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Biographies
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Twentieth Century History of Sandusky
County, Ohio & Representative Citizens -
by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio
Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago.
1909
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ALEXANDER
SMITH, formerly proprietor of a hardware store, and until
recently postmaster of Millersville, but who is now traveling
salesman for the Merrell Company, of Toledo, was born on his
maternal grandfather's farm in Jackson Township, this county,
and is a son of W. H. and Marcella (Moomey) Smith.
Jacob Smith, grandfather of Alvin C., was
an early settler in Seneca County, Ohio,
to which place he went from Pennsylvania. He subsequently
came to Sandusky County, Ohio, purchasing a small farm in
Jackson Township. At the time of the Civil War he enlisted
in the Seventy-second Regiment, O. V. I., and served until the
close of the struggle, but died on his way home from smallpox
contracted while in the service. His remains were interred
in the National Cemetery at Washington, District of Columbia.
His widow, who still survives, resides at Burgoon and is now in
her eighty-first year, having been born Jan. 1, 1829.
W. H. SMITH, father of the
subject of this sketch, was born Dec. 31, 1849, in Jackson
Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and was there reared to
maturity. On Jan. 21, 1869, he married Marcella Moomey,
a daughter of Adam and Margaret Ann (Grubb) Moomey, and a
native of this county, of which her father was one of the early
settlers. Adam Moomey's parents came to
Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1830; his wife's parents came here
when she was 10 years old. Adam Moomey and Margaret Ann
Grubb were married in Jackson Township, Sandusky County,
Dec. 28, 1851, in the old log house near Jackson Center, the
ceremony being performed by Oscar Betts, a justice
of the peace. They continued to reside in this county
until Nov. 25, 1902, when they removed to the state of Michigan.
Their family consisted of four children, namely: Marcella,
born Oct. 20, 1852, who became the wife of W. H. Smith,
as already noted; Charles, born Mar. 23, 1858; Harriet,
born Sept. 28, 1860; and Austin, who is deceased.
W. H. and Marcella (Moomey) Smith became the
parents of children as follows: Alvin, whose name appears
at the head of this article; Adelcia, who married Joe
Willhelm, a native of Jackson Township but now residing
in Michigan, and whose children are Henry, Alvin,
Walter, Hattie, Lester, Mabel Mayola,
and an infant daughter; Sadie, who married F. J.
Kennett, of Ashley, Michigan, and has two children,
Dayton and Harry; Hattie, who is the wife of
Ernest Deny, of Ashley, Michigan, and the mother of two
children—Lewis and an infant as yet unnamed; and
Essie B., who died when 4 days old.
ALVIN C. SMITH has resided
since birth in his native township and county. During his
boyhood days he attended the district schools and assisted his
father on the farm. Subsequently he learned the
carpenter's trade, at which he worked for a number of years,
carrying on a general contracting business. About 1906 he
went into the hardware business, forming a partnership with
P. H. Daub, of Helena, Ohio, in which he continued until
recently, the firm also dealing in coal and lumber. The
more recent change in his business connections has been already
noticed in the beginning of this article. Mr.
Smith was appointed postmaster of Millersville, Aug. 15,
1908, but resigned the office when he accepted his present
position. He had made a competent and satisfactory official.
He has long taken a more or less active interest in politics and
has always ranged himself on the side of progress and good
government.
Mr. Smith was married June 25, 1896, to Miss
Effie Alstadt, a daughter of John and Isabel (Maurer)
Aldstadt, who were the arents of eight children—Clara,
Ardella, Jessie, Effie (Mrs. Smith), Nevada, John
(deceased), Ruby and Rhoidy. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith have had three children—Dawn, Alvin
(deceased), and Wayne.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 717 |
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ALVIN
C. SMITH, formerly proprietor of a hardware store, and
until recently postmaster of Millersville, but who is now
traveling salesman for the Merrell Company, of Toledo, was born
on his maternal grandfather's farm in Jackson Township, this
county, and is a son of W. H. and Marcella (Moomey) Smith.
Jacob Smith, grandfather of Alvin C., was
an early settler in Seneca County, Ohio, to which place he went
from Pennsylvania. He subsequently came to Sandusky
County, Ohio, purchasing a small farm in Jackson Township.
At the time of the Civil War he enlisted in the Seventy-second
Regiment, O. V. I., and served until the close of the struggle,
but died on his way home from smallpox contracted while in the
service. His remains were interred in the National
Cemetery at Washington, District of Columbia. His widow,
who still survives, resides at Burgoon and is now in her
eighty-first year, having been born Jan. 1, 1829.
