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ANDREW SAGER.
Among the prominent dairymen and farmers of Liberty
township, Hancock county, Ohio, whose fine, well
cultivated farm of two hundred and thirty-six acres
is one of the most valuable in this locality, is
Andrew Sager, who was born in Fairfield
county, Ohio, on Feb. 4, 1830. He is a son of
Shem and Mary B. Sager, the former born in
Virginia and the latter in Germany. They
removed to Fairfield county in the days of its early
settlement, and were prominent and worthy people.
Andrew Sager was reared and educated in
his native county. In 1854 he moved to Hancock
county, locating upon his present farm, purchasing
one hundred and sixty acres in section 35, in what
was then Findlay township, later purchasing the
additional acres to complete the present two
hundred. In 1862, when his country asked her
sons to come to her defense, our subject was one who
loyally responded, enlisting on August 23, in
Company G, One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and gallantly serving until the close of
the Civil war, being honorably discharged on July 5,
1865. He was connected with the Fourth brigade
and second division, and participated in the battles
of Mossy Creek, Columbia, Franklin, Nashville, and
belonged to the part of the army that pursued
General Hood in the Georgia campaign.
Upon his return from his honorable service in the army
Mr. Sager resumed his agricultural
pursuits and gradually enlarged his business, adding
buildings and conveniences until he was able to
engage extensively in a dairy business. This
he has managed with success, keeping a fine strain
of cows and selling his products with very
satisfactory results. He is a systematic
farmer, and much of his prosperity is due to his
close and careful attention to every part of his
large domain.
Nov. 15, 1855, Mr. Sager was married to
Miss Susannah Powell, who was born in Liberty
township Nov. 2, 1834, a daughter of Samuel and
Sarah Powell, and Mr. and Mrs. Sager have
four children: Raymond S., Laura A., Ilvie L and
Mellie M.
Mr. Sager is a public spirited citizen,
who lives up to the demands of the day, and takes an
interest in all enterprises which he thinks will be
of advantage to the farmer. He is a leading
member of the United Evangelical church of Findlay.
He is highly esteemed in Liberty township as a man
of integrity and excellent business ability.
In politics he is a Republican.
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NORMAN SALTSMAN Source: Centennial
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CHRISTOPHER A. SALTZMAN Source: Centennial
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JOHN Z. SAMPSON.
This gentleman, one of the prosperous farmers of Amanda
township, is descended on the side of both mother and father
from early settlers of Hancock county. The family
originated from Eli and Ann Sampson, who emigrated from
Maryland in the early part of the nineteenth century and took
part in developing Hancock county. Among their children
was a son named David, who was born in Jackson township
and became a prosperous farmer, accumulated considerable wealth
and rose to a position of prominence in his community. He
was influentially connected with township affairs and served
both as superintendent and trustee. David
Sampson married Melinda Hoy, a member of the
old pioneer family of that name, and of their ten children seven
are living. The father lost his life in 1899, as the
result of being struck by a falling tree, but his widow still
survives in a good old age.
John Z. Sampson, son of the last mentioned
couple, was born in Amanda township, Mar. 30, 1864, and has
spent all his life in the locality of his nativity. He
attended the township schools and finished his education at
Mount Blanchard. After leaving school he "buckled down" to
hard work and has ever since been engaged in agricultural
pursuits. He has prospered, and at present owns a neat
place of seventy-five acres in Amanda township, which is devoted
to general farming and stock-raising. He is of industrious
habits, a good manager and altogether one of the representative
men of the generation of farmers who have come up in Hancock
county since the Civil war. On Sept. 4, 1894, Mr.
Sampson was united in marriage to Miss Maggie
Dragoo, of Indiana, but has no children. They are
members of the Methodist Protestant church and are good citizens
of the community in every sense of the word.
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DAVID W. SAUSSER Source: Centennial
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John Schoonover
Mary Schoonover |
JOHN SCHOONOVER
is one of the prominent farmers of Hancock county, who is the
fortunate possessor of a large, well improved farm located in
Liberty township, in the oil belt, and receives the revenues
from several producing wells.
The birth of John Schoonover occurred in
Franklin county, Ohio, Mar. 8, 1827, and he was the third in a
family of six children born to his parents, Abraham and
Margaret (Baker) Schoonover, the former of whom was born in
Virginia, in September, 1794, and the latter in Maryland, in
May, 1803. They were of Dutch ancestry. In 1831
Abraham removed to Ohio and located on a farm north of
Findlay, where he died in 1864, but his widow survived until
March 21, 1876. Both were worthy people and although they
never accumulated large means, they taught their children
industrious habits and set them examples of moral lives.
Although our subject was not surrounded by plenty in
his youth and was forced to work for his possessions, he has
never regretted this necessity, but can not point to his three
great farms and thus show what can be accomplished by frugal and
persevering industry. Mr. Schoonover owns two
hundred and eighty-acres of as fine land as there is in Hancock
county and is justly regarded as one of her most substantial
citizens.
In 1851 he was united in marriage with Mary Comer,
and to this union were born nine children, six of these still
surviving, namely: Suffronia, born in 1852;
Samilda, born in 1854; Amos, born in 1862; William
L., born in 1865; Harvey, born in 1870; and Clara,
born in 1874.
