6, 1894, to
Francis Thomson, and they now reside at Lakeside.
(2) Hughie died in infancy. (3) Alice,
born Mar. 8, 1859, married James Connolly, and
passed away Nov. 27, 1893, leaving a husband and two
children - Alice and Mary - to mourn the
loss of a faithful wife and loving mother. (4)
James, born Jan. 12, 1861, resides near Marblehead,
Ohio; he married Miss Annie McMahon, a native of
Ireland, and they have a family of six children, namely:
Mary, James W., Isabel, Walter, John and Alice
Margaret. (5) Hugh, born July 12, 1863, died
Dec. 12, 1894. (6) John B., born Aug. 5,
1865, is a resident of Lakeside; he was married Nov. 29,
1888, to Miss Bridget Rowan, a native of Ireland,
and they have three children, named respectively-
Henry M. and Elizabeth (twins), born May 15,
1889, and William P., born May 15, 1892.
(7) Henry, born Sept. 6, 1867, and (8) Lillian,
born Dec. 23, 1869, are at home. (9) Catherine,
born Jan. 27, 1872, is the wife of George Connolly,
a resident of Port Clinton, Ohio, and had two children -
George G. and Clarence C., the former born
Oct. 7, 1893, died Dec. 26, 1894, the latter born Feb.
10, 1895. (10 William T., born Oct. 6,
1870, died Mar. 19, 1889. The mother of this
family was called to her final rest in 1892, and her
death was widely and deeply mourned.
In his political views Mr. Smith is independent,
voting for the man rather than the party, and he and his
family are consistent members of the Roman Catholic
Church. Though well advanced in years he is still
hale and hearty, and retains considerable of the vigor
of his youth, attending daily to his fine fruit orchard.
He has led a busy life, and his success is the reward of
his own labors. Genial and social in disposition,
he is highly esteemed as a friend and neighbor.
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JOHN SMITH - See William John Sauerwein
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JOHN SMITH is
one of the worthy citizens that the Emerald Isle has
furnished to Ottawa county. He was born in County
Monaghan, in 1832, and is a son of
PATRICK and
Alice Smith, who, emigrating to America, landed in
New York on June 27, 1850. In November of the same
year they removed to Ohio, locating in Marble Head,
where they spent about a year, and then took up their
residence about two miles west in Danbury township,
Ottawa county, where the father was engaged in
agricultural pursuits for many years. He passed
away in April, 1878, preceded to the grave by his wife,
who died about 1866.
The subject of this sketch acquired a common-school
education in his native land, and also attended school
at Marble Head. His first independent effort in life was
work in a quarry at Marble Head and on Kelley's Island,
and in this way, through industry and economy, he
purchased his present farm with the money obtained at
his previous labor. Since his settlement here he
has carried on agricultural pursuits, and is now
extensively engaged in fruit growing, raising fine
varieties of all kinds of fruits adapted to this
climate. He successfully manages his business
interests, and his enterprise and perseverance have
brought him a handsome competence which he well
deserves.
Mr. Smith was married in Sandusky City,
Nov. 27, 1857, to Miss Ann Rielly, a daughter of
Edward and Alice (Burns) Rielly, both of whom
were natives of Ireland. The father died in the
land of his nativity, and the mother, who is still
surviving at the age of eighty-three years, makes her
home with her brother Patrick, in Danbury
township, Ottawa county. Mrs. Smith
was born July 20, 1835, in County Monaghan, Ireland.
The union of our subject and wife has been blessed with
eight children —Mary E., born July 18, 1858, who
is the wife of George Julian, a resident of
Fremont, Ohio; Edward, born Feb. 2, 1860, who
makes his home in Lakeside, Ohio; Thomas, born
Apr. 25, 1862, who is living in North Dakota; John
C., born July 6, 1864, who died Feb. 18, 1892;
Alice J., born Jan. 12, 1867, who is the wife of
George Bope, a resident of North Dakota;
Francis H., born July 6, 1869, who is located in
North Dakota; Hugh P., born Aug. 16, 1872, who
lives at home; and Rose A., born July 10, 1877.
