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1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio
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C. G. Sanford
Lydia Sanford |
CARMI G. AND
LYDIA SANFORD. Zachariah Sanford,
father of the Sanfords of this county, and a Townsend
pioneer, was born near Saybrook, Connecticut, in the year 1990.
At the age of eighteen he left Connecticut, with his widowed
mother, and settled in Madison county, New York. He
married Mary P. Mantor, who was born in Massachusetts in
1998. The newly-wedded couple settled on a farm in Ontario
county, New York, which was their home till the fall of 1832,
when, with their family, they removed to Ohio, and settled in
this township. Mr. Sanford purchased an
eighty acre lot entirely
covered with native forest. The father and sons made an
opening for a log cabin upon their arrival, and during the
winter prepared a tract for spring crops. On this farm
Mr. Sanford lived until his death, which occurred May
6, 1862. His wife, Mary Sanford,
died March try, 1868. They reared a family of seven
children—five sons and two daughters.
Elias M. was born July 19, 1817. He died
in Townsend township May 31, 1843, leaving a wife and one child.
Carmi G. was born Dec. 28, 1818.
Henry A. was born Mar. 4, 1820. He
married Mary Rice, daughter of Daniel
Rice,
and lives on the homestead farm.
Sally M. was born Dec. 27, 1826.
William B. was born Apr. 7, 1828. He
resides in Riley township.
Almira was born July lo, 1832. She was
married to Samuel H. Tibbals, and died without issue.
George W. was born Feb. 2, 1839. He
resides in Townsend township.
Zachariah Sanford was a man of quiet
temperament, unobtrusive and hospitable. In his family he
was kind and indulgent; in intercourse and dealing with his
neighbors he avoided anything like conflict. It has been
said of him that he died without an enemy.
Mrs. Mary Sanford was an excellent mother.
She was a woman of deep religious convictions, being in this
respect like his mother, who made her home for many years in the
Sanford residence.
Bible reading was especially encouraged in the family.
Carmi G., while a boy, was given a sheep as a prize for
having read the entire Bible through.
Carmi G. Sanford was in his fourteenth year when
the family removed to Ohio. His educational advantages in
New York were limited, and in this county still more meagre. He
worked industriously on his father's farm until young manhood.
His first purchase of land was a tract of forty acres, Which he
still owns. He married, Mar. 9, 1844, Lydia Allyn,
and settled on a farm, for which he traded three years before.
Only a small portion of this farm, located three-fourths of a
mile north of his present residence, was cleared. The
cabin was made entirely of logs and puncheons, except one door,
which was made of the boards of a store-box. In this cabin
they lived for about ten years. Mr. Sanford
removed to his present residence in 1863, retaining possession
of the old farm. By economy and industry he has accumulated real
estate, until at present he owns four hundred acres of
well-improved land. Mr. Sanford has always been an
advanced farmer, keeping pace, in methods and machinery, with
the times. In politics he has been active, and is looked
upon as a leader. A Whig by inheritance, he became a
Republican from principle. During the war he spent time
and money in the encouragement of enlistments and support of the
families of soldiers in the field. When the One Hundred
and Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was formed, Mr.
Sanford was chosen captain of the largest company, C.,
composed of volunteers from Riley and Townsend townships.
At the regimental organization at Fremont, he was chosen to the
position of lieutenant-colonel, and Nathaniel, a brother
of William E. Haynes, was elected colonel. Through
the caprice of Colonel Wiley, Mr.
Sanford was dismissed before being mustered into the
service.
Since the war Mr. Sanford has remained an active
Republican, by which party he was elected to the offices of
county infirmary director and county commissioner. He had
previously served his township as clerk and justice of the
peace. He is a member of Clyde Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons, and of Erie Commandery No. 23, located at Sandusky.
Mrs. Sanford is the daughter of Isaac
and Permelia Allyn, and was born Mar. 20, 1828.
Isaac Allyn was born in Connecticut, Sept. 21, 1786.
He left home at the age of eighteen years, and settled, after
travelling to various places, in Eric county. About 1820,
in company with Jonas Gibbs, he came to this
county, and settled on the prairie in the north part of Riley
township. He raised horses and cattle for market,
frequently making large sales. He also engaged largely in
raising hogs, and in pork packing. Mr. Allyn
made his home in the Gibbs' family for a few
years, and then kept bachelor's hall in a cabin on his own place
until he was married, which event took place June 12, 1827.
Permelia Allyn, daughter of Cyrus
Downing, was born June 24, 1795, in Windom county,
Connecticut. Before she was two years old her parents
removed to New York, where they lived till 1809, at which time
they came to Ohio and settled near Huron.