Mr. Schoonover has been honored with many
testimonials of the general esteem in which he is held.
For twenty-eight years he was township treasurer, was supervisor
and school director. Both he and wife are leading members
of the United Brethren church and he is a liberal supporter of
the same. Few men in his community stand in higher public
esteem.
Mrs. Mary C. Schoonover was born in Fairfield
county, Ohio, in 1831, and is a daughter of Isaac and Hannah
(Burton) Comer, who were married Oct. 25, 1830.
Isaac Comer was born in Virginia, Jan. 2, 1793, and died
Sept. 3, 1852. His first wife, Hannah Culp, was
born in Ohio, Sept. 9, 1803. His second wife, Hannah
Burton, was born Feb. 6, 1802.
Isaac Comer was one of the early settlers of
Hancock county, coming hither in 1832 when wild beasts and
savages still roamed the forests. He first settled on the
farm which is at present the property of Jacob Wagoner.
At the time of his death he owned two hundred and forty acres.
Mr. Comer was the true pioneer, openhearted, frank and
hospitable; he was not only respected but was much beloved.
His home was the home of the Baptist minister; his was the hand
that opened to the call of distress. He filled many of the
township offices and was an important factor in the development
of this section. His children numbered eleven, five of
whom are living. Mrs. Schoonover is the sixth in
order of birth. In politics Mr. Schoonover is a
republican.
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DANIEL N. SCHUBERT
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JOHN SCHUBERT
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PHILIPP SCHWINN
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ABRAHAM W. SCOTHORN
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MORGAN C. SHAFER
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WILLIAM
SHARNINGHAUSE
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JAMES SHEA
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HENRY
SHEETS.
Mathias Sheets, who founded the family of
that name in America, was a blacksmith by trade in
his native country of Germany, and was brought to
this country in 1776 with the German allies of the
British army. Just after the battle at
Monmouth, New Jersey, Mathias and a companion
deserted and started off in search of the American
army. On their way they saw a squad of British
cavalry in pursuit and to escape them hid in some
hay that was contained in an old building near by.
When the troopers, who had not seen the runaways, came
near the place of their concealment, they thrust
their sabers into the hay through the cracks between
the logs, but fortunately did not reach far enough
to touch the trembling fugitives. When the
latter heard the squad ride away they lost no time
in leaving their place of refuge, and eventually
arrived within the lines of the Revolutionary
forces. After the war Mathias Sheets
settled m southeastern Pennsylvania, where he reared
a family in which was included a son named Jacob.
The latter married Christina, daughter of
Nicholas Boher, who served as a private on the
American side in the war for independence.
Jacob and Christina (Boher) Sheets became the
parents of nine children, three sons and six
daughters, two of the former and four of the latter
still living. The second son, Joseph,
was a member of Company I, Twenty-fourth Regiment,
Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which he served
creditably throughout the Civil war. He was
with General Banks during his
expedition up the Red river, and was on board a
steamboat with his regiment when the part of the
army to which he belonged passed the fortifications
at Vicksburg under the cover of a dark night.
History relates how the forts opened a furious
cannonade on the daring fleet as it passed, and one
cannon-ball passed through the boat containing the
regiment to which Joseph Sheets belonged.
Later this regiment was sent around by water to
Washington and from there to Shenandoah Valley,
where in the battle with Early's army, Oct.
19, 1864, Joseph was captured and sent with
others to the prison at Richmond. After being
exchanged in January, 1865, he was sent to Maryland
and later to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, where he
died and was buried.
Henry Sheets, the eldest of the children
of Jacob and Christina, and the subject of
this sketch, was born m Lebanon county,
Pennsylvania, July 26, 1824, and when only nine
months old was taken by his parents to Center
county, in the same state. They lived on a
rented farm and there Henry spent most of his
boyhood, attending district school during the three
months' term in winter and helping on the farm at
other times. In 1842, at the age of seventeen,
Henry gained permission of his parents to go
to Hancock county, Ohio, where he worked by the
month on a farm owned by his uncle near the location
of the present village of Arcadia, and in the winter
taught the district school of that neighborhood.
After spending eighteen months in Ohio Henry
Sheets returned to Pennsylvania, where he
remained until 1847, and then came back to Hancock
county, which has ever since been the place of his
residence. For about nineteen years his
two-fold occupation was carpentering in the building
season and teaching school during the inclement
weather of winter. In 1859 he engaged in
farming and the next year was elected to the office
of auditor of Hancock county, in which position he
served two terms of two years each. In March,
1861, Mr. Sheets located with his
family at Findlay, where he spent five years and
returned to the farm near Arcadia, which has been
his home from that time to this. After serving
two years as examiner of county schools Mr.
Sheets was appointed, in 1870, to fill out
the unexpired term of the county treasurer, who had
left the county. In 1876 he was elected to the
lower house of the Ohio Legislature to fill the
unexpired term of Hon. A. H. Phillips, who
died after serving half his term, and in 1877 he was
re-elected to a full term of two years.