Mr. Smith affiliates with the Democratic
party, and has several times filled the office of
township trustee, discharging his duties in a creditable
and acceptable manner. He is a progressive and
loyal citizen, actively interested in whatever pertains
to the welfare of the community, and is an honored
resident of Danbury township, one who justly merits the
high regard in which he is held.
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PATRICK SMITH
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PROF. W. V. SMITH.
This well-known gentleman, who for a time was
superintendent of the public schools of Port Clinton,
Ottawa county, was born in Wyandot county, Ohio, Mr. 20,
1863. He is the son of W. F. and Elizabeth
(Stevens) Smith, both natives of Ohio, the former
born in Richland county, of German parentage, and the
latter in Fairfield. Mrs. Smith's parents
came from the East, the father from New England, the
mother from Virginia. The maternal grandmother
before her marriage was Miss Sarah Morgan, and
was descended from good old Revolutionary stock, Gen.
Morgan, who was famous during that war, being her
uncle. W. F. Smith has always followed
agricultural pursuits. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The subject of this sketch attended the country schools
in boyhood days, and later, in 1887, graduated at Ada
(Ohio) Normal University. Previous to this he
taught in country schools, but after that he was
employed in graded schools. He taught at Rawson,
Hancock county, for two years, and was for three years
superintendent of schools at Caledonia. For one
year he was at Genoa, and in 1893 moved to Port Clinton,
Ottawa county, where he held the position of
superintendent. Mr. Smith has a
high-school life certificate, which was granted him by
the State Board of Examiners in 1890. In 1894 he
was employed to take charge of the Lakeside Summer
School of Methods, Science, Language and Literature,
which is held during July and a part of August at
Lakeside, on Lake Erie, not far from Toledo. It is
an ideal summer resort, the village containing a
population of about two thousand inhabitants, and having
all the advantages of city life, such as electric
lights, water-works, stores of all kinds, etc., with an
abundance of beautiful lawns and shade trees. It
is within sight of Kelley's Island and Put in Bay, and
e.xcursion parties to these historic places are
numerous. The school was established for teachers
and students who may wish to carry on their work during
a part of their vacation, and the best of teachers,
lectures, music and amusements are provided. Rest,
recreation and study are combined, and the life-giving
lake breezes tone up the system so that the tired
workers go back to their toil in the school-room
refreshed both mentally and physically. Prof.
Smith was most successful as manager of this
delightful school, he being acknowledged as one of the
most advanced educational workers in Ohio, and a man of
great executive ability. The Professor is now (December,
1895) manager of the ''Central Magazine," Cleveland,
Ohio.
Our subject was married, in Wyandot county, Ohio, to
Miss Dora Staller, who was a teacher in that county.
In politics he is a Democrat, and in religious faith he
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Socially
he affiliates with the I. O. O. F.
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WASHINGTON D. SMITH,
who was one of the brave defenders of the Union in the
war of the Rebellion, is a son of James A. and Jane
(McCormick) Smith, and was born in Harris township,
Ottawa county, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1837.
James A. Smith was born in Virginia, June 5,
1806, and his wife, whose maiden name was Jane
McCormick, was born in Canada in 1811. They
had nine children - five sons and four daughters - four
of whom are now living. The father of James A.
Smith was John B. Smith. Mrs. James
A. Smith's father was born in Ireland.
Washington D. Smith remained at home until he
was nineteen years of age, then went to Indiana, where
for two years he worked on the Wabash and Erie canal,
and also on a farm. He then returned to Ohio, and
learned the stone and brick mason's trade, which he had
just completed at the outbreak of the Rebellion.