On account of Indian hostilities, the family was
compelled to leave this new home and take refuge in the fort at
Cleveland. Permelia married, in April, 1813,
Jeremiah Daniels. About twenty families lived
at Huron at this time. They were compelled by hostile
Indians to leave their homes nine times during one year.
Mr. Daniels having deceased, Permelia
married Isaac Allyn, in 1827. The fruit of this union was three
children—Lydia (Sanford), born Mar. 20, 1828;
Isaac M., born Feb. 8, 1832, living in Riley township; and
Permelia (Sanford), born November 6, 1537, died
June 25, 1881.
Isaac Allyn died Jan. 30, 1839.
Mrs. Allyn survived him many years, the date of her
death being Sept. 18, 1874. She was a hard worker, and a
woman of good business ability. She carried on her
husband's stock business for several years after his death.
One year she salted with her own hands more than one hundred
barrels of pork. Mrs. Allyn, during the last
year and a half of her life, made her home with her daughter
Lydia.
Mrs. Sanford is naturally a happy and
cheerful woman. She takes great interest in the welfare of
her family. Her home is one of the most attractive in the
county.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford have had seven children,
three of whom are living—Mary P., born Apr. 24, 1846,
died in infancy; Winfield Scott, born Aug. 16, 1847,
married Eliza McCartney, and has three children, resides
in Sandusky; Flora A., born Feb. 3, 1850, married
James Gaw, died Feb. 28, 1872; Morgan C., born
July 25, 1861, resides at home; Kate L., born November 7,
1864, died Mar. 1, 1868; Hattie M., born Jan. 24, 1868,
lives at home; Charles G., born Jan. 24, 1871, died Oct.
6, 1872.
Source:
1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies - Publ.
Cleveland, Ohio: H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page 715 |
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ISAAC B. SHARP,
an old resident, was born in Delaware in 1809. In 1834 he
came to Ohio and settled in Fremont. He is the son of
Abraham and Catharine (Gray) Sharp. They were
the parents of five children, two of whom are living, Isaac
B. and Abraham Sharp, both residents of
Fremont.
In 1835 Mr. Sharp was married to
Elizabeth L. Davis. She was born in Utica, New York,
in 1812. Her father, Thomas Davis, carne to that
place from Ireland in 1805. Her mother was Mary
Avery, of English descent, born in Tarrytown, Weschester
county, New York, in 1776. Thomas Davis was
born in 1771, died in 1861. They were the parents of eight
children, four of whom survive, Jane Ann,
Elizabeth L., Mary G., and Thomas Robert.
To Isaac and Elizabeth Sharp have been born five
children: Isaac B., born Jan. 3, 1836, resides in
Wyandotte, Kansas; Angelica, born Sept. 29, 1837, lives
in Bellevue, Kansas; Athenia, born Oct. 28, 1841, resides
in Seneca county, Ohio; Emma, born Aug. 21, 1845, lives
at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania; Estella, the youngest,
and the only unmarried daughter, resides at home.
The first work Mr. Sharp engaged in,
after coming to Fremont, was to assist in building the second
bridge across the Sandusky river, where the iron bridge now
stands. In 1834 he built the first Methodist church in
Fremont. He also built the first Catholic church in the
city. Mr. Sharp worked at carpentry eighteen
years, and then took a trip to California. On his return
he engaged in the lumber business for fourteen years, retiring
from active business at the expiration of that time.
Mr. Sharp has not seen a sick day for
more than forty years, nor has his family required the
attendance of a physician during all that time.
Mrs. Sharp is a descendant from a worthy
family, and bears an excellent reputation as a wife and mother.
Source:
1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies -
Publ. Cleveland, Ohio: H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page
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FREDERICK
SMITH & FAMILY. In the spring of 1818 George
Frederick Schmidt and family, natives of Wurtemburg,
Germany, emigrated to America and settled in Lehigh county,
Pennsylvania. In his native land Mr. Smith—as
the name is now written by his descendants—was united in
marriage to Dorothea Maumann. They brought
up a large family, there being nine children in all, seven of
whom arrived at maturity. Four are still living.
Seven of them were born in this country. The names of the
children in the order of their ages were as follows: Maria D.,
married David Moore, and resided in Bellevue; died
Dec. 7, 1879, in her sixty-seventh year. Anna M.
married James Chapman, of York township; died Nov.
8, 1879, aged sixty-five years. Frederick, the
subject of this sketch; David, a resident of York
township; Catharine, widow of William White,
Grundy county, Tennessee; Sarah A., wife of Elmer
Simpson, Placer county, California; and John F., a
resident of York township; and two who died young.
The family resided in Pennsylvania until the year 1836,
when they came to York township and settled upon the farm now in
possession of one of the sons. At the time of their
settlement this entire region bore a very uninviting aspect.
