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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A History of Northwest Ohio
A Narrative Account of Its Historical
Progress and Development
from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and
Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of
Lake Erie, down to the Present Time
By Nevin O. Winter, Litt. D.
Assisted by a Board of Advisory and Contributing Editors
ILLUSTRATED
Vol. I & II
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York
1917
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HENRY CLAY THEW
has been one of the progressive young business men of Lima for
the past thirteen years, has built up a distinctive enterprise
as a jeweler in that city, and is also a partner with W. T.
Robinson in the Reo Sales Company, operating an agency for
the Reo car and a garage.
Born in Hardin County, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1879, Henry
Clay Thew is a son of John Wesley and Martha (Stewart)
Thew. His father, who was a farmer, was a native of
Marion County, Ohio, while his mother was born in West Virginia.
After attending the public schools and attaining the
equivalent of a substantial education, Mr. Thew
learned the jeweler's trade and is a graduate of the Optical
College at St. Louis, Missouri. He was first in business
beginning in 1898 and continuing for three years, at Caledonia,
Ohio. Then in 1901 he moved to Lima and opened business
under the name of H. C. Thew, jewelry and optician.
Mr. Thew is a member and treasurer of Olivet
Presbyterian Church and is affiliated with the Knights of
Pythias and the Maccabees.
On Dec. 26, 1904, he married Laura Barth.
Her father, William Barth, is connected with the Solar
Refining Company of Lima. They have two children:
Harold Clay and Mary Martha. Politically Mr.
Thew is a republican.
Source: History of Northwest Ohio - Vol. II - Publ.
The Lewis Publishing
Co. - Chicago & New York
- by Nevin O. Winter, Litt. D. - 1917 - Pg. 905 |
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