On Apr. 27, 1861, Mr. Smith responded to
President Lincoln's call for seventy-five thousand
men for three months enlisting in company I,
Twenty-first O. V. I. He served his time and
immediately re-enlisted in the same company for three
years or during the war. In 1863, under the bounty
plan, he again re-enlisted, receiving the four hundred
dollars bounty for three years or during the war.
Mr. Smith was in some of the hardest battles of
the Rebellion, among which may be mentioned those of
Stone River, Chickamauga, and Atlanta. He was also
with Sherman on his famous march to the sea.
After the battle of Chickamauga he was taken prisoner
Oct. 2, 1863, was held only four days and then allowed
to return to his regiment. Mr. Smith
regards as one of the most interesting scenes he ever
witnessed the battle of Missionary Ridge, which he
viewed from a distance of three miles. He was in
the grand review at Washington at the close of the war,
then returned to Ohio, has since given his attention to
his trade and to farming, and for the last twenty-three
years has lived in Benton township.
Politically Mr. Smith is an ardent
supporter of his party's ideas. He is a member of
the G. A. R., of the I. O. O. F., and of the P. of H.
On July 25, 1870, he was united in marriage with Miss
Sarah Davenport, of Carroll township, Ottawa Co.,
Ohio, and they have had four children, as follows:
James Edson, born June 27, 1871, died Mar.
11, 1880; Emma, born Oct. 10, 1872; Lula,
born Nov. 5, 1875; and Mary Elizabeth,
born Sept. 6, 1886. Mrs. W. D. Smith's
father was born in 1807 in Ohio; her mother was born in
1809. They had nine children—four sons and five
daughters— five of whom are still living. Miss
Emma Smith, the eldest daughter of W. D.
Smith, was born in Harris township, Ottawa county,
where she lived until three years of age, when her
parents moved to Benton township. As did also her
young sisters, she acquired a liberal literary education
in the public schools of Graytown. She has been
away from home the greater part of the time since
sixteen years of age, and is at present, and has been
for the past four years, engaged in Decatur; at the time
of this writing she was at home visiting her parents.
Lula Smith, the second daughter of the
subject of these lines, was born Nov. 5, 1875, in Benton
township, where she has since lived. She was
educated in the public schools of Graytown, in Benton
township, and completed her course of studies in 1894,
under the supervision of Principal A. L. Ferris.
In October, 1894, Miss Lula began her work as a
teacher in one of the public schools
of Carroll township, Ottawa county, where she has very
successfully taught her first year. Her ambition
is to pursue her studies further as soon as possible,
and to make of herself a professional teacher.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J.
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ANDREW SNIDER.
This pioneer farmer, and veteran of the Civil war of
1861-65, was born in the Empire state, Sept. 16, 1830,
and is a son of Andrew and Margaret (Londestine)
Snider, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania.
While a mere boy, Andrew was put to work making
spools for his father and mother, who were weavers by
trade and operated three looms. The little lad was
kept almost constantly busy, and consequently his
opportunities for gaining an education were very
limited. When he was still quite young his parents
removed to Ohio and settled in Medina county, where his
father farmed and also followed his trade of a weaver,
at which our subject assisted until he was twenty-one
years old.
On attaining his majority our subject left home and
obtained work in the hoop yards, in said county,
remaining in that occupation for three years. He
then returned home and removed with his father's family
to Clay township, Ottawa county, where his father, in
1857, bought eighty acres of land. This was in the
Midst of the woods, with no improvements, andno road or
schoolhouse within a mile of that place. Here the
young man worked, in company with his brother, without
pay or profit to himself until the land was cleared, and
a log cabin and other necessary structures built.