After coming here Mr. Smith purchased a piece of
land on which a small clearing had been made and a cabin
erected. They had the usual difficulties and experiences
incident to life in the woods, but by the combined efforts of
the whole family they succeeded in accomplishing the mission
which led them hither and established a home. Mrs.
Smith did not live to enjoy many of the subsequent
improvements. She died in November, 1842. Her
husband survived until the 18th of February, 1858, when he
passed away. Both were worthy people, and possessed of
that industrious and frugal disposition which enables the German
emigrant to succeed in the face of many obstacles.
Frederick Smith was the oldest son.
He was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10, 1818, and
consequently was about eighteen years of age when his parents
came to this county. He lived at home and assisted in clearing
up the farm and making improvements. In 1845, on the ad
day of October, he was joined in marriage to Mary A. Box,
of Washington township. The following year he bought a
farm adjoining the old homestead, upon which he passed the
remainder of his days. His first purchase was eighty
acres, twenty of which were partially cleared. There was
also a small cabin upon the farm. Mr. Smith
labored diligently, making inroads upon the forest and improving
his fields, and as they became fruitful under his skilful hands,
thus furnishing the means for enlarging his farm, he made
additional purchases, upon which in turn he continued the work
of clearing. Before his death he became the owner of six
hundred and forty acres of excellent land, as the reward of his
steadfast industry and perseverance. His elegant brick
residence, the present home of his widow, was erected in 1866.
Mr. Smith was a successful farmer and a
lover of his occupation, which he carried on most extensively.
He also possessed considerable skill and ingenuity in the use of
various kinds of tools, and frequently did blacksmithing and
carpentry work for himself. He was a man who had many
sincere friends, won by his upright character and manly
qualities. In politics he was a strong Democrat, and
always labored to promote the success of his party. Early
in life he became a Christian, and continued to the end a devout
member of the Reformed church. Just before his death,
while conversing on religious subjects, he referred to his early
religious associations with much pleasure and satisfaction.
He was elected a trustee of St. Paul's church some three years
previous to his death, and faithfully served in that office
until prevented by failing health. He was prostrated by
illness in December, 1878, and continued gradually declining
until the 1st day of April, in the year 1879, when the end came.
Mrs. Frederick Smith was born in Northampton
county (now Carbon county), Pennsylvania, Aug. 13, 1826.
Her parents were Nicholas and Eve Margaret Box. Her
mother's maiden name was Mehrcome. Her father died
in Pennsylvania Dec. 2, 1835. Her mother came to this
county in 1836, and settled in Washington township, where she
died Apr. 22, 1857. Mrs. Smith is the
youngest of a family of eleven children. She has three
brothers and two sisters living.
To Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born three sons and
four daughters, all of whom are living in York township.
Their names are: William Frederick, Mary
Armena, Samuel David, Henry Franklin,
Margaret Anna, Sarah Catharine, and
Dora Ella. Two of the sons and one of the daughters
are married. William F. married Sarah C. Wilt,
and has two children; Henry F. married Hannah E.
Richards; Mary Armena is the wife of George Wilt,
York township, and has four children.
Source:
1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies -
Publ. Cleveland, Ohio: H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page
688 |
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DR.
GEORGE E. SMITH, born June 27, 1832, at Lyme, Huron
county, Ohio, prepared for college at Lyme and Milan, and
graduated from Western Reserve College in 1855. He taught
school in Tennessee from 1855 to 1857; and as principal of
Western Reserve Teachers' Seminary from 1857 to 1860.
Received the degree of A. M. from Western Reserve College in
1858. Attended medical lectures at Cleveland Medical
College in the winter of 1858-59, and at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in
the winter of 1859-60. Taught as principal of a boys'
grammar school, at Circleville, Ohio, from September, 1860,
until the spring of 1862. Attended a course of lectures at
Ohio Medical College in the spring of 1862, and graduated with
the degree of M. D., at the close of the session.
He was married to Sarah Brinkerhoff in
September, 1862, and commenced the
practice of medicine at Willoughby, Lake county, Ohio, in the
fall of the same year. He was appointed assistant-surgeon
of the Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Dec. 23, 1862, and
joined the regiment Jan. 14, 1863, at Arkansas Post, Arkansas.
Resigned on ac-count of sickness, June 4, 1863.
Went to Hillsdale, Michigan, July, 1863; was surgeon of the post
and to examine recruits, from January, 1864, until April of the
same year. Left Hillsdale in the spring of 1875, and came
to Fremont, Ohio, where he has been engaged in the practice of
medicine since that time.
Source:
1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies -
Publ. Cleveland, Ohio: H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page
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JEREMIAH SMITH.
