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Source:
 20th CENTURY HISTORY
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co.
Geo. Richmond, Pres      C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, Illinois
1908

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  ADOLPHUS H. SMITH, an enterprising and progressive citizen of Mad River Township, has been a continuous resident of Clark County since 1864, and throughout his entire business career has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits in this community.  He was born Oct. 1, 1850, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the first fourteen years of his life were spent.
     After Mr. Smith’s father became possessed of land in Clark County, the family spent the summer months on the farm here, returning to the city for the winters.  His early education was obtained in his native city, and this was supplemented by a two years’ course in a military college at Springfield, conducted by Chandler Robins, and later he attended Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, for two years.  In 1864 Mr. Smith came to Clark County and resided on his father’s farm until after his marriage, when he rented a farm of one hundred and sixty acres located two and one-half miles west of Enon.  This he cultivated with much success and was enabled to lay aside sufficient capital to purchase a farm for himself in 1877.  He also became manager of his father’s large interests in this locality and at his father’s death inherited an equal share with the other children in the estate.
     On Oct. 17, 1871, shortly after attaining his majority, Mr. Smith was joined in marriage with Sarah J. Shellabarger, a native of Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, and a life-long resident of this community.  She is a daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Baker) Shellabarger, the former of whom passed out of this life in 1889.  His wife died in 1873.  Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Amelia, who is the wife of L. Baylor of Springfield, has three children; Maria L., who is the wife of P. Johnson, has one child; May K., who is the wife of Clarence W. Engledue of Springfield, Ohio, has four children; Rilla J., who is the wife of J. E. Drake, has one child; Justin B., who married Amelia Smith, has had six children, and follows farming in Mad River Township; Gertrude E.; and Helen V.
     Mr. Smith has always been a man of public spirit and enterprise, giving his support to all measures which tend to ward the advancement of his community.  He cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley and is a staunch advocate of the Democratic party.  Although never seeking political preferment, he has filled the office of township trustee of Mad River Township for about twenty-two years and has taken an active part in securing and maintaining good roads.  He is fraternally affiliated with the Yellow Springs Lodge No. 441, F. & A. M., and New Carlisle Chapter No. 57, R. A. M. He is also a member of the subordinate lodge and encampment of Odd Fellows at Fairfield, Greene County, Ohio, and holds membership in the Knights of Pythias order at Enon, having filled all the chairs and served as a representative to the Grand Lodge.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 991
  AMOS SMITH, whose valuable farm of 250 acres lies partly in Harmony and partly in Pleasant Township, is one of the leading citizens of this section of Clark County, where he is a prosperous agriculturist and also a successful inventor.  Mr. Smith was born in Clark County, Ohio, June 16, 1848, and is a son of Eli and Minerva (Shaw) Smith.
     A large part of Mr. Smith's splendid estate descended from his great-grandfather, Peter Arbogast, who entered this land from the Government, in 1812.  He came overland across the mountains from Crab Orchard, now in Lee County, Virginia.  He was accompanied by his family, who were compelled to utilize the big emigrant wagon as a place in which to live until their cabin could be erected.  The land has never gone out of the possession of the family.  The Smiths are of English extraction and when the great-grandfather Smith came to America he settled first in Pennsylvania.  Prior to 1823 he came to Clark County, accompanied by his son Jacob and the latter’s wife, Priscilla.
     Their son, Eli Smith, father of Amos, was born in 1823, in Clark County, and died Dec. 22, 1891.  In 1846 he married Minerva Shaw, who was born in 1821 and died in 1895.  They had three children, namely: Amos; Mianda, who died in 1871, married J . W. Wright, who survives her, but their children, Bertram and Ella, are both deceased; and Alice, who was born July 3, 1858, married Oscar Runyan, residing in Clark County, and they have one child, Glennie.
     Amos Smith grew to manhood on the home farm and during boyhood he attended the district schools.  He inherited 123 acres of land from his father and to this he added sixty acres, bought from the estate of Henry Jones, and sixty-five acres, from Samuel Melvin.  In addition to this he owns two other properties at Vienna and two and one-half acres near Springfield, at Bird ’s Crossing, which is very valuable, being already laid out in town lots.  From boyhood, Mr. Smith has been interested in mechanics and has made many experiments which have resulted in the invention of innumerable farm implements in which the moving principle makes the invention superior to any other of the kind on the market.  His invention, a clover buncher, was considered so valuable that it was gladly purchased by the Champion Machine Company.  On this he has secured an improved patent, a buncher that will deliver at the side instead of behind.  Mr. Smith has also an improved drill on the market, together with other inventions.  He is a man of progressive and up-to-date ideas and was the first farmer in Clark County to invest in an automobile.
     In 1872, Mr. Smith married Catherine Wiet, who was born in Clark County, Feb. 10, 1853, and is a daughter of Michael and Ann (Runyan) Wiet.  Mr. and Mrs. Wiet had nine children, namely: James, Eli, Mary, Catherine, Sarah A., Asa, Lucinda, Millie and a babe that died in infancy.  The father of Mrs. Smith was a soldier in the Civil War and died in 1864, at New Orleans.  Mrs. Wiet, who was born in 1827, still survives.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had six children, namely: Clifford, Sylvia, Leona, Nina, Fostoria and Kate.  The eldest, Clifford, was born Apr. 7, 1873, and died Dec. 12, 1898.  Sylvia was born Nov. 24, 1875, married Noah Jones and they have one child, Gladys. Leona was born Dec. 18, 1878, in 1899 was married to Charles Patterson and they have one son, Robert.  Nina was born May 27, 1883, married Dr. E. A. Dye and they have two children, Max and Mildred.  Fostoria was born Mar. 13, 1891, and attends the Plattsburg High School.  The youngest, Kate, was born Jan. 8, 1893, and resides with her parents.
Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 562
  ARTHUR Z. SMITH, one of the enterprising and successful farmers of Pike Township, who ably operates his father’s farm of 200 acres, which is situated thirteen miles northwest of Springfield, was born July 15, 1873, on the farm in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, which is now the property of William Sturgeon.  His parents were Christian and Mary Jane (Zinn.) Smith.
     This Smith family came to Ohio from Virginia and it was the great-grandfather of Arthur Z. Smith who brought the family first to Pike Township.  The parents of Arthur Z. Smith were born in Clark County, where the father lives retired, having long been one of Pike Township’s most substantial citizens.  The mother of Mr. Smith was a daughter of Daniel R. and Matilda (Sturgeon) Zinn, and she died Mar. 21, 1883.  There were eight children born to Christian Smith and his first wife, as follows: Marcellus Z., Albert Z., Matilda A., Orren Z., Della May, Arthur Z., Clarence Z. and Alice E., the last named being the wife of Cassius Schaffner.  The second marriage of Christian Smith was to Carolina D. Tener, who died in the following year, and his third marriage was to Wilhelmina Dresher.  To this last union were born the following children: Margaret, Cynthia, Helen, Vernon, Gilbert and Luther.  Helen and Vernon are deceased. 
     Arthur Z. Smith was three years old when the family moved to the present farm and he attended the old Yale School in this district.  He assisted in clearing this farm and has devoted himself to its cultivation and improvement ever since boyhood.  He engages in a general agricultural line, raising fine stock and growing grain.
     On Dec. 2, 1900, Mr. Smith was married to Bertha Jordan, who is a daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Myers) Jordan, old pioneers of Pike Township.  Mr. Jordan still survives.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two sons, Harold C. and Lloyd Parker.  In politics Mr. Smith is a Democrat and in January, 1908, his party elected him a member of the School Board of Pike Township.  He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Junior Order of American Mechanics and to the National Protective Legion.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 965
  CHARLES C. SMITH - See ANDREW NICHELSON