He then returned to Medina county and learned the trade
of a carpenter and joiner, afterward coming back to Clay
township, where he found plenty of employment in this
line. Many of the houses he then built are still
standing. Mr. Snyder continued working at
his trade until the breaking out of the Civil war, in
1861, when he went to Elmore and enlisted in Company I,
Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers, in which regiment he
served for over three years, under the command of
Gen. James Nichols. He took part in the battle
of Stone River, after which he was put, with others of
his company, to building bridges. While at this
work he was so unfortunate as to severely injure his
leg, and the surgeon ordered his discharge at Nashville,
Tenn., much to the sorrow of our subject, as he felt
that his country still needed his services. After
his discharge Mr. Snider returned home and
resumed his work as a carpenter for two years, at the
end of which time he was obliged to discontinue it, on
account of his injured limb. He was married at
Genoa, and removed to Michigan, locating at Palmer,
where he did farm work for seven years, and afterward
was similiarly employed at Hastings, that State,
for two years. At this time he returned to Palmer,
at the request of his former employer, with whom he
worked for another three years, when he came back to
Ohio, and settled down on the old homestead, where he
has remained ever since, with the exception of five
months spent in the Soldiers' Home, at Dayton.
The wife of our subject, to whom he was married Feb. 1,
1865, was, in her maidenhood, Elizabeth
Bufenton, and was born in Elmore, this State, May
16, 1846. Her father, George Bufenton,
married Mary Rose, and they were the
parents of ten children. The father died in 1885,
the mother in May, 1895. Elizabeth was married in
1860, at Woodville, Sandusky county, to Samuel
Kemp, and to them one child was born, Mar. 30, 1861,
who died in January, 1892, leaving a family of three
children. Mr. Kemp died from disease
contracted in camp in 1861, and in 1862 Mrs.
Kemp married Elisha Harrington, of Michigan,
who was killed in the battle of the Wilderness.
One child was born to this marriage, Rosie, wife
of Martin Croley, of Toledo. In
1865, the widow became the wife of Mr. Snider, as
has been stated. The union of our subject and his
wife has been blessed with four children, as follows:
Manda E., born Mar. 20, 1866, in Michigan, is the
wife of Eli Edenburger, a a farmer of Wood
county (they have four children); Martha, born
Feb. 13, 1868, married Ernest Stoyker, of
Genoa, and has four children; Andrew B., a
farmer, born Mar. 12, 1870, married Minnie,
daughter of Walter Downing, a farmer of Clay
township; Abigail, born May 2, 1872, is the wife
of Augustus Farr, an engineer at Coleman,
Michigan.
Mr. Snider is a good Republican and a member of
Gen. Elliott Wyman Post, G. A. R. He and his wife
are devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and, while not possessed of a great amount of this
world's goods, are contented and happy in the
consciousness of well-spent lives, and looking forward
to a brighter hereafter.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J.
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PHILLIP R. SNIDER, a
retired farmer, and one of the pioneer settlers and
highly-esteemed citizens of Erie township, Ottawa
county, was born in Warren county, New Jersey, Mar. 5,
1821, and is a son of Henry and Margaret (Redding)
Snider. They were also natives of that State,
the father coming of German, and the mother of English,
ancestry. In 1835, they migrated westward to
Ottawa county, Ohio, when it was still in a wild state.
They were honored residents of the community from that
time until called to their final rest, the father dying
in 1839, the mother in August, 1885. They were the
parents of six children, only two of whom are now
living: Henry, a resident of Lucas county,
Ohio; and Philip R.
The subject proper of this
sketch, Philip R. Snider, acquired his elementary
education in the district schools of his native State,
and in the spring of 1835 came with his parents to
Ottawa county, where for sixty years he has continuously
made his home. He was reared in the usual manner
of farmer lads, and throughout his active business life
has devoted his time and energies to agricultural
pursuits. His industry, perseverance and good
management have brought to him a comfortable competence,
and now in his declining years he is resting in the
enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil. He has
been twice married; first time on Nov. 7, 1844, in Erie
township to Octalana Webster, by whom he had nine
children, a brief record of whom is as follows:
(1) James H., born Sept. 21, 1846, married June
24, 1866, Mary A. Minier, who was born Sept. 11,
1850, youngest daughter of John Minier, Sr., a
pioneer of Salem township, Ottawa county, and the
children of this union were as follows: James
W., born Mar. 2, 1868, died Jan. 13, 1894;
Alverdia B., born Nov. 29, 1870, married Sept. 3,
1890, to W. V. Ruff (their children were
Raymond, born June 6, 1891, and Lina A., Aug.