Among the many courageous men and women who penetrated the
forests of Ohio while the State was yet the hunting grounds of
the Indians, the sons and daughters of New England hold a
conspicuous place. Bravery, generosity, unwavering
honesty, united to a strong religious faith, were the virtues
that characterized them, and the principles that animated them.
In 1822 a worthy couple, both natives of the State of
Connecticut, settled on the Southridge, in York township.
Their names were Jeremiah and Experience (Mills) Smith.
Enough has been written in this volume to portray the condition
of Sandusky county at that date. The trials, difficulties,
and dangers which beset these bold representatives of the Yankee
nation need not be rehearsed here. Here they lived, reared
a family, and died. But one of their children survives,
although the family consisted of three sons and three daughters.
The names were as follows: Jeremiah, Edward,
Barzilla, Lucy, Laura, and Triphena.
Jeremiah settled in York township and resided here until
the close of his days. Edward died in Lagrange county,
Indiana. Barzilla died in New York State, where his
parents had lived before coming to Ohio. Lucy married Charles
Gardenier, of Montgomery county, New York, and died years
ago. Laura married Abel D. Follett, of
Bellevue, and now resides in Ventura county, California. Triphena
died the year after her parents moved here, aged thirteen years.
Jeremiah Smith, sr., died Oct. 7, 1826,
aged forty-nine years. His wife, a most estimable lady,
survived until Sept. 6, 1840, when she passed away at the age of
sixty-six, universally respected as a woman of Christian
benevolence and genuine worth.
Their son, Jeremiah Smith, was among the most
worthy and highly honored of the citizens of York township.
He was born Oct. 15, 1801. On the 10th of June, 1835, he
married De Lora Knapp, daughter of Alvin
and Lovisa (O'Bryant) Knapp. Mrs. Knapp's
father, John O'Bryant, was an officer in the
Revolutionary war. Alvin Knapp was barn at Lebanon
Springs, Columbia county, New York, and his wife in the western
part of Massachusetts, about fourteen miles from the place of
her husband's nativity. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp lived in
New York State until 1833. At this date they came to Ohio
and settled near the centre of York township. They had
thirteen children who arrived at maturity, five of whom are yet
living. Their names in the order of their ages were;
Arad, Chester, Balsorah, Alanson,
Kingsley, De Lora, Mary, Wilson,
Sarah F., Henry, Martha, Anna, and
Amanda. These were all married and all came to
Ohio, but scattered to various parts of the country. Those
now living are, Chester, in Cass county, Michigan;
Wilson, Lucas county, Ohio; Henry, in Decatur county,
Iowa; Martha (Alexander), Whitewater, Wisconsin; and
Mrs. De Lora Smith, York township.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Smith, jr., had no
children. Mr. Smith died Aug. 21, 1874, in
his seventy-third year. He was a man of sterling
integrity, friendly and courteous in his manners, pure in
motive, and honest and fair in all his dealings. He passed
through a long life with, out losing a friend or gaining an
enemy by any fault of his own. During the most of his
years he was a member of the Freewill Baptist church.
Source:
1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies -
Publ. Cleveland, Ohio: H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page
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MERRITT L. SNYDER
was born at the farm of his father, George N. Snyder, esq.,
in Scott township, Sandusky county, Ohio, on the 8th day of
Jan., 1838. He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan
University, at Delaware, Ohio, where he remained three years,
having previously attended the common school of his township.
After leaving Delaware he became a school teacher and taught
twelve terms, and was a faithful and efficient teacher. In
1860 he began the study of the law in the law office of Hon.
Judge T. P. Fine-frock, at Fremont Ohio. He then went
to Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana, where he was a fitted to
the Bar in May, 1864. After his admission he returned to
Fremont, Ohio, and shortly after that, in May, 1864, removed
west and located at Holton, Jackson county, Kansas, where he at
once commenced the practice of his profession. While the
Knasas Mr. Snyder acquired a good standing as a lawyer,
and for three consecutive years was chosen prosecutor for
Jackson county, and also held the office of clerk of the courts.
He left Kansas on the 12th of November, 1894, on his return to
his former home, arriving at Fremont, Ohio, on the 18th of the
same month, and at once entered upon the practice of the law in
the same city where he had received his instruction in the
science of the law, where he has ever since and still is engaged
in the practice of his profession. He was married to
Miss Susan Boland, of Sandusky county, on the 14th day of
June, 1866, who has proved a faithful and devoted wife, and with
whom he still lives, having three children living to cheer and
beautify their home. Mr. Snyder is a fair lawyer,
an ingenious advocate, and a kind-hearted and courteous
gentleman in his intercourse with men and in his practice at the
Bar.
Source:
1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies -
Publ. Cleveland, Ohio: H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page
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