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 937
  CHRISTIAN M. SMITH, a representative citizen and large farmer of Pike Township, where he owns two valuable farms, aggregating 222 acres, was born in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1837.  He is a son of Peter and Jane (Maxon) Smith.
     PETER SMITH was born in Virginia and was a child one year old when his father, Christian Smith, brought his family to Pike Township, and settled in the woods near the present home farm of his grandson, Christian M.   Peter Smith grew to manhood in Pike Township and later bought a farm of his own, which he cleared from its native condition.  He married Jane Maxon, a daughter of Jesse Maxon, who was a pioneer on Mud Run, settling there before the Indians had left this neighborhood.  For many years Peter Smith remained on his farm, but later retired with his wife, to New Carlisle.  He died there aged seventy-four years, but she survived to be ninety-one years old.  They had the following children: C. M., Elzina and Perlina, twins, Christena, Sarah M., Jesse M., Lydia, Charles, Peter M., Mark and Ruth.   Several of these children died in infancy.
     Christian M. Smith grew to manhood on his father’s farm and from early boy hood assisted in the work of clearing and cultivating it.  For some five years he operated a water-power saw-mill, but continued to live at home until his marriage.  He bought his first farm from Jacob Otewalt and lived on it for seven years, when he traded for an interest in one of his present farms.  He lived there from 1878 until 1906 and moved to his present home in 1907.  Mr. Smith has always been counted with the successful farmers of Pike Township.
     On Jan. 9, 1862, Mr. Smith was married (first) to Mary Jane Zinn, a daughter of Daniel R. and Matilda (Sturgeon) Zinn.  Mrs. Smith died Mar. 21, 1883.  She was the mother of the following children: Marcellus, residing at Troy, Ohio, married Nellie Tannehill and they have two children, Raymond and Hartley; Albert Z., residing at New Carlisle, married Laura Fuller and they have three children, Algie, Lona and Elva; Matilda Angeline, residing in Bethel Township, married Frank Shellabarger and they have four children, Delbert, Horace, Adella and Edward; Oren Z., residing at Portland, Oregon; Adella May, residing in North Dakota, married Charles Funderburg and they have two children, Cletus and Walter; Arthur Z., residing in Pike Township, married Bertha Jordan and they have two children, Harold and Lloyd; Clarence Z., who married Iva Richardson; and Alla Eveleen, who married Casius Schaffner, has two children, Lewis C. and Mary Hetty.
     Mr. Smith was married (second), Oct. 13, 1887, to Mrs. Caroline D. Tener, who died without issue, Feb. 25, 1888.  She was the widow of James Tener.  On Feb. 26, 1890, Mr. Smith was married (third) to Wilhelmina Dresher, who was born in Clark County and is a daughter of Nicholas Dresher by his second marriage, to Margaretha Suphert, who died aged fifty-four years.  Mr. Dresher lived to be sixty-eight years old.  The children of his first marriage were: Godfrey, George, Margaret, Barbara and Martin.  Those of his second marriage were: Catherine, Mary, John, Henry, Peter, Caroline, Wilhelmina, Clara, Charles and Anna.
     Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had the following children: Margaretta Jane, Cynthia T., Vernon D., Helen C., Gilbert and Luther W. Vernon D.  died aged nineteen months and Helen C. at the age of six years.
     Mr. and Mrs. Smith are valued members of the German Baptist Brethren Church, in which he is a deacon and a trustee.
Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 887
  DAVID J. SMITH - See J. QUINCY SMITH

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 645
  ELI SMITH - See AMOS SMITH

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 563
  HOWARD S. SMITH, one of Clark County’s most substantial citizens, resides on his valuable farm of 287 acres, which is situated in Bethel Township, west of New Carlisle.  Mr. Smith was born on this farm, Apr. 5, 1843, and is a son of David Johnson and Sallie (Cory) Smith.
     David Johnson Smith was born in Scotland and was brought to America by his parents when he was a child one year old.  He resided in New York until he was seventeen years of age, when he came to Clark County, Ohio.  Prior to 1834, when he settled down to farming and stock raising, he had done various kinds of work, always being a man of great industry.  In 1827-28 he was engaged by the Government on a stone and brick work contract at Sault St. Marie.  Later he had a blacksmith shop at New Carlisle, which he conducted for two years.  He was married in Clark County in 1827 to Sallie Cory, whose father, Elnathan Cory, came to Ohio from New Jersey in 1793-4 and to Bethel Township in 1803.  At that time the present farm of Mr. Smith, which was the old Cory place, was a wild plum thicket.  Mr. Cory had to grub out the roots of these trees in order to find space on which to build his log cabin, in which he lived for many years.  A few Indians still remained in this section, and there was plenty of game, but few white settlers.  He died in 1842 at the age of sixty-four years.  Elnathan Cory married Hannah Jennings, who died of cholera in 1834.  Mrs. Smith was born in the log cabin on this farm, which stood until after her marriage, when David Johnson Smith erected the present commodious brick house.  She died in March, 1903, at the age of ninety-three years.  David Johnson Smith died in 1878, aged eighty four years.  They had ten children, two of whom died young.  The others were: Nana, Henry C., David H., Hannah, Elnathan, John Quincy, Lydia and Fannie.
     John Quincy Smith was reared on the farm he now owns and the clearing of which he helped to complete.  In 1861 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, becoming a member of the Sixteenth Battery, Independent Light Artillery.  During his thirty-seven months of service Mr. Smith participated in many of the most important battles of the war, including Champion Hill, where Captain Mitchell was killed, the Vicksburg campaign, and many others, and when he was mustered out in September, 1864, he was with his battery on the Gulf of Mexico.  Although he was exposed to almost constant danger during all this time, Mr. Smith returned home practically unharmed.
     In February, 1879, he was married to Maggie Johnson, who is a daughter of John F. and Lydia (Shuman) Johnson, and who was reared on a farm adjoining the present one.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had nine children, namely: David J., Charles E., Raymond F., John H., George B., Harry B., Ralph Q., Lydia and one that died in infancy.  David, the eldest son, died at the age of twenty-three years.
     Mr. Smith purchased his present farm from his mother's estate. He devotes considerable attention to raising draft horses, Shropshire sheep and Poland China hogs.  He is a stockholder in the American Stock Breeders’ Association.  He is vice president of the New Carlisle Bank, of which he has been a stockholder since its organization.  Mr. Smith is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of New Carlisle Lodge No. 100, Chapter No. 57, Council No. 30, Coleman Commandery of Troy No. 17 and A. & A. S. R., Valley of Dayton, and Syrian Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Cincinnati.  With his wife he belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Politically he is a Republican.
Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 740
  J. QUINCY SMITH, one of Clark County’s most substantial citizens, resides on his valuable farm of 287 acres, which is situated in Bethel Township, west of New Carlisle.  Mr. Smith was born on this farm, Apr. 5, 1843, and is a son of David Johnson and Sallie (Cory) Smith.
     DAVID JOHNSON SMITH was born in Scotland and was brought to America by his parents when he was a child one year old.  He resided in New York until he was seventeen years of age, when he came to Clark County, Ohio. Prior to 1834, when he settled down to farming and stock raising, he had done various kinds of work, always being a man of great industry.  In 1827-28 he was engaged by the Government on a stone and brick work contract at Sault St. Marie.  Later he had a blacksmith shop at New Carlisle, which he conducted for two years.  He was married in Clark County in 1827 to Sallie Cory, whose father, Elnathan Cory, came to Ohio from New Jersey in 1793-4 and to Bethel Township in 1803.  At that time the present farm of Mr. Smith, which was the old Cory place, was a wild plum thicket.  Mr. Cory had to grub out the roots of these trees in order to find space on which to build his log cabin, in which he lived for many years.  A few Indians still remained in this section, and there was plenty of game, but few white settlers.  He died in 1842 at the age of sixty-four years.  Elnathan Cory married Hannah Jennings, who died of cholera in 1834.  Mrs. Smith was born in the log cabin on this farm, which stood until after her marriage, when David Johnson Smith erected the present commodious brick house.  She died in March, 1903, at the age of ninety-three years.  David Johnson Smith died in 1878, aged eighty-four years.  They had ten children, two of whom died young.  The others were: Nana, Henry C., David H., Hannah, Elnathan, John Quincy, Lydia and Fannie.
     John Quincy Smith was reared on the farm he now owns and the clearing of which he helped to complete.  In 1861 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, becoming a member of the Sixteenth Battery, Independent Light Artillery.  During his thirty-seven months of service Mr. Smith participated in many of the most important battles of the war, including Champion Hill, where Captain Mitchell was killed, the Vicksburg campaign, and many others, and when he was mustered out in September, 1864, he was with his battery on the Gulf of Mexico.  Although he was exposed to almost constant danger during all this time, Mr. Smith returned home practically unharmed.
     In February, 1879, he was married to Maggie Johnson, who is a daughter of John F. and Lydia (Shuman) Johnson, and who was reared on a farm adjoining the present one.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had nine children, namely: David J., Charles E., Raymond F., John H., George B., Harry B., Ralph Q., Lydia and one that died in infancy.  David, the eldest son, died at the age of twenty-three years.
     Mr. Smith purchased his present farm from his mother's estate.  He devotes considerable attention to raising draft horses, Shropshire sheep and Poland China hogs.  He is a stockholder in the American Stock Breeders’ Association.  He is vice president of the New Carlisle Bank, of which he has been a stockholder since its organization.  Mr. Smith is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of New Carlisle Lodge No. 100, Chapter No. 57, Council No. 30, Coleman Commandery of Troy No. 17 and A. & A. S. R., Valley of Dayton, and Syrian Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Cincinnati.  With his wife he belongs to the Presbyterian Church.  Politically he is a Republican.
Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 545
  LEWIS H. SMITH - See SETH W. SMITH