Dec. 18, 1851, was solemnized the marriage of Henry
Sheets and Miss Martha,
daughter of James Campbell, a
prominent farmer of Hancock county, residing in Cass
township. Of the eight children born of this
union two died within less than three weeks after
birth and Mathew, one of the sons, died of typhoid
fever at the age of twenty-eight years. The
five survivors consist of three sons and two
daughters, of whom Rufus, the
eldest son, is living in Marshall county, Iowa,
where he owns a flouring mill on the Iowa river.
James H., the second son, is a carpenter by
trade and follows that occupation for a living.
Homer, the youngest son, attends to the
farming on the old homestead and, like his brother,
James, is unmarried. Ellen, the
eldest daughter, is unmarried and remains at the
family homestead. Elizabeth, the
youngest daughter, married Albert Kopf,
with whom she resides at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where
her husband holds the position of blacksmith for the
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company,
doing all needed repairing in his line for the road
from Stony Island, near Chicago, to Bellevue, Ohio.
Considering the fact that he had only four dollars
when he arrived in Hancock county, the subject of
our sketch may truly be said to have achieved a
creditable success in life, but he is a modest man,
and does not brag either of what he has or what he
has done. At the present time his farm
consists of one hundred and fifty acres, after Mr.
Sheets gave the right of way to two railroads
and to the electric road from Fostoria to Findlay.
Since 1849 Mr. Sheets and his wife
have been members of the Evangelical Lutheran church
in Arcadia, to which three other members of the
family also belong. In politics Mr.
Sheets is now and always has been a member of
the Democratic party, but he has never belonged to
any of the secret societies. He has aimed
always to do his duty as best he could, both in
public and private life,—to be just toward his
fellowman and to fulfill all the requirements of
good citizenship.
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DAVID SHERICK
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CONRAD SHERMAN
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JESSE SHILLING
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JOHN W. SHOE
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HERMON T. SHULL
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ISAAC L. SHULL
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A. C. SIDDALL
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A.
H. SMITH. Well known in Hancock county,
Mr. Smith is a worthy representative
of its farming interests, and is a man whose
sterling traits of character have made him popular
with his business or social connections. He
resides in Cass township on a farm of one hundred
and twenty acres, which he devotes to general
produce. He was born in Big Lick township Oct.
1, 1852, and is the son of George W. and Mary
(Hoyt) Smith, both of whom are natives of New
York state. His father is of Scotch parentage.
This couple came to Hancock county, in 1844, and
located in Big Lick township, purchasing a farm of
two hundred acres, most of which was in its
primitive wild state. During his residence in
the county George W. Smith made a reputation
for honest dealing, and filled in his time several
of the township offices with credit. He was a
worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in
which he was an active worker, having been for many
years a member of the governing board of that
organization. Politically he favored the
policies of the Republican party. His birth
occurred in 1821, and he died in Hancock county in
1893; his wife, Mary, was born in 1819 and
survived him, dying at the age of seventy-five.
Their family numbered: Mary A., Aurilla, Amelia,
A. H., M. C., Elmer J., Arabelle. and
Myrtie.
A. H. Smith, who forms the subject of this
review, received his early training and education in
the township schools of Big Lick township, and with
the exception of eight years spent in Findlay in
handling agricultural implements his life has been
devoted entirely to agricultural pursuits. He
purchased his present farm in 1886, on which he has
since resided. He farms largely on the
intensive plan, using a rotation of crops to enrich
his fields, and is a lover of good stock, of which
he has a large number on his farm. On Dec. 1,
1873, he was united in marriage to Maggie A.,
daughter of Eli and Susanna Nead, and born on
the farm where she now resides. To this union
there was no issue. The circle of
friends of which Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the
center is extensive, and the regard in which they
are held in their community is uniform.
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AUGUSTUS M. SMITH.
Among the marble and granite workers and dealers in
Findlay, Ohio, Augustus M. Smith takes a
leading position, on account of the taste he
displays in designing and the perfection of the work
he executes.
The birth of Mr. Smith took place in the city of
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1854, and he is the son of
John and Sarah J. (Hopkins) Smith, the former of
whom was born in 1832, in Pennsylvania, and died in
St. Louis, Missouri, in 1855. By trade he was
a tailor. He left two children, our subject,
and his sister Fannie, who married Frank
R. Price and died in 1895, leaving three
children, namely: Marion, Charles and
Arthur in their home in Cleveland.
Mrs. Smith married Alfred H. Slack and
they have one son, Fred H. and reside in
Findlay.
Augustus M. Smith was but a babe when his
parents moved to Dayton, Ohio, where he remained
until he was about seven years old. Then with his
widowed mother he went to Indianapolis, Indiana, and
lived there until 1869, when they removed to
Cleveland, Ohio. In the former city he had commenced
to learn the stone cutter's trade and completed his
apprenticeship in Cleveland, becoming so competent a
workman that when he came to Findlay in 1875, he was
placed in charge of the large marble shop of
Louthan & Son, remaining with that firm from
July 1, 1875, until Jan. 1, 1881. At this date he
began business on his own account and has prospered
exceeding.