19, 1894); Esther N., born Apr. 15, 1871, married
William Huber Apr. 15, 1895; Adelia A.,
born July 12, 1873, married Edward Ream Nov. 1,
1893; Cornelia B., born Aug. 29, 1875; Philip
Elsworth, born Jan. 31, 1878; Josephine Mabel,
born Nov. 12, 1880, died Dec. 25, 1885; and Hiram
Hurd, born May 8, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. James
H. Snider live in Toledo, Ohio.
(2) Margaret Ann, born May 8, 1849, became the
wife of Benjamin Minier, and had children as
follows: Octa L., born July 13, 1869, was
married Nov. 12, 1892, to George Stephens;
Elva E., born Jan. 17, 1870; Stella M., born
Mar. 23, 1873, was married Oct. 12, 1893, to Edward
Hendricks; Elmer B., born Dec. 30, 1874;
Christopher C., born May 19, 1879; and Clarence
J., born Mar. 29, 1881. The mother of these
died Nov. 2, 1882.
(3) Theodore L., born July 19, 1852, resides on
the old homestead, and will presently be more fully
spoken of.
(4) Elva M., born Mar. 19, 1865, died Oct. 2,
1894, married Joseph Yeisley, of Erie township,
and had children as follows: Edith Bell, born
July 27, 1874; George Orvill, born July 10, 1878;
Ivy May, born July 19, 1883, and Ralph R.,
born July 31, 1888
(5) William Henry, born Mar. 16, 1856, wedded
Mary Harrison, and they have a family of four
children - May, Ellwood, Vernon and Stanley.
(6) Clarissa Jane,
born Feb. 2, 1858, is the wife of Ralph
Webster, of Defiance, Ohio, and has one child -
Phillip H.
(7) Abigail L., born Jan. 3, 1860, is the wife
of Albert Lewis, of Defiance, and they
have a daughter - Nina.
(8) Edmund K., born Nov. 22, 1861, married
Ozzie Pelton, and with their son, Munson,
they now reside in Toledo, Ohio.
(9) George Ellsworth, born Feb. 26, 1864,
died Oct. 16, 1886.
Mrs. Snider, the mother of the above mentioned
family, died May 18, 1869, and on Nov. 12, 1870, Mr.
Snider married Mrs. Mary Webster, widow of
James H. Webster, and a daughter of Nathaniel and
Mary Ann (Ballard) Tucker. She was born in
Pitcairn, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Sept. 11, 1824.
By her first marriage she had ten children, seven of
whom are still living, namely: Jason, born Jan.
16, 1845; Herbert T., born Oct. 14, 1847, now
living in Oakland, Cal.; Henry Howard, born July
30, 1849, residing in Brooklyn, Ohio; Ella Ann,
born Feb. 18, 1853, now the wife of William Laidler,
of Cleveland, Ohio; Ralph D., born Mar. 9, 1855,
residing in Defiance, Ohio; Israel J., born Apr.
10, 1858, living in Paulding, Ohio; and Nelson R.,
born June 25, 1862, a resident of Riverside, California.
Mr. Snider has served as county commissioner for
six years; has served as justice of the peace
twenty-nine years, and has honorably and acceptably
filled all township offices. In politics he has
been a life-long Democrat, and he and his wife are
worthy members of the United Brethren Church. His
life has been well spent, and during his residence in
Ottawa county he has won the respect of all with whom he
has come in contact.
THEODORE L. SNIDER, second son of
our subject, was born July 19, 1852, and since his
infancy has been numbered among the residents of Erie
township, Ottawa county. Its district schools
afforded him his educational privileges, and from early
life he has followed the vocation of farming.