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 701
  OSCAR L. SMITH - See SETH W. SMITH

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 701
  PETER SMITH - See CHRISTIAN M. SMITH

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 887
  ROGER V. SMITH - See Page 535 - CHAPTER XX

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 535
  RUSSELL SMITH, owner of a fine tract of seventy-three acres located in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, was born on a farm near Springfield, Ohio, December, 1877, and is a son of T. A. and Catherine (Miller) Smith.
     T. A. SMITH, who, with his wife, resides at Enon, Ohio, was born in Clifton and has been a life-long resident of Clark County.  His wife was born in Virginia and when a child came to Ohio with her parents who settled at Catawba.
     Russell Smith is one of a family of seven children, namely: George, Alva, Erwin, Russell, Estella, who married E. Crabill, Mary and Myrtle, deceased.  When quite young the parents of Mr. Smith moved to Springfield, Ohio, and there his boyhood days were spent.  He attended the public schools and also took a course at Nelson’s Business College.  When a young man he worked for two years in a meat market owned by J. G. Kramer, then was employed for two years by Phillip Folckemer.  In 1902 he bought out the meat market at 124 Clifton Street, then owned by C. N. Slyer, and this he operated until he moved to his present home in April, 1907, which he had purchased in 1905 from Mrs. Joseph Baker.  Mr. Smith was married June 10, 1903, to Emma Sumner, the only child of Richard and Sarah (Watson) Sumner.  Mr. and Mrs. Sumner, who reside near South Charleston, Ohio, are natives of England, where they were married.  They came to America in 1880 and settled near Springfield on a farm which was owned by Steven Kirham, a relative.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of two children - Russell Barton and Norman Edwin.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 878
  SETH W. SMITH.  Among the men who have helped lay broad and deep the prosperity of the community in which he lives is the subject of this review, who was born on the farm where he now lives, Jan. 24, 1843.  His parents were Seth and Deborah (Wildman) Smith.  His father was born in Eastern Tennessee, where they were temporary sojourners, as the grandfather, Seth Smith, was born in Pennsylvania, and had gone thence to Virginia. Having lived fourteen years in Tennessee, they removed in 1800 to Highland County, Ohio, and in 1811 settled upon the farm where Seth W. Smith now resides.  At this early day the grandparents were among the first pioneer settlers of this part of Ohio, and the country was in an undeveloped state.  The experiences which they encountered were varied and interesting.  Indians were plentiful, but were peaceably inclined.
     The grandfather purchased the Fitzhugh survey, which was supposed to comprise 1,000 acres, but proved to contain 1,120 acres.  On the land was a primeval log house, which they occupied until 1817, when they manufactured brick on the farm and constructed a substantial two-story brick house, which stood for many years, or until 1899, when the subject of this record had it torn down and erected his present commodious and modern residence.  The grandfather resided in his home in Clark County, until he was an old man, honored and respected by all who knew him.  He had come to Ohio when it was but a territory, landing at Paint Falls, Ross County, to which his elder brother, Jacob, had come in 1796.  Of the brothers left in Tennessee, some of their descendants removed to Vermilion County, Illinois, whence some members of the family removed to Oregon.  In the pioneer spirit which caused the grandfather to seek a home amid the wild scenes of Ohio, may be traced with interest those sturdy qualities inherited from his ancestor, the great-great-grandfather of the subject of this review, who was born in England about 1680 and was one of those who, actuated by their Christian faith, became a follower of William Penn, and with him, accompanied by two other brothers, came to America.  One of the brothers settled in New York, or one of the New England states, and one in the Carolinas.  There has been no reliable account of the descendants.  One son, the great-grandfather, Joseph Smith, was born about 1720.  He was educated and reared in the Quaker faith, as was also his wife, who in her maidenhood was Rachel Bales.  After his marriage he settled in Maryland, near Bladensburg, and rented a farm and conducted a mill on Permugen Creek. He finally removed to a farm five miles from Winchester, Maryland, where they remained for a number of years on rented land.  After a few years they decided to make a change and accordingly drove across the mountains to where Brownsville, Pennsylvania, now stands, but not liking the location they returned without unloading their goods.  While crossing the mountains they were attacked by robbers, but drove them off.  They returned to the farm they had occupied near Winchester, and there spent their remaining days.
     Among their many children was Seth, the grandfather of Mr. Smith, the name being thus handed down to the third generation - the subject of this review.  In the grandfather's family were the following children—Jacob and Samuel, who died in early childhood; Mary, who married David Littler; Rachel, who married Nathan Linton; Ruth, who married Jeptha Johnson; and Seth, the youngest child.
     Seth grew to manhood in Clark County, receiving a good education for the period.  The country was still new at that time and the educational advantages enjoyed were not those of the present time, but the brave and energetic spirit inherited from his forefathers and cultivated by his own efforts was his, and he did much toward promoting the growth and development of his community.  He inherited about two hundred and sixty acres of land from his father, which he cultivated and improved, adding to it until he became the owner of considerable land and in time gave each of his children a good farm.  In his remembrance Indians were very thickly settled around the locality in which the family lived, but they were friendly inclined and made very little trouble.  While the family lived in Highland County one evening they had been away from home and on returning found the house lighted up, and on looking in they found the floor covered with Indians, who had come in and built a fire in the wide, open fireplace, desiring to warm and rest themselves.  On receiving their supper they departed in peace.  On one occasion a young Indian became enamored of his sister, the aunt of the subject, and desired to make her, as he termed it, his “pretty squaw.”  As the recipient of this adoration did not favor his suit, he showed his disfavor by taking a lump of charcoal, chewing it, spitting it in his hands and rubbing it over his face.
     Seth Smith, the father, was born July 11, 1798.  He was an anti-slavery man, a great temperance man and earnestly did he advocate the principles in which he believed.  He was a birth-right Friend, being a direct descendant on both sides of the family of members of that sect.
     He was married Feb. 25, 1824, to Deborah Wildman, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wildman.  To them were born seven children, three of which died in early childhood.  The eldest son, Samuel, married Esther Cook, who died in September, 1885, leaving three children.  He died in February, 1901.  Ruth married Samuel Hadley, of Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio.  Oliver married Margaret Negus and to them were born six children.  After living for several years in Clark County, they moved to Kansas and thence to California, where he died in 1896.  The mother, Deborah W. Smith, departed this life Jan. 2, 1858.  In 1860 Seth Smith, the father, married Anne Hollingsworth, with whom he lived until his death in 1876, being buried at Selma, Ohio.
     The boyhood days of Seth W. Smith were spent on the home farm.  He received a good common school education and after teaching a few years attended Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, for two years and one year in the Agricultural College, at Lansing, Michigan, thus being well fitted for the practical duties of business life in after years.  In 1872 he married Marion Griffith, of Alliance, Ohio, and they took up their residence on the home farm, this union being broken by her death in just one year.  In 1878 he married Hannah Lewis of New Vienna, Ohio, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Hoskins) Lewis.  They were blessed with five children, namely: Oscar L., Lewis H. and Mary Emma D., while two died in infancy.
     OSCAR L. SMITH was born Aug. 23, 1879.  In 1903 he married Jean Blanche Ervin, of Cedarville, Ohio, where he is now engaged as Cashier of the Exchange Bank.  LEWIS H. SMITH was born Jan. 30, 1880.  In 1905 he married Eula Elder of Selma, Ohio.  They wow reside on the old home farm.  In 1906 there was born to them a son, Lewis Elden.
     Mr. Smith has been identified with agricultural interests here and with banking interests in Cedarville, Ohio, and his individual interests have been blended with the welfare and improvement of his county and township.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 699
  T. A. SMITH - See RUSSELL SMITH