In 1873, in Monroe, Michigan, our subject was married
to Miss Letty M. Davis, and two children were
born to this union, the one survivor being Frank
E. Mr. Smith was
married a second time in 1890, in Wapakoneta, Ohio,
to Miss Julia A. Myer, and the two children
born to this union are Harry A. and Chester P.
In fraternal life, Mr. Smith
belongs to the Odd Fellows, the Elks and the Knights
of Pythias. He is a very highly esteemed
citizen of Findlay.
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Charles F. Smith |
CHARLES F. SMITH.
The career of this gentleman, now manager of an
important traction system at Findlay, is both
interesting and instructive, inasmuch as it is
typically American, and illustrates a distinctive
phase of our national life. Students of our
great transportation systems, to which the United
States owes more for its rapid development than any
other cause, are always struck with the fact that
its great captains and ruling spirits almost
invariably rise from the "bottom of the ladder" up
through the various grades until they reach the top.
When this pinnacle has been reached its duties are
discharged with a capacity usually measured by the
thoroughness of the educational process undergone in
attaining it, and generally the one who has been
faithful in small things is rewarded by being placed
in charge of the larger affairs. In the case
under consideration, it may be mentioned in passing
that Mr. Smith acquired his first taste as well as
his first knowledge of transportation by electric
propulsion while serving as an office-boy for one of
the Cincinnati inclined plane railways. When
the opportunity and the man meet and the man has the
qualities in him to take advantage of the
opportunity, the result follows as a matter of
course, and what pessimistic fault-finders are in
the habit of denouncing as "special privilege'' or
"favoritism" is really nothing more than the bright
boy or man proving himself equal to the occasion
which is constantly presenting itself to the
deserving in this country of unequaled
opportunities.
Though of German extraction this branch of the Smith
family has long been thoroughly acclimated by
naturalization upon American soil. John C.
Smith, father of our subject, came over in
infancy with his parents, who located at Cincinnati,
and there passed the remainder of their lives.
After reaching manhood he became a mechanic, served
through the Civil war in one of the Ohio regiments
of infantry, and died in Cincinnati in 1893, aged
fifty-three years. Charles F. Smith was
born at Cincinnati, Nov. 6, 1863, and got such
academical education as he was destined to receive
in the schools of that city. But he was one of
those boys who do not need much "schooling" of. the
ordinary kind, they having a way of their own for
learning those things which are calculated to be
most useful and valuable. When the youthful
Smith had reached his fourteenth year he secured
a position as office-boy with the Mt. Adams and Eden
Park Inclined Plane Railway Company, and stuck
closely to his position for the next ten years.
He became assistant superintendent of the company,
in which position he continued until he came to
Findlay, in September, 1887. Without
unnecessary delay he purchased the material and
superintended the building of the Findlay Street
Railway, with a single trackage of eight miles at
first, which has since been more than doubled.
Mr. Smith continued as manager of the
street railway until its absorption by the Toledo,
Bowling Green & Southern Traction Company, after
which he was made manager of the latter and has
since retained that position. Inasmuch as he has
gone through every department he understands the
business from the ground up, and consequently makes
an invaluable employe both for his company and the
people. But his activities have not been
confined to one line of work. In 1892 he
became one of the organizers of the Hancock Light
and Power Company, of which he was president for
three years, and after the reorganization in 1895 he
held the vice-presidency until the company was
absorbed by the Findlay Street Railway Company in
1899. In June, 1801, Mr. Smith
secured the franchise for heating houses by the
hot-water system, which will be carried on by the
traction company under his management. It will
be seen from the foregoing recital that Charles
F. Smith is just the kind of man needed in every
community to make the wheels of progress go round
and who are especially valuable in these days of
electric development, when no town is of consequence
which has not a good transit system, electric
lighting plant and other up-to-date improvements.
Improvement enterprises will not be established,
neither will they progress, without the right kind
of men behind them.
In 1885 Mr. Smith was married at
Cincinnati to Miss Lizzie J., daughter of
John M. Farland, and Harry C. Smith is
the product of this union. Mr.
Smith's political predilections are Republican,
and his fraternal connections are with the Mystic
Shrine, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Elks.
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DANIEL
L. SMITH.
There could be no more gratifying thing to the
citizens of Hancock county than to see many of its
fanners spend their later days in ease, freed from
the cares and responsibilities of farm life, yet
able to enjoy its pleasant side. Mr.
Daniel L. Smith is one of the many who have been
fortunate in this respect, and as such deserves
honorable mention in this volume. He was born
on a farm in Amanda township, in this county, in
1845, and has lived on Hancock county farms all his
life, with the exception of eleven years, from 1874
to 1885, when he lived on a farm in Henry county,
this state. Though he has resided in Findlay
since 1890, he still retains an active interest in
agricultural pursuits, keeping in touch with his
former life.
Mr. Smith's grandfather, Stephen
Smith, the first of his family to move to
Ohio, was born in New York, came to Hancock county
at an early day and died in Wood county.