After arriving at years of maturity, he was married in
Sandusky City, July 12, 1877, to Sarah Pickard,
who was born in Carroll township, Ottawa county, Aug.
12, 1850, daughter of George and Abi (Moore) Pickard.
Six children have been born to this marriage:
Grace, July 28, 1878; Clayton, Oct. 9, 1879;
Pearl, Mar. 18, 1881; Aehnr, Nov. 12, 1883;
George D., Sept. 7, 1887; and Hazel Jeanette,
Feb. 6, 1893. Mr. T. L. Snider is one of
the young and progressive farmers of his section of
Ottawa county, an enterprising and industrious citizen,
popular and highly esteemed by all who know him.
(Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
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RICHARD B. SONOCRANT,
a leading and representative citizen of Ottawa county,
ex-superintendent of the Ottawa County Infirmary, was
born in Lucas County, Ohio, July 27, 1845, a son of
John and Matilda (Mommoney) Sonnocrant, the former a
native of Monroe, Mich., of French an ancestry, the
latter a native of Port Clinton, Ohio, of French and
Scotch ancestry. They were highly-respected
residents of Carroll township, (Ottawa county, for
forty-three years, but in 1893 moved to Lucas county,
where they now reside. Their family consists of
six children, viz.: Peter, residing in Canada;
John N., of Toledo, Ohio; Richard B.;
Elizabeth, wife of A. G. Renner, of Locust
Point, Ohio; Jennie, wife of Gabriel
Dubrie, also of Locust Point; and Samuel E.,
a resident of Lucas county.
Our subject is one of the wide-awake, pushing men of
his day, and has filled several important positions in
life. His primary education was received in the
public schools of Carroll township, Ottawa county, his
early boyhood being spent in assisting in the care of
the farm. At the age of seventeen years he left
the parental abode, and started out in life as a sailor,
sailing on Lakes Erie and Michigan for upward of six
years, experiencing many of the hardships and dangers
incident to a sailor's life. In 1870, having left
his vessel, he engaged in the fishing industry for one
year; then purchased a farm, which he cultivated for
about seven years, after which he sold it, and in 1878
embarked in mercantile pursuits at Locust Point, Ohio,
shortly afterward opening a branch at Trowbridge, Ottawa
county. In 1883 our subject transferred the
business to Clarksfield, Huron county, but returned to
Locust Point one year later. In 1885, having
disposed of his mercantile business, and being
recognized as a man of sound judgment and excellent
business qualifications, Mr. Sonocrant was
appointed to the position he so efficiently filled for
some ten years, and in this incumbency, as in all his
business enterprises, he proved a success. On June
26, 1895, he leased the "Lake House" at Port Clinton,
which he has re-modeled and re-fitted. He is a
genial landlord, well calculated to merit and hold a
good patronage, and is enjoying a fair trade.
Mr. Sonocrant was united in marriage at
Locust Point, July 16, 1871, with Miss Hetta
Pierson, a daughter of Alfred and Mary (Lindley)
Pierson, natives of New Jersey, and for many years
prominent residents of Carroll township, Ottawa county,
the former of whom is now deceased and the latter is
still residing in that township. To this union
have come seven children, as follows: Ora M. and
Cora M. (twins), born Aug. 5, 1872, the latter
dying Oct. 6, 1876; Alfred Byron, born July 20,
1874; Elsie L., born Apr. 2, 1876; Burgert H.,
born Sept. 18, 1879, died June 15, 1884; Eber R.,
born Aug. 20, 1881; and Vida A., born Apr. 13,
1884. Politically Mr. Sonocrant uses
his right of franchise in the support of the Democratic
party. Socially he is a member of Oak Harbor Lodge No.
735, I. O. O. F., and of the K. of P.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J.