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 878
  CHRISTIAN SNYDER, proprietor of Snyder's flouring mill, which is situated on the Valley Turnpike Road about one and a quarter miles north and west of the corporation lines of Springfield, is one of the largest landowners of Clark County.  He was born in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, Mar. 28, 1858, and is a son of Christian and Amanda (Layton) Snyder.
     HENRY SNYDER, the grandfather of William L., was born in Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, where he learned the milling business.  At a somewhat early day he settled in Dayton, Ohio, where he lived for one year before coming to Clark County, where the remainder of his life was spent.  In 1825 he built the mill which is owned by his grandson, William L., and it is situated on a farm of 415 acres.  Henry Snyder had five sons.
     Christian Snyder, father of William L.,  was a babe when his parents came to Clark County, where he spent his life, his death taking place in 1907.  For many years he operated Snyder’s mill and was also engaged in a distillery business.
     WILLIAM L. SNYDER was educated in the country schools and at the celebrated Moravian Academy at Nazareth, Pennsylvania.  His agricultural interests are large, as he owns almost 1,000 acres of land.  It is divided into three farms, Mr. Snyder residing on his mill property, where he has a fine brick residence, which he completely remodeled in 1899.  He has named his place “The Park Farm,” which, on account of its location and natural and artificial beauties, it is very aptly called.  He raises horses, cattle and stock.  In 1899 Mr. Snyder installed the Richmond milling machinery in his mill and his products are feed and flour, he making two special brands of the latter: “The Pride of the Valley” and “Solid Comfort.”  The mill is operated and managed by his son and son-in-law.  Mr. Snyder married Catherine Bernhill and they have two children—John L., who has one daughter, Catherine; and Glenna, who married John Taylor Gillard.
Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 858
  D. H. SNYDER, a leading business citizen of Snyderville, is vice president of The Victor Rubber Company, an important manufacturing industry of Clark County. He was born on his father’s farm in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1867, and is a son of Henry and Anna H. (Hertzler) Snyder.
     HENRY SNYDER accompanied his parents, to Ohio from Pennsylvania, walking a large part of the distance.  He became a farmer and grain merchant and operated mills for a number of years in Mad River Township.  He was a member of the D. L. Snyder Company, which donated Snyder Park to Springfield.  The old Snyder estate has never been entirely settled, 1,600 acres of land around Snyderville being involved. Henry Snyder died June 28, 1893.  He married Anna H. Hertzler, who has been a life-long resident of Mad River Township. She was a daughter of Daniel Hertzler who was one of the prominent and wealthy men of Clark County.  He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming and milling.  He married Catherine Hershey and they came to Ohio in 1834, accompanied by one child, Barbara, who is now the wife of Samuel Huffman, residing at Springfield. They lived at Springfield, then a small town, for a short time, and then settled in Mad River Township on what is now the Snyder farm. Here, in the wilderness, Daniel Hertzler built a mill which he operated for many years, also carrying on farming, and then returned to Springfield in order to give his children better educational advantages.  Mrs. Snyder was educated in the school, now the Springfield Seminary, which is attended by her grand children.
     After a residence of four years at Springfield, Mr. Hertzler purchased a farm near the one he had formerly owned and was residing there when he met his death from the attack of six masked assassins, who entered his house at night and shot him.  He was a large and powerful man and fought hard, as evidences showed, before he was overpowered.  His death was a shock to the community, and although large sums were offered for the capture of the murderers, they have never been apprehended.  His widow survived him five years.  The children who were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hertzler after coming to Ohio were: Martha, deceased, who married L. Baker; Mary, who died in youth; Anna, who was born on her present farm Oct. 26, 1839; Susan and Elizabeth, twins, both deceased, the former the wife of Jacob Rubsam and the latter of William Pope; Daniel, who died aged eighteen years; and Benjamin and two others died young.
     D. H. Snyder was educated in the district schools of Mad River Township, at Oxford and at Media, Pennsylvania.  After his return home he naturally became a miller, this having been a family occupation for generations back, even before his ancestors left Switzerland.  His father owned the Tecumseh mill, in Mad River Township, and he started to work in that mill, which became his property on the death of his father.  He operated the mill for ten years and then leased it to the firm of Allen & King, of Springfield.  In 1903 the old mill was destroyed by fire.
     In 1903 Mr. Snyder began working in the office of the company with which he has been identified ever since, which was then known as the Victor Rubber Company.  The business was founded by J. S. Harshman, Mr. Snyder’s brother-in-law.  After the failure of Mr. Harshman, with this enterprise, a new company was organized in July, 1904, of which Henry H. Durr became president and Mr. Snyder vice president.  At this time the present firm style was adopted.  The business is the manufacturing of all kinds of molded rubber goods.  Employment is given 100 men.  The plant occupies six acres of ground and the buildings are all of brick construction.
     Mr. Snyder belongs to the Elks and to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, both of Springfield.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 843
  ELI SNYDER - See STEVEN D. SNYDER

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 797
  FELTY SNYDER - See STEVEN D. SNYDER

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 797
  FRED SNYDER, clerk of Clark County and a life-long resident of Springfield, where he was born Oct. 26, 1875, is a son of John Jacob Snyder, deceased.
     JOHN J. SNYDER was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and in 1848 came to Ohio and located in Springfield, where he engaged in the practice of law until the time of his death in 1898.  He served two and a half terms as Mayor of Springfield.
     Fred Snyder was reared in Springfield, and obtained his education in the public schools and Wittenburg College, after which he was for six years manager for the New York Life Insurance Company, having three counties in this vicinity.  In 1896 he became a member of the Signal Corps of the Third Regiment, Ohio National Guards, and served in the Spanish American War in Company D., United States Regular Army.  He saw service in Cuba and Porto Rico and was mustered out in Washington in November, 1898.
     Mr. Snyder is a Republican in politics and has always taken an active interest in the affairs of that party.  He was elected clerk of Clark County in November, 1905, and has served two terms as secretary of the Republican Central Committee.  Fraternally Mr. Snyder is a member and past Exalted Ruler of the Springfield order of Elks, and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.
     In 1906 Mr. Snyder was united in marriage with Miss Genevra R. Carey of Springfield, Ohio.  They are members of the First Presbyterian Church of this city.
Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 816
  HENRY SNYDER - See D. H. SNYDER