His son, David K. Smith, father of Daniel
L., was born in Hancock county in 1825, and he
has also been a farmer all his life. He was
one of the many loyal sons of Ohio who fought in the
war of the Rebellion, having enlisted in the fall of
1864 as a private in Company G, Forty-fourth
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served
until the close of the war. He was in many
important fights. David K. Smith
married Elizabeth Zinn in 1844, and of their
seven children six are still living: Daniel L.;
Charity, wife of Jacob Thompson;
America, wife of Asa Morris;
William; Catherine, wife of Peter
Domer; and Charlotte, wife of
Joseph Schwab. The first
Mrs. Smith died in 1887, and our
subject's father is still living in Hancock county,
married to his third wife. He is numbered
among the members of the United Brethren church.
Daniel Smith was first married in 1864 to
Eliza Ewing, who died in 1873, leaving two
children: Kelley L., wife of Lincoln
Sheppard; and Jesse E. Mr.
Smith was again married in 1875 to Amanda
Kwis, and they have six children, all living,
who are: Nellie E., wife of Charles
Opp; Bertha, wife of Lemuel
Huston; Maud, wife of Fred Johnson;
John A. Logan; Harry D.; and Vita Z.
Mr. Smith has always been a
Republican, and that he is counted one of the worthy
members of that party is shown by the fact that he
served as postmaster under President Hayes
at McClure, in Henry county; he also served as
trustee of Damascus township, in the same county.
Like his father, he is associated with the United
Brethren church.
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GEORGE H. SMITH.
When the tide of emigration was setting in strongly
from Germany to the United States about the middle
of the last century, Ohio was fortunate in securing
many of the best of that very desirable population.
They settled in great numbers at Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Columbus and other cities of the state
whose rapid growth was largely due to this diffusion
of German blood, accompanied by the thrift and
industry so characteristic of that race. Many
of these people, however, went inland and settled on
farms where they applied those qualities of economy
and good judgment which never fail to bring success
to their possessors in whatever pursuit they may
engage. Among those who came from the
fatherland at the period mentioned were Henry and
Albertina (Tagler) Smith, who arrived in Seneca
county, Ohio, about 1854, and located at Fostoria.
They were poor in this world's goods, bringing with
them little more than was sufficient to pay
expenses, but to use an American expression, they
soon "caught on" as farmers in a small way on rented
land. Henry Smith was practical
in his methods, strict in his notions of right and
wrong, a good judge of men, and withal a hard
working and painstaking man. These qualities
enabled him to save a little money, and when, in
1868, he removed to Hancock county he was able to
purchase forty acres of timber land in Pleasant
township. This he cleared and cultivated with
his usual energy, subsequently sold to advantage and
bought a larger farm in Blanchard township,
consisting of eighty acres. Here he spent the
remainder of his days, improving his property and
constantly adding to its value by his thorough
system of farming and when the final summons came
was able to leave something to his children.
He and his good wife were members of the Lutheran
church, exemplary in their conduct, upright in their
lives and respected by all as neighbors and friends.
They passed away within two years of each other, the
wife dying in 1896 and the husband in 1898.
The family consisted of seven children, of whom six
are still living: Sarah, William,
Eliza, George H., John and
Delia.
George H. Smith, with whom this biography is
principally concerned, was born in Seneca county,
Ohio, Oct. 9, 1862, and was consequently about six
years old when his parents removed to Pleasant
township. He grew up and received his primary
education after the settlement in Hancock county,
and was trained by his father to work on the farm.
In the course of time he became the owner of the
homestead in Blanchard township, where as boy and
man he has resided since 1872. This place he
has managed with the same industry and care that
characterized his excellent father, and as a general
farmer and stockraiser he has held his own with
others of his class in that part of the county.
As a plain, unpretentious man of good habits and
moral life he enjoys and fully deserves the
confidence of his fellow-citizens.
In 1887 Mr. Smith was united in marriage
with Miss Delia, daughter of John
and Sarah Fry, which union has
proven congenial and pleasant in every way.
Their children, four in number, are thus recorded in
the family register: Charles F., born May 8,
1889; Grace M., born Mar. 17, 1891; Olive
N., born Oct. 10, 1898; and Mabel R.,
born May 30, 1901. Mrs. Smith is
a native of Blanchard township, her birth having
occurred Aug. 29, 1867, and is a devoted member of
the United Brethren church, of which her husband is
a trustee and has long been a leader and earnest
worker.
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HENRY C. SMITH.
Henry C. Smith is one who owes his own
advancement entirely to his enterprising efforts.
He has steadily worked his way upward until he is
now manager of the carpet department for the firm of
J. S. Patterson & Sons, in their store at
Findlay. His parents were William H. and
Caroline (Glick) Smith, natives of Germany,
where he was born in 1838 and she in 1842.
They came to this country in early life, where he
pursued the cabinetmaker's trade with success and
they are now enjoying the fruits of their industry
in quiet retirement. Their son, Henry C.,
was born in December, 1859, at Findlay, was
graduated in the high school in 1879, and after
putting aside his text books entered upon his
business career, his first year being spent in the
employment of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Company. In 1882 he entered the store of
Patterson & Sons, in which he accepted the
position of clerk and utility man, but his
willingness to work, his close application and
fidelity to duty led continuously to promotion,
until in 1894 he was made manager of the carpet
department and has since served in this capacity.