W. H. Smith, father of
the subject of this sketch, was born Dec. 31, 1849, in Jackson
Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and was there reared to
maturity. On Jan. 21, 1869, he married Marcella
Moomey, a daughter of Adam and Margaret Ann
(Grubb) Moomey, and a native of this county, of which her
father was one of the early settlers. Adam
Moomey's parents came to Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1830; his
wife's parents came here when she was 10 years old.
Adam Moomey and Margaret Ann Grubb were married in Jackson
Township, Sandusky County, Dec. 28, 1851, in the old log house
near Jackson Center, the ceremony being performed by Oscar
Betts, a justice of the peace. They continued to
reside in this county until Nov. 25, 1902, when they removed to
the state of Michigan. Their family .consisted of four
children, namely: Marcella, born Oct. 20, 1852, who
became the wife of W. H. Smith, as already noted;
Charles, born Mar. 23, 1858; Harriet, born Sept. 28,
1860; and Austin, who is deceased.
W. H. and Marcella (Moomey) Smith became the
parents of children as follows: Alvin, whose name appears
at the head of this article; Adelcia, who married Joe
Willhelm, a native of Jackson Township but now residing
in Michigan, and whose children are Henry, Alvin,
Walter, Hattie, Lester, Mabel Mayola,
and an infant daughter; Sadie, who married F. J.
Kennett, of Ashley, Michigan, and has two children,
Dayton and Harry; Hattie, who is the wife of
Ernest Deny, of Ashley, Michigan, and the mother
of two children—Lewis and an infant as yet unnamed; and
Essie B., who died when 4 days old.
Alvin C. Smith has resided since birth in his
native township and county. During his boyhood days he
attended the district schools and assisted his father on the
farm. Subsequently he learned the carpenter's trade, at
which he worked for a number of years, carrying on a general
contracting business. About 1906 he went into the hardware
business, forming a partnership with P. H. Daub, of
Helena, Ohio, in which he continued until recently, the firm
also dealing in coal and lumber. The more recent change in
his business connections has been already noticed in the
beginning of this article. Mr. Smith was
appointed postmaster of Millersville, Aug. 15, 1908, but
resigned the office when he accepted his present position.
He had made a competent and satisfactory official. He has
long taken a more or less active interest in politics and has
always ranged himself on the side of progress and good
government.
Mr. Smith was married June 25, 1896, to
Miss Effie Alstadt, a daughter of John
and Isabel Maurer) Aldstadt, who were the parents of eight
children—Clara, Ardella, Jessie, Effie
(Mrs. Smith), Nevada, John
(deceased), Ruby and Rhoidy. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith have had three children—Dawn, Alvin (deceased), and
Wayne.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 599 |
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ANDREW J. SMITH
see GEORGE W. SMITH
Source: Twentieth Century History of
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- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 667 |
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B. B. SMITH, who is
engaged in a drug business at No. no South Front Street,
Fremont, also conducts a store in the Elk Block, which is
devoted mainly to cigars, tobacco, candies and soda water.
Mr. Smith is a representative business man of this
city. He was born here. Jan. 9, 1877, and is a son
of Olen Rozell and Linda (Burgoon) Smith.
Mr. Smith is the fourth born in a family
of nine children, the others being as follows: Margaret;
Clara, now the wife of John Walters,
formerly principal of the State Street School, Fremont; Laura
Gertrude, who also was a teacher, married George P.
Hafford; Eva, who died aged sixteen years; Ralph P.,
who is in the U. S. Navy; Jessie, who died in 1908, was
the wife of Walter T. Childs; Frank R., married,
who assists his brother B. B.; and Eula, who lives
at home.
B. B. Smith completed the common and High School
course at Fremont and then entered the University of Michigan
and was graduated there in chemistry and pharmacy, in the class
of 1899. Previous to this he had been in the employ of the
late R. P. Buckland, who, at that time owned the store
Mr. Smith now conducts. Upon his return from
college he had a year of experience at Elyria and one at Norwalk
and then bought the present business from Mr. Buckland,
and has brought it to a high state of efficiency, making it
thoroughly reliable in every particular, and conducting it along
modern lines.
Mr. Smith was married Aug. 10, 1904, to
Alice Norton, who is a daughter of Charles A.
Norton. Mr. Smith is identified with the
Masons, the Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 738 |
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CHARLES
LEWIS SMITH, whose well improved farm of seventy acres
lies near Four Mile House, in Sandusky County, Ohio, is one of
the experienced agriculturists and well known citizens of
Sandusky Township. He was born Nov. 22, 1859, in Sandusky
County, Ohio, and is a son of Dominick and Barbara (Rearick)
Smith.