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 843
  HENRY SNYDER - See CHRISTIAN SNYDER

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 858
  JOHN J. SNYDER - See FRED SNYDER

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 816
  SAMUEL SNYDER, a prosperous farmer of Springfield Township, residing on a farm of 108 acres situated about two miles northwest of Springfield, on the St. Paris Pike, was born Feb. 18, 1837, in York County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Frey) Snyder.
     Mr. Snyder’s parents were prosperous farmers of York County, Pennsylvania, where they both died, the mother passing away when our subject was quite young.  The father died at the advanced age of eighty-seven years.
     Samuel Snyder spent his boyhood days on his father's farm in York County, and on Oct. 13, 1859, was married there
to Lydia Ginter, a daughter of John Ginter, who died when she was very young.  In 1864 Mr. Snyder, his wife and one child, came to Clark County, Ohio, where he rented for twenty-seven years the old Maria Snyder farm, in Springfield Township, and engaged in general farming.  In 1894 he bought and moved to his present farm of 108 acres, where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and although now past 71 years of age, still operates his own farm.
     Mr. and Mrs. Snyder reared a family of six children, of whom the eldest child was born in Pennsylvania.  They are: Alice, Henry, Ida, Samuel, Lydia, and Ward.  Alice, who married John H. Sanders, of Lawrenceville, has four children, namely: Lydia, wife of Harry Helfrish; Samuel D., Walter, and William Dewey.  Henry married Cora Lorton and has two children, Robert and Mildred; they reside in Springfield. Ida, wife of Christ C. Grauer, lives with the subject of this sketch; Samuel and Lydia are twins. Samuel married Pearl Hook, and has four children, Oris, Paul, Harold, and an infant son; Lydia, who married Rev. William Rilling, pastor of the Millersburg Lutheran Church, has a family of four children, Reginald, Pauline, John, and an infant son. Ward Sn yder is a resident of Toronto, Canada.  He is connected with the National Cash Register Company, of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Snyder died Sept. 22, 1899.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 957
  STEVEN D. SNYDER, who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on a fine farm of 1871˝ acres located on the Jordon Pike in German Township, was born on a farm Apr. 27, 1865, and is a son of Eli and Sophia (Maxon) Snyder.
     FELTY SNYDER, grandfather of Steven D., came from Pennsylvania at a very early period and entered a quarter section of land, which is now owned by our subject.  He was married after coming to German Township and followed farming the rest of his life.  He has two surviving children, Mrs. Rebecca McMillen and Peter Snyder.
     ELI SNYDER was born in the house that is now occupied by his son, Steven D. Snyder, and which has since been moved nearer the road.  He lived at home until coming of age, and then went to the gold fields of California, remaining there for six years.  Upon his return home he was married to Sophia Maxon, who was born and reared west of Northampton, Clark County, Ohio.  They became the parents of eight children, whose records in brief are: Lydia (Mrs. McCuddy); Mrs. Sarah Domer; Steven D., subject of this article; Felty Valentine, who died in early manhood; Rebecca (Mrs. Unverzagt) of German Township; Clarke, who died in infancy; Ida (Mrs. Purtt); George, who is a resident of Chicago, Ill.; and John, who died in infancy.  Eli Snyder died about 1876 and his wife in 1874.
     Steven D. Snyder was an infant when his parents came to his present farm, and he has always lived here, with the exception of five years, when his father moved to the vicinity of Northampton.  His mother died when he was nine years old, and two years later his father’s death occurred, after which he came to live with his uncle, Valentine Snyder, who died Dec. 5, 1904.  Mr. Snyder has lived here ever since and has followed farming and stock-raising with much success.  He was joined in marriage Oct. 1, 1895, with Mrs. Otilda (Helman) Laird, a widow and a daughter of Ernest Helman.  Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have two children - Mary Sophia, and Edgar Louis.  Mr. Snyder is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and the White Star Lodge No. 292
Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 797
  WILLIAM L. SNYDER - See CHRISTIAN SNYDER

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 858
  ROBERT F. STAFFORD, a prominent citizen of New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio, is the owner of a fine farm of 112 acres in Pike Township, located two miles north of the village.  He was born in this county Nov. 22, 1841, is a son of George and Susan (McKinney) Stafford, and grandson of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford.
     George Stafford, Sr., was a native of Ireland, and after coming to this country was married and located in Virginia, about the year 1790.  He lived there about twenty years, in 1811 moving with his family to Clark County, Ohio, locating about three miles north of New Carlisle.  He and his wife had eleven children: George, James, John, Ralph, Joseph, Findley, Elizabeth, Margaret, Ruth, Catherine and Susan.
     George Stafford, Jr., was born in Virginia July 1, 1804, and was seven years old when his parents moved to Pike Township.  Here he grew to maturity and engaged in farming throughout life. He died Mar. 5, 1880.  He married Susan McKinney in 1832, who was born Dec. 6, 1807, and died Apr. 22, 1856, and they had three children: Abarilla, Samuel McKinney and Robert F. Abarilla, born Feb. 6, 1833, married David Johnston Nov. 22, 1865, who died Mar. 19, 1880.  They had two children:  Mary S., who is the wife of H. C. Coombs, and Julia E., who is the wife of M. G. Stafford.  Samuel McKinney Stafford, born Aug. 6, 1837, was married in 1874 to Elizabeth Service, who died Apr. 28, 1905.
     Robert F. Stafford was  educated in the district schools and Linden Hill Academy at New Carlisle, after which he turned his attention to farming, and also taught school during his younger days.  He was first married in 1872 to Mary F. Black and they had three children, as follows:  Wallace, born in 1873, died in 1876; Cora A., born July 6, 1877, married Rooney Jones, of Vienna; and Carlton J., born Dec. 6, 1878, died Nov. 13, 1879.  Mrs. Stafford was born in 1848 and died Sept. 29, 1880.
     Mr. Stafford formed a second martial union with Miss Jeanette C. Johnson, who was born in Clark County, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1852, and is a daughter of REV. E. ROGER and Julia A. (Colton) JOHNSON.  Her father was born June 4, 1814, at Plainfield, Connecticut, and died in New Carlisle Sept. 7, 1862.  Her mother was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, July 25, 1818, and died Jan. 15, 1907.  They were married Sept. 2, 1842, and had five daughters:  Laura L., born July 30, 1843, died Jan. 31, 1854; France, born July 17, 1848, married Asa N. Mitchell, and they have had five children:  Clifford, Barton J., one that died in infancy, Florence B. and Howard L.; Emily W. born May 1, 1850, is the wife of Oliver M. Turner and has one child, Edith H.; Jeannette; and Mary A., born Sept. 7, 1858, married William S. Vail and has a son, Chester C. Rev. Johnson was a man of scholarly attainments, receiving his education in Bowdoin College, Maine, Lane Seminary and Ann Arbor, Michigan.  His pastorate in the Presbyterian Church at New Carlisle began in 1841 and lasted until 1862.  He had the respect and esteem of all and had a wide acquaintance throughout this section of the state.  Mr. and Mrs. Stafford have one daughter, Nellie Johnson, who was born Aug. 9, 1886, and is an instructor in the schools at Medway, Ohio.  They are devout members of the Presbyterian Church, at New Carlisle, in which he is an elder.
Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 938
  STEWART FAMILY.   The ancestral line from John Stewart is as follows: 
     I. John Stewasrt moved from Scotland to the North of Ireland, locating in Drumore Township, County Down, twelve miles from Belfast, during the reign of Charles II. of England, shortly after the commencement thereof (his reign extending from 1660-1685).
     II. Robert Stewart was the son of John, who was born in 1665, near Glasgow, Scotland, but who also went to the North of Ireland.
     III.  Samuel Stewart was the son of Robert, who was born in 1698 near Glasgow, Scotland.  He moved to the North of Ireland, and died in 1770 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  In 1735, accompanied by his youngest brother, Hugh, he crossed the ocean, landing in Philadelphia, and settled in Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania, near Chestnut Level, a Scotch-Irish settlement, where had been established a Presbyterian meeting-house.  In person, Samuel Stewart was large and well proportioned, six feet in height, Roman nose, bluish-gray eyes, brown hair and ruddy complexion.  He married in Ireland, Mary McClay, who was noted for her very dark complexion and large person.  There was born to them ten children.
     IV.  The second son of Samuel, who was born in County Down was brought to Pennsylvania in the emigration of his father's family in 1735, and, on coming of age, settled as a farmer in Hanover Township, Lancaster County, now West Hanover, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about 1750.  In the book published by William H. Egle, State Librarian of Pennsylvania, entitled "Pennsylvania Genealogies " in referring to Samuel Stewart, among other things the author uses the following language; "A public meeting of the citizens of Hanover Township, June 4, 1774, has gone into history, showing the earliest recorded movement toward independence, and, when the Revolutionary War began, the liberty-loving and patriotic Scotch-Irish of Hanover were found faithful and active participants.  Samuel Stewart entered as a private, serving in Colonel Timothy Green's battalion for the defense of the frontier, and on June 6, 1776, in Captain James Rodgers' Lancaster County Associators, 'destined for the camp in the Jerseys.'  His first wife was Nancy Templeton, and his second wife, Agnes Calhoun.  Children were Sarah, Robert Templeton, Samuel Elder, James B., Charles, John Templeton, Mary McClay and Agnes.  Sarah married Joseph Stewart; Joseph and James moved to Butler County, Ohio, in 1805.  Robert Templeton Stewart was admitted to the bar in Center County, Pennsylvania.  Samuel Elder Stewart, James B. Stewart and John Templeton Stewart moved to Clark County in 1806, locating on the Miami.  John T. Stewart married Ann Elder on Mar. 2, 1815; she was a daughter of Robert Elder, of Hanover, of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  They had issue: Julianna, who married David Anderson; Perry, who married Rhoda Ann Wheeler; Elder R., who married Rachel E. Jacoby; Samuel, who married Mary Ann Marshall; Charles, whose first wife was Isabel Nicholson; James M., who married Rebecca C. Jacoby; Thomas Elder, who married Delilah A. Marshall; Oscar Nesbit, who married Rachel Nicholson; William C. Stewart, who married Elizabeth T. Sellers."
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 561