In 1891, in Findlay, Mr. Smith was united
in marriage to Miss Leotia A. Keltner,
and they now have two children: Agnes E.,
born Sept. 3, 1892, and Herbert L., born Mar.
14, 1897. Orlando Keltner, father of
Mrs. Smith, was a son of Isaiah Keltner,
a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, who is
still living at the advanced age of eighty-four
years. Mr. Smith votes with the Democracy and
has served as a member of the library board of this
city. Socially he is connected with the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights
of Pythias and the Knights of Korassan. In
business he is found as a genial, obliging and
courteous salesman, and in all relations of life he
manifests strong fidelity to honorable principles,
so that he has gained the esteem and confidence of a
large circle of friends.
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JOHN S. SOLETHER
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DAVID B. SOLT.
David B. Solt has for twenty years been
engaged in dealing in stock as a member of the firm
of P. Solt & Company, of Eagle township.
He makes his home two and a half miles east of
Rawson and six miles southwest of Findlay, where he
has a valuable property. He is widely known as
a representative of agricultural interests, who
through the exercise of business ability and
unflagging enterprise has achieved success and won
an honored name.
Born in Eagle township May 23, 1857, David B. Solt
is the second son of Peter Solt, and upon the
home farm he was reared. In his boyhood he
began to assist his father by driving cattle, and
thus he was employed until twenty-five years of age,
when he was admitted to a partnership in his
father's stock dealing operations under the present
firm style of P. Solt & Company. The
present firm consists of the father, who is the
senior member, D. B. Solt, F. B. McClellan
and Smith Hoy. Mr. McClellan and
our subject handle the stock at Rawson and
P. Solt and Mr. Hoy make Findlay their
headquarters. This business relation has been
maintained for twenty years and the firm has enjoyed
the profits of a constantly growing business.
They have handled stock on an extensive scale and
their annual sales return to them a good income.
The subject of this review remained on his father's
farm until his marriage, when he secured a farm of
his own, and nine years ago he came to his present
place of residence in Eagle township, not far from
Rawson. Here he has eighty acres of rich and
arable land. It is the old homestead farm of
Daniel Raddebaugh, whose youngest
daughter, Amy, became the wife of Mr. Solt.
This land was first improved by Daniel
Raddebaugh, whose father had entered the land
for him, although living in Fairfield county.
The grandfather was Samuel Raddebaugh,
who settled near Findlay and was killed six or seven
years ago, his death resulting from a beating
inflicted by robbers. His children were:
John, who is now living on Benton ridge, in
Liberty township, at the age of ninety years;
Joseph, who also lived in that township and died
at the age of seventy-five years; and Daniel,
the father of Mrs. Solt. All
aided materially in the upbuilding and improvement
of Hancock county, the family being a prominent one
of this portion of the state. Daniel
Raddebaugh was united in marriage to Maria
Hosier, and three years later removed to what
is now the Solt farm, although he had
previously come and built a cabin on the place.
He made his permanent location about 1846. She
was born July 27, 1825, in Pickaway county, Ohio,
and there remained until her marriage, which
occurred when she was eighteen years of age.
Her last days were spent on the old homestead, where
she departed this life Dec. 11, 1901. In their
family were eleven children, of whom one died in
infancy, while nine are yet living, and George,
who was a farmer of Wood county, Ohio, died at the
age of forty- two years. Mrs. Solt
is now the only one living in Eagle township, but
Edmond and Jane are residents of this
county. Monroe is living in Coldwater,
Michigan; Jefferson makes his home in Minonk,
Illinois; Edward is a resident of Findlay,
Ohio; Lucy is living in Marion, this state;
Anna is in Bluffton, Ohio; and Ellis
is a minister of the Evangelical church, at
Bluffton. The father still resides upon the
old home place and has now reached an advanced age.
The marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. Solt was celebrated Apr. 8, 1880, when
the lady was seventeen years of age. Their
home has been blessed with five daughters:
Pearl May, now the wife of Thaddeus Keller,
of Eagle township; Elva Dale, Jesse Fremont, Dora
Olive and Eva Milburn, all with their
parents, the family circle yet remaining unbroken by
the hand of death.
Mr. Solt has continued to improve his farm since
locating thereon, remodeling the house, building a
barn and adding many modern equipments and
accessories. He also has two other farms in
Eagle township, comprising altogether three hundred
and twenty acres, and two of these he operates, the
well-tilled fields yielding to him a good return.
He usually feeds quite a large number of cattle
annually. He has eight producing oil well upon
the home place, but has confined his attention to
agricultural pursuits and stock dealing, in which he
has met with very creditable success. He is a
working member of the Republican party and attends
its conventions. Both he and his wife hold
membership in the Methodist Episcopal church of
Rawson, in which he is serving as a trustee.
His interest in everything pertaining to the general
welfare is deep and sincere and his hearty
co-operation has been given to many measures for the
public benefit.