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SCOTT STAHL,
junior member of the well-known firm of Finefrock
& Stahl, attorneys at law, Port Clinton, Ottawa
county, is a native of Ohio, born at Marion, Marion
county, Dec. 23, 1866, a son of Benjamin F. and
Elizabeth (Finefrock) Stahl.
Our subject received his elementary education at the
common schools of his native place remaining there until
he had reached his fourteenth year, at which time the
family removed to a farm, where he learned the rural
lessons of industry and perseverance that are ever the
accompaniments of a successful career. At the
country school in the neighborhood of his father's farm
he continued his studies, after which he taught school
at Prospect, Ohio, preliminary to his legal studies.
He began reading law in the office of his uncle,
Judge T. P. Finefrock, of Fremont, Ohio, and was
admitted to the bar Dec. 3, 1891, after which he located
in Port Clinton, where he has built up an enviable
practice, and is held in high esteem by his colleagues.
HE is a young man of liberal views, taking a lively
interest in public affairs. A stanch Democrat in
his political predilections, he was, but ten weeks after
locating in Port Clinton, elected to the office of city
solicitor; was re-elected at the close of the term
without opposition, and is at present filling the
incumbency with eminent ability.
On Sept. 8, 1892, Mr. Stahl was united in
marriage with Miss Grace Dana, daughter of
George Dana, one of the substantial citizens
of Green Creek township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, and one
child, Kate E., has blessed their union. In
his fraternal affiliations Mr. Stahl is a member
in good standing of the Knights of Pythias.
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JOHN J. STANG
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IRA STERNS
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JACOB S. STEWART
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EDWARD STONE
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JOHN STONE,
a very prominent and progressive fruit grower of Catawba
Island, and born Mar. 5, 1821, about fourteen miles from
Simcoe, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and is a son
of John and Leah (Manuel) Stone, the former a
native of Ontario, the latter of Nova Scotia.
When our subject was a child of six years his father
removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained about six
years, and then returned to Canada. Seven years
later he took up his residence at Vermilion, Ohio.
During the greater part of his early life he was engaged
in sailing on the lakes, and he placed the first
stones of the Cleveland pier on position.
Subsequently he abandoned that pursuit and took up
agriculture, which he followed at Port Huron until
called to his final rest. His wife died in Canada
about 1870, at a very advanced age. They had a
family of six children, three of whom are yet living:
Amelia, widow of the late John McConald, a
resident of St. Williams, Ontario; John, subject
of this sketch; and George, a captain and vessel
owner, member of the firm of Bradley, Cobb & Co.
John Stone
accompanied his parents on their various removals during
his boyhood, and when yet a mere lad went with his
father on the lakes. In later years he followed
sailing, engaging in that pursuit until 1844, when he
came to Ottawa county, Ohio. For one year he lived
in Marblehead, where he worked at the carpenter's trade,
and while there residing was married Mar. 54, 1845, to
Mary E. Hanson. In the fall of that year he
revisited Canada, but in June, 1846, again came to Ohio,
locating this time at Plasterbed, where he worked as a
ship carpenter for two years. In 1848 he removed
to Port Clinton, where he made his home for about eight
years, and during that period served as deputy sheriff
some four years. The remainder of the time he was
engaged in threshing and fishing. Previous to his
permanent location in Put in Bay Mr. Stone rented
land, with fishing privileges, on which he built a
shanty and began his work, driving his stakes with a
maul. HE finally purchased a sailboat in which he
carried his fish to Sandusky. In 1857 he made a
permanent location and continued to follow his chosen
pursuit on Lake Erie until 1892. In March of that
year, he abandoned all other work, and has since devoted
his attention exclusively to fruit growing.
Mr. Stone has filled the office of county
commissioner for some years, and was justice of the
peace six years. He is a member of Oliver H.
Perry Lodge No. 347, F. & A. M., and in his
political views is a Democrat. His long
residence in the locality where his home has made him
widely known, and his genuine worth has won him high
regard.
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JOSEPH W. SYLVESTER
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