Mr. & Mrs.
Charles F. Stewart
& Family		 CHARLES FREMONT STEWART, a well known and prosperous farmer of Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, resides on a farm of 135 acres located about seven miles south of the City of Springfield.  He was born on the old family homestead in this township, Aug. 2, 1856, and was named in honor of Fremont, the first Republican nominee for president.  He is a son of Perry and Rhoda Ann (Wheeler) Stewart, further reference to whom may be found elsewhere in this volume.
     Charles Fremont Stewart was reared on the home place and acquired an educational training in the district school at Pitchin, supplemented by one year in a business college at Springfield and a term at Lebanon, Ohio.  At the age of twenty years he began farming a part of the home place on shares, and in 1884 purchased 135 acres adjoining the Stewart homestead.  This he has improved greatly, clearing the remaining timber from the place, erecting a large barn, and converting the one-story brick house into a modern structure of two stories.  A man of untiring energy he has made continuous progress in his work and is today classed among the substantial men of the community.  He is a Republican in politics and cast his first vote for President Garfield in 1880.  In 1884 he was elected township trustee, serving until 1889, and from the latter date until 1908 he served as township clerk, discharging his duties in a most capable and satisfactory manner.  He served from 1892 to 1898 as a member of the county election board, and in 1907 he was appointed Deputy Supervisor of Election of Clark County.  He has frequently represented his district as delegate to county and state conventions.
     On Mar. 11, 1880, Mr. Stewart was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Clara Garlough, who was born in Green Township and is a daughter of James T. and Sarah (Hause) Garlough, her father being now deceased.  The issue of this union is as follows: Josie A., born June 16, 1881, who married Mar. 11, 1902, Stephen Kitchen; Fred Garlough, born June 2, 1884, who married Rachel Estle; Howard H., born June 15, 1888; Samuel N., born Oct. 9, 1893; and Stephen W., born July 20, 1896.  Fraternally, our subject is a member of Clifton Lodge No. 669, K. P., in which he has filled all the chairs.  He and his family belong to the Presbyterian church at Clifton.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 922
  CHASE STEWART was born in Yellow Springs, Ohio.  His grandfather, John T. Stewart, located on the Miami River in what is now Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, in 1806.  His father, SAMUEL STEWART, was born in Clark County, Ohio, in 1823, and his other, Mary Ann Marshall, was born in the same county in 1825.
     Mr. Stewart attended law school for two years in Washington, D. C, having prior thereto studied in the office of Judge William Lawrence for a short period.  On his return from Washington he commenced the practice of law in Springfield, Ohio, and has continued as an active practitioner in the courts of Clark County and elsewhere.
     He served as prosecuting attorney of Clark County for six years, and was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for two terms.  He was chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 562
  DAVID W. STEWART, scion of one of Clark County's oldest and most prminent families, was born on his present farm in Green Township, Dec. 19, 1848.  He is a son of Perry and Rhoda Ann (Wheeler) Stewart, and grandson of John Templeton and Ann (Elder) Stewart.
     Perry Stewart, for many years a prominent figure in Clark County affairs, was born on the bank of the Little Miami in Green Township, June 6, 1818, shortly after the county was organized.  He remained in the home of his parents until his marriage, then began farming a part of the home farm for himself.   In July, 1862, he organize Company A, Ninety-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went to the front as its captain.  He took part in numerous skirmishes and engagements, and in the battle of Chickamauga was struck by a spent ball.  He served until November, 1863, when, owning to ill-health, he was forced to resign.  Returning home he resumed farming and continued it as an occupation during the remainder of his active career.  He identified himself with many business enterprises, among them the Farmers Mutual Aid and Protective Society, an insurance order which he assisted in organizing, and was a director of that company, and he was one of the men who organized a company to build the turnpike from Springfield to Selma, which, excepting the National Pike, was the first one built in the county.  He cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840, and continued A Whig until the organization of the Republican party, with which he was thereafter affiliated.  He served as township trustee and school director a number of years, and as justice of the peace, resigning the latter office at the time he went into the service.  After his return from the army he was elected county commissioner, but after a service of eighteen mouths resigned to accept the nomination of his party for state representative.  He was elected to that office in 1867, and served his district one term in a most conscientious and capable manner.  In 1872 he was sent as a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia and aided in the nomination of President Grant for a second term.  He was a man of great capabilities, prospered in business, and was of that class which gives tone and standing to a community.
     Perry Stewart was joined in marriage Oct. 15, 1844, with Rhoda Ann Wheeler who was born in Green Township, Dec. 30, 1824, and was a daughter of Ebenezer and Joanna (Miller) Wheeler.  The following children were born to them:  Harriet, wife of James Hatfield; Julia Ann, wife of Robert N. Elder; David Wilmont; John T.; Mary E., widow of S. H. Kerr, lives in Washington, D. C.; Charles F.; Jane Ellen, wife of George Nicolson; Jessie Isabelle, who died at the age of four years; Perry, ex-treasurer of Clark County; and Ebenezer Wheeler of Green Township.
     David Wilmot Stewart was reared on the home place and attended the district school at Pitchin.  When fifteen years of age he enlisted in 1864, in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being the youngest to enter the service from this county.  He was in the 100-day service, being at the front from May 2nd until the 7th of September.  He began farming for himself at the age of twenty years, tilling a part of his father's farm.  He lived on the old Stewart homestead until his marriage, then purchased one hundred acres where he is now located and on which he erected a good substantial residence and buildings.  He cleared the farm to a large extent and has operated it with good results.
     Feb. 12, 1874, Mr. Stewart was united in marriage with Amanda McClintick, a native of Springfield Township, Clark County, and a daughter of John and Roxy (Melvin) McClintick.  They became parents of six children, as follows: Perry McClintick; Edna, who died at the age of ten months; Myrtle; Delmer; Ruth; and Harry.  Politically, Mr. Stewart has been unswerving in his allegiance to the Republican party, which he has represented as delegate to numerous conventions, but he has never held nor sought for public office.  He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and religiously is an attendant of the Christian Church.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 898
  FRANK E. STEWART, manager of a farm of 380 acres belonging to his parents and operating also his own farm of fifty acres, is one of Harmony Township's leading agriculturists. He was born in Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, Apr. 15, 1870, and is a son of Oscar N. and Rachel (Nichelson) Stewart.
     The grandparents of Mr. Stewart, John T. and Anna E. Stewart, came to Clark County about 1818 and settled in Green Township.  There Oscar N. Stewart was born, Feb. 5, 1833, he being the seventh son in a family of nine children.  He was married Jan. 28, 1862, to Rachel Nichelson, who was born June 3, 1842, and still survives.  They had four children: Herbert P., Effie, Ralph, and Frank E. Herbert Stewart was born Dec. 12, 1862, and is a resident of Green Township. He married Ermina Tuttle and they have four sons: Ira E., Roy, Walter and Elmer.  Effie, born in 1865, died aged eighteen months.  Ralph, born in 1868, resides at Springfield.  He married Grace Carlton and they have two children, Oscar Carlton and Rachel May.  Oscar N. Stewart served 100 days in the Civil War, answering the first call for troops in 1861.  He was a member of Company F of the Sixteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
     Frank E. Stewart was educated in the schools of Green and Harmony Townships.  His occupation has always been farming and for some years he has had charge of his father's interests as well as his own.  At Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1904, Mr. Stewart was married to Katherine Franklin, who was born June 14, 1884, and is a daughter of Patterson and Ann (Widdicombe) Franklin, the former of whom was born in 1851 and the latter in 1852, and they reside at Plattsburg.  Mr. and Mrs. Franklin had four children, namely: Edna, who was born in 1879, married Charles Haering, resides at Columbus, and they have one child, Katherine; Estella, who was born in 1882, resides at Columbus; Katherine; and Grace, who was born in 1887, resides with her parents at Plattsburg.  Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have one daughter, Edna Carmen, who was born Sept. 26, 1905.  Mr. Stewart is a member of the Christian Church at Plattsburg, of which he is treasurer.
     In politics, Mr. Stewart is a Republican and has served as a member of the Republican Central County Committee.  On May 15, 1894, he was initiated into Vienna Lodge No. 660, Knights of Pythias, since when he has passed through all the chairs and was a delegate to the Grand Lodge at Toledo, in 1897.  He formerly belonged also to the organization of patriotic character, the Sons of Veterans.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 638
  JOHN TEMPLETON STEWART.  It is deemed fitting and proper to give representation in this work to one who, though long deceased, left an impress on the affairs of Clark County which more than half a century of time has not effaced.  A pioneer, coming in 1805, prior to the organization of Clark County, Mr. Stewart took an important part in the work of development, improvement and progress in this part of the state, both in private and official capacity.  Aside from this, he gave to the community a large family of children, who became influential and of large affairs and have done much as individuals, some of them as public officers, to add materially to the welfare and prosperity of Clark County.
     John Templeton Stewart (1) wa born in Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1781, and wwas a son of Samuel, Jr., and Nancy (Templeton) Stewart.  He came of a prominent old colonial family inthis country and traced his ancestry in Scotland back to John Stewart, a Scotch Covenanter of the seventeenth century, who fled from Scotland to County Down, in the North of Ireland, at the time when Charles H. of England was trying to force Episcopacy upon the Scottish nation, some time between the years 1660 and 1685.  Of this early ancestor we have record of but one son, Robert Stewart, who was born near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1665.  The latter did not go to the Emerald Isle until the death of his father in 1720, then located in Drumore Township, County Down, where he died ten years later.
     Samuel Stewart, Sr., a son of Robert, was born near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1698, and in 1720 emigrated to North of Ireland with his father. In 1735, with his only brother, Hugh, he came to America, and after landing in Philadelphia, went to Lancaster County Pennsylvania, where he died in 1770.  He married Mary McClay, and one of their ten children was Samuel, Jr.
     Samuel Stewart, Jr., was born in County Down, Ireland, and came with his parents to America.  He was reared in Lancaster County, where, about the year 1750, he settled on a farm of 100 acres in Hanover Township, for which he held a warrant dated May 17, 1754. He served as a private in a battalion commanded by Colonel Tim Greene in the defense of the frontier, and in 1776 he became a member of the company commanded by Captain James Rogers of Lancaster, fighting for American Independence.  He moved to Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and in 1785 served on the first grand jury of that county.  He first married Nancy Templeton, a daughter of Robert and Agues Templeton, and after her death married Agnes Calhoun, a daughter of William and Hannah Calhoun.  He died Sept. 16, 1803, and was buried in Hanover
Cemetery.
     John Templeton Stewart lived in his native county until 1805, when, with an older brother, Samuel E., he came west to what is now Clark County, Ohio, then a part of Greene County, settling on the bank of the Little Miami River.  In 1813 he was elected justice of the peace, serving continuously until 1838.  He was the first clerk of Green Township, and served from 1837 until 1840 as associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas.  In company with his brother he purchased about 500 acres in Section 15, Green Township, erected a log cabin and set about clearing the land and converting it from its wild state to one of cultivation.  There he lived and prospered, adding largely to his landed interests.  His death on Apr. 16, 1850, was mourned as a sad loss to the entire community.
     Mr. Stewart was married Mar. 2, 1815, to Miss Ann Elder, who was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in May, 1798, and was a daughter of Robert and Ann Elder, her people moving to Ohio in 1812.  This union resulted in the birth of ten children, eight sons and one daughter growing to maturity, as follows: Juliana, wife of David Anderson, died in 1901, at the age of eighty-six years; Perry, a record of whom may be found in the sketch of David Wilmot Stewart; Elder Robert, a resident of Springfield; Samuel, who died near Kenton, Hardin County; Charles, a resident of Springfield, died Oct. 26, 1902; Hon. James M., of Xenia, Ohio; Thomas, a resident of Green Township; Oscar N., a resident of Harmony Township; and William C., a resident of Green Township.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 1009
  PERRY STEWART - See DAVID WILMOT STEWART