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PETER SOLT. The world instinctively pays deference to the man whose success
has been worthily achieved, who has risen above his early
surroundings, overcoming the obstacles in his path and reaching
an enviable position in business circles. This is a
progressive age and he who does not advance is soon left far
behind. Mr. Solt, by the improvement of
opportunities by which all are surrounded, has steadily and
honorably worked his way upward and has attained a fair degree
of prosperity.
This well known stock dealer of Eagle township was born
in Fairfield county, Ohio, on the 13th of November, 1830, a son
of Conrad and Saloma Solt, both of whom were natives of
Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. The father was
between sixteen and eighteen years of age when he came to this
state and the mother was quite young at the time of her removal.
Besides his home farm of one hundred and twenty acres of land in
Hancock county, which he entered from the government and an
entire section near Bluffton in Wells county, Indiana, which he
also entered. As his children started out in life for
themselves he gave to each one hundred and sixty acres of this
wild land and he lived to see it all distributed among them,
dying at the ripe old age of eighty-seven years, honored and
respected by all who knew him. One son, Cornelius,
settled on land in Eagle township, in Hancock county, which was
given him by his father and here developed a farm. During
the Civil war he enlisted in the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer
Infantry and died in the service when about forty-five years of
age. Some of his family still live in this county and his
grandson, Sanderson Pifer, now occupies the old
homestead. Moses Solt, another son of Conrad,
also came to Hancock county and settled on the old John
Powell farm in Eagle township, but later removed to a farm
near Findlay, Ohio, and from there went to Tennessee.
Subsequently he made his home in various states but finally
located permanently in Missouri, where he now resides.
Melancthon Solt, another son, is now a grain and stock
dealer living in Washington county, Kansas, where he is quite
extensively engaged in the feeding of stock. The father
was also interested in the raising of horses, cattle and hogs,
and was accounted one of the best and most reliable business men
of his community.
Until about nineteen years of age Peter Solt
remained under the parental roof, but three years previous to
this he began buying and selling stock, and then entered the
employ of a drover, driving stock over the mountains to New York
City, making two trips, first with two hundred and fifty hogs
and two hundred and one head of cattle. On attaining his
majority he embarked in the same business on his own account and
during the years that have since passed he has given the greater
part of his time and attention to that enterprise, having many
partners, the old firm of P. Solt & Company being one of
the best known in the state.
While visiting Hancock County soon after his marriage
Mr. Solt purchased forty acres of land in what is now
Eagle township. He had made a bid of seven hundred and
fifty dollars for this tract, although he did not really want
it, but his offer was accepted. It had been his intention
to buy land near Elmira, but on reaching home his father advised
him to take the land in Hancock county, and he located thereon
Aug. 31, 1853. There was a small cabin on the place but
little of the land had been cleared. His capital was
exhausted on paying for his property, but he at once set to work
to clear the land, devoting his attention to that labor at
night, while by day he continued to engage in the stock
business. In less than a year, however, he had lost all he had
with the exception of a carload of hogs by endorsing another
man's note for thirteen hundred dollars, even selling his seed
wheat and winterment to pay his debts. It was also his
intention to sell his land, but a neighbor, Amos Swayer,
who had induced him to buy the land, let him have the money
needed, in fact all that he wanted to borrow, without security.
On the completion of the Lake Shore Railroad he began shipping
stock over that line and within a year was able to meet all his
obligations. He was feeding about two hundred sheep, which
were purchased by a couple of stock buyers, a Mr. Grant
from New York, and Mr. Fisher from Erie, Pennsylvania,
who paid him a good price and also advanced him one thousand
dollars with which to buy more. Within a week or two he
also made five hundred dollars by buying stock for those
gentlemen. He continued in their employ for about a year,
during which time he was able to pay off his debts and gain
another start in life. For fifteen years thereafter he
gave special attention to the sheep business, shipping his stock
to New York City and Buffalo, the latter city proving the best
market. He did not place his business in the hands of
commission merchants but conducted his own sales and his
operations extended throughout this state, Indiana and Illinois,
where he bought cattle and hogs on quite an extensive scale.
In 1882 he did a business of handling nineteen hundred and fifty
hogs and seven hundred and fifty head of cattle, for which he
contracted one year ahead. At times he has contracted for
hogs before they were born, paying five cents per pound and
selling the same for nine and a half cents in Buffalo over a
year after the contracts were made. Mr. Solt, with
his partner, does an annual business of thirty-five thousand to
fifty thousand dollars. For twenty years he has engaged in
the feeding of sheep and has also fed hogs largely during the
summer months. Almost a half century has passed since he
became interested in the stock business and during that time
there has been hardly a year in which he did not buy and sell
stock in connection with farming. He owns a nice place of
eighty acres, on which he has erected a good house and barn, and
made many other useful and valuable improvements.
On the 15th of May, 1853, in Fairfield county, Ohio,
Mr. Solt was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Cloud,
a native of Ohio and a daughter of Mordecai and Ellen (Jones)
Cloud, both of whom spent their last years with our subject
and died at his home. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Soltwere
born the following children: Mary Elizabeth, now the wife
of F. B. McClelland of eagle township; David B. and
Clifford W., also residents of Eagle township; Ellen
Saloma, wife of S. H. Hoy, of Eagle township; Dora
E., wife of Dr. E. B. Harrington of Findlay, Ohio;
Sanderson H., who is unmarried and now operates the home
farm; and Fanny Grant wife of Bruce Keller, of
Eagle township. Each one of the children has had a farm
given him and today all are well-to-do, the sons being
first-class business men like their father, who stands as the
banker of the family and has worked hard to give his children a
good start in life.