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 898
  PERRY HERBERT STEWART, residing on a farm of 135 acres, located eight miles southeast of the city of Springfield, in Green Township, comes of one of the oldest and most representative Clark County families.  He was born in Green Township, one-half miles south of his present home, Dec. 12, 1862, and is a son of Oscar Nesbitt and Rachel (Nicholson) Stewart.
     OSCAR N. STEWART was born in Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1833, and was one of ten children born to John Templeton and Ann (Elder) Stewart.  He was reared on the old Stewart home place, and when twenty-two years of age began life on his own account, having inherited one hundred and forty acres upon his father's death.  This he set about improving and devoted his attention exclusively to farming until the outbreak of the Civil War.  Upon the first call to arms he responded, enlisting Apr. 23, 1861, in Company E, Sixteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Philip Kershner.  He was in the army about four months with the division that was at Phillippi's Ford.  After his return from the front, he was soon married, and with his wife lived on the farm in Green Township until 1884, when he removed to his farm in Harmony Township, where he erected a fine home.  A successful farmer and business man in every way, with the assistance of his faithful wife, he accumulated some eight hundred acre of land.
     Oscar N. Stewart was married Jan. 28, 1862, to Miss Rachel Nicholson, who was born in Harmony Township, and is a daughter of Andrew and Rachel (Hammond) Nicholson.  They became parents of three children:  Perry Herbert; Ralph Nicholson, who is secretary of the Mutual Aid Society, and lives in Springfield; and Frank, who lives on the home farm.  Fraternally he is a member of Wilson Post No. 602, G. A. R., at Vienna.  He is a member of the Christian Church, at Plattsburg, of which he is a deacon.  Politically he is a Republican.
     Perry Herbert Stewart was reared on the farm and attended the district schools, afterward attending Antioch College one year and Lebanon College a few terms.  Returning home he took up farming as his life work, operating the home place until 1895, when he moved upon his present farm, which he had purchased the previous year from the David Elder assignees.  He erected outbuildings and made other substantial improvements, attention exclusively to farming until the outbreak of the Civil War.  Upon the first call to arms he responded, enlisting Apr. 23, 1861, in Company E, Sixteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Philip Kershner.  He was in the army about four months with the division that was at Phillippi and Carrick's Ford.  After his return from the front, he was soon married, and with his wife lived on the farm in Green Township until 1884, when he removed to his farm in Harmony Township, where he erected a fine home.  A successful farmer and business man in every way, with the assistance of his faithful wife, he accumulated some eight hundred acres of land.
     Oscar N. Stewart was married Jan. 28, 1862, to Miss Rachel Nicholson, who was born in Harmony township, and is a daughter of Andrew and Rachel (Hammond) Nicholson. They became parents of three children: Perry Herbert; Ralph Nicholson, who is secretary of the Mutual Aid Society, and lives in Springfield; and Frank, who lives on the home farm.  Fraternally he is a member of Wilson Post No. 602, G. A. R., at Vienna.  He is a member of the Christian Church, at Plattsburg, of which he is a deacon.  Politically he is a Republican.
     Perry Herbert Stewart was reared on the farm and attended the district schools, afterward attending Antioch College one year and Lebanon College a few terms.  Returning home he took up farming as his life work, operating the home place until 1895, when he moved upon his present farm, which he had purchased the previous year from the David Elder assignees.  He erected outbuildings and made other substantial improvements, and in 1899 built a commodious house, which, with the fine lawn and shade trees, makes one of the most attractive country homes in this section of the county.
     Jan. 24, 1889, Mr. Stewart was joined in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Ermina Tuttle, who was born in Green Township, Dec. 29, 1862, and is a daughter of Isaac and Fannie (Eichelbarger) Tuttle.  Four children were born to them: Ira E., born Aug. 14, 1891; Roy Levon, Oct. 5, 1893; Walter Nesbitt, Oct. 26, 1895; and Elmer Arthur, born Nov. 28, 1900.  Politically our subject is a Republican, casting his first presidential vote for James G. Blaine.  He has served fourteen years on the school board, but has never been an office seeker.  With his family he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 636
  WILLIAM C. STEWART, a prominent resident of Green Township, and formerly a well known citizen of Springfield, is located on the old Stewart homestead, and is occupied in farming.  He has five hundred and forty acres of land, partly in Greene County, and farms on an extensive scale.
     Mr. Stewart was born on his present farm along the Little Miami, Oct. 27, 1835, and is a son of John Templeton and Ann (Elder) Stewart, a further record of whom may be found elsewhere in this work.  He was reared on this place and received a meagre educational training in the schools of this vicinity.  A natural student, he applied himself to private research, and is at the present time well read on all topics of current interests, being a broad gauged, liberal minded man.  He was a little past fourteen years of age when his father died, and he thereafter took care of his mother during her lifetime, living on the home place.  This consisted of 260 acres originally, Mr. Stewart inheriting 129 acres of it, and the remainder of his property being acquired through his own hard work and judicious management.  He remained on this place for fifteen years after his marriage, then in 1896, in order to give his daughter better educational advantages, moved to Springfield.  Here be took rank among the substantial men and occupied a place high in the esteem of his fellow citizens.  In 1907, after eleven years of retirement, be returned to Green Township, and resumed his agricultural operations.
     Mr. Stewart was married Sept. 9, 1880, to Elizabeth Theodosia Sellers, a daughter of Albert and Harriet (Johnson) Sellers, of Cedarville Township, Greene County, Ohio.  Mrs. Stewart's father was from Berkley County, Virginia, and her mother from an old family of Clark County, Ohio.  Two children were the issue of this union: Lea Virginia, who died in infancy; and Hazel Marie, who was, on Nov. 21, 1907, joined in marriage, with Nathan Nesbitt Murray.  Politically, our subject is a Republican and has served on the School Board and as supervisor.  He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and religiously is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
 Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 674
  ABRAHAM STIPP - See MARTIN L. STIPP

Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 682
  MARTIN L. STIPP, one of Pleasant Township’s representative men, whose valuable farm of seventy-one acres is situated on the Ellsworth turnpike, three miles from Catawba, was born in Clark County, Ohio, Dec. 21, 1851, and is a son of Abraham Stipp. 
     ABRAHAM STIPP was born in Virginia, in 1818, and came to Champaign County, Ohio, in 1849.  He rented a farm there upon which he resided until 1851, when he moved to the farm now occupied by his son, Martin Luther, in Pleasant Township.  His wife died on this farm in 1893 and his death took place in 1896.  They had two sons and one daughter, namely: Martin Luther; Elizabeth, who is the widow of T. N. Davisson, their one child dying in infancy; and Henry M., who resides in Champaign County.  He married Belle Hardman and they have one child, Essie K., who was born in 1891.
     Martin Luther Stipp grew to manhood in Pleasant Township and has always followed agricultural pursuits.  The farm he owns was left jointly to him and his brother. In 1898 he purchased the latter’s interest and has carried on general farming here ever since, meeting with very satisfactory success.  He is a mall of practical but also progressive ideas, and believes in the use of modern methodsand good farm machinery.
     On Oct. 25, 1877, Mr. Stipp was married to Arabella Bumgardner, who is a daughter of Abraham Bumgardner and wife, the former of whom is deceased.  Mrs. Bumgardner was born Jan. 31, 1826, and she resides with Mr. and Mrs. Stipp.  There were nine children in the Bumgardner family, as follows: George, who married Emma Vanskiver; Eli P., who was married (first) to Mahala Climer, and (second) to Maggie Yeazell; J. N., who married Sarah Stypes; J. R., who is serving in the honorable office of mayor of Catawba, married Ella Earnhart; Arabella, who became Mrs. Stipp; Marietta, who married T. M. West, who is township trustee, has five children; Clara, who married Thomas Castello, resides at Springfield; A. L., who married Sadie Neer, resides in Greene County, Ohio, has had three children; and Charles V., residing at Springfield, who married Jessie Garrett and has two children.
     Mr. and Mrs. Stipp are prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Pleasant Township.  He takes a good citizen’s interest in public affairs, and has served for upwards of fifteen years on the School Board.
Source: 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page 682

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