Throughout his business career Mr. Solt has met
with many reverses, losing in one day sixteen hundred dollars
and at another time thirty-two hundred dollars, owing to a
decline in the market. He has also lost much by going
security for others, but has never allowed himself to become
discouraged or disheartened. With indefatigable energy he
ha worked his way upward, overcoming all the obstacles and
difficulties in his path until he is today one of the well-to-do
and substantial citizens of his community, as well as one of its
most honored and highly respected citizens. In his
political views he is a Republican, but has never hesitated to
vote for a Democrat when he thought the candidate of that party
was more fitted for the position than his own. He has been
quite a political worker but has never cared for official
honors. At one time he was elected sheriff, having been
nominated against his desire. In all the relations of life
he has been found true to every trust reposed in him, and he has
the respect and confidence of all who know him. It is
said, and without any qualifications, that the word of Peter
Solt has always been and is as good as his bond.
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THOMAS J. STACKHOUSE
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THOMAS STACY
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LEVI STAHL
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JOHN F. STALL
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BENJAMIN C. STEINMAN
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WILLIAM STEPHENSON
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WILLIAM E.
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A. W. STEVENSON
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EVAN D. STEVENSON
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S. M. STEWART
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CHARLES A. STOCKTON
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JOSEPH STOFFEL
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DARIUS R. STOKER
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GEORGE M. STOKER. With the
industrial interests of McComb this gentleman is closely
associated being a member of the firm of Stoker Brothers,
owners of the planing mill. He is a young man of
enterprise and business capability and in his undertakings is
meeting with desirable and well merited success.
Mr. Stoker is a native of Hancock county, his
birth having occurred in Allen township, upon his father's farm,
in the year 1866. He is a son of T. A. Stoker, a
well known agriculturist of this community. He remained
upon the old homestead until fourteen years of age, during which
time he pursued his education in the public schools of the
neighborhood, and through the summer months and in the periods
of vacation he worked n field and meadow, assisting in the
cultivation of the farm, but believing that another pursuit
would prove more congenial, when fourteen years of age he began
learning the carpenter's trade, which he followed continuously
until 1897. He became a proficient workman and evidences
of his skill are seen in many substantial buildings of the
county. In 1897 he joined his brother in the establishment
of a planing mill business in McComb, and in the new enterprise
they prospered, the business assuming large and profitable
proportions. The Stoker Brothers are now
manufacturing the Little Star grain separator for the company of
which they are now members, and of which company George M.
Stoker is the manager.
In the year 1888 Mr. Stoker was united in
marriage to Miss Lily Stout; and they have one son,
Fred. Mr. Stoker is a prominent Odd Fellow, belonging
to both the lodge and the encampment, and in the former he has
filled all of the chairs. He is now serving as treasurer
of the town, being elected on the Republican ticket by a
majority of ninety-five, although the usual popularity and the
confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen, who
recognize his capability and his loyalty in citizenship.
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GEORGE M. STOKER
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WILSON C. STOKER
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FRANCIS M. STORTS
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GEORGE S. STOUGH
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HENRY STOUGH
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MRS. SARAH A.
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FREDRICK SUTTER
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JOHN A. SUTTON
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JOHN W. SWAB
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SAMUEL SWAB
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H. D. SWANK
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NELSEN R. SWARTZ.
Though descended from a line of farmers the subject
of this review has chosen to secure a living from
the soil in a different way, that of oil-producing.
His grandfather was George Swartz, a
Pennsylvanian, though he later migrated to Ohio, in
which state he died in 1871, having been all his
life a farmer. The son of George Swartz,
Solomon Swartz, the father of Nelsen R.
Swartz, is now a retired farmer of Hancock
county. He was born in Fairfield county, this
state in 1836, and has lived in Hancock county since
1859; he married Sarah A. Radebaugh, and they
had six children, of whom four survive, as follows:
Charles S.; Morris W.; Nelsen R.
and Merle E.
Nelsen R. Swartz was born on a farm in Liberty
township, Hancock county, in December, 1873, where
he lived during his earlier years, attending the
country schools and working on the farm. At
the age of seventeen, however, he was attracted to
the oil fields, and started to work as a pumper.
He made unusual progress in the methods of the
business, skipping the usual course of dressing
tools and attending the drill, and commenced
contracting and producing on his own account at a
very early age. He is now engaged in oil
producing, having located in Findlay in 1899.
Mr. Swartz was married in 1899, in Detroit,
Michigan, to Minnie M. Marstellar, daughter
of James Marstellar, of that city, and they
have one son, Herbert M. Mr. Swartz
is a thorough-going Republican, and is numbered
among the ranks of the Odd Fellows of Findlay.
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DANIEL E. SWITZER
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