DOMINICK SMITH was born in
Germany and remained in his own land until he was twenty-five
years of age, when he came to America and located in Sandusky
County. He had little capital at that time and at first
worked for his daily bread on the construction of the Lake Erie
and Western Railroad and later acquired land at Four Mile House
and became a useful pioneer of what was then a wild part of the
county. He was a man of excellent parts, industrious and
honest and upright in all his dealings. He was a consistent
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a liberal
contributor to its support, and at all times did his full duty
in advancing the various interests of the section in which he
had found the chance to establish a home. He died on the
home place in March, 1903. He married Barbara Rearick,
who died in December, 1893. She was a native of
Pennsylvania. They had two sons born to them: Charles
Lewis and John F. The latter is superintendent of the
public schools of Findlay, Ohio.
Charles Lewis Smith grew to manhood in Sandusky
Township and obtained his education in the public schools.
Ever since reaching man's estate he has been actively engaged in
agricultural pursuits. He was married Dec. 25, 1888, to
Miss Emma Hyatt, who was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, and
is a daughter of George Hyatt, late of Jackson Township.
They have one son, Ralph W., who was born Sept. 4, 1891,
and is a promising student in the Fremont High School.
Mr. Smith and family are members of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church at Fremont, and he is a member of the board of
trustees. In politics he is a Republican and fraternally
he is an Odd Fellow, belonging to McPherson Lodge, No. 637,
Fremont.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 563 |
Claude A. Smith |
CLAUDE
A. SMITH is a prosperous farmer of Ballville Township,
Sandusky County, Ohio, and is the owner of two valuable farms,
one of 105 acres where he lives and another of forty acres
located two miles south of his home place. He was born in
this township, Oct. 1, 1877, and is a son of Hugh and Martha
(Maurer) Smith.
HUGH SMITH, father of the subject
of this record, was born in Winchester, Virginia, Apr. 3, 1851,
and came to Sandusky County, Ohio, during the Civil War.
He located first at Old Fort and later purchased the old
Isaac Maurer farm in Ballville Township; he made most of the
improvements now on the place and cultivated it until his death,
which occurred on May 13, 1905. He was a representative of
the highest type of citizenship, honest and straight-forward in
his business dealings, adn of great force of character. He
was united in marriage with Miss Martha Maurer, who was
born in Ballville Township, Aug. 9, 1853, and was a daughter of
Isaac and Martha Maurer, early settlers of the township.
The following children blessed this union: Myrtle;
Nellie, who married Lester Hampsher of
Ballville Township and has four children - Howard, Mary,
Irene and Charles; Fay, deceased wife of Clarence
Babione and Grace, Ruth and Claude.
Claude Smith received a superior educational
training in the public schools of his native township and in
Fremont High School, from which he was graduated with the class
of 1897. Upon leaving school he turned to agricultural
pursuits, which he has always followed and as a general farmer
has attained a high degree of success.
On Apr. 9, 1902, Mr. Smith was married to Miss
Laura North, who was born in Bellevue, Ohio, and is a
daughter of Guy and Celeste (Harris) North. Three
children have been born to them: Margaret, Myrtle
and Hugh. Fraternally, he is a member of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows at Fremont.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 820 |
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DAVID
SMITH - see SAMUEL
SMITH
Source: Twentieth Century History of
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- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 793 |
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DOMINICK SMITH - See
CHARLES LEWIS SMITH.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 563 |
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FRANK
P. SMITH, the efficient superintendent of the Sandusky
County Infirmary, has served in this difficult and responsible
public office since his appointment in 1896. giving to the board
of directors and the people at large an administration entirely
satisfactory in every particular. Mr. Smith was
born in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, July 27,
1855, and is a son of John and Eleanor (Bowland) Smith.
Mr. Smith grew to manhood on his father's farm and
from the township schools went to Ohio Wesleyan University, at
Delaware, Ohio, enjoying a year of instruction there. He
also was a student for a time at the Ohio Normal University at
Ada. He then engaged in farming in Ballville Township, and
continued agricultural pursuits until he was appointed to his
present office. The Sandusky County Infirmary has the
following prominent citizens on its board of directors: D. E.
Dieffenbach, president; John Hilt,
vice-president, and Peter Stepniak, clerk.
There are 270 acres here and the property is farmed under Mr.
Smith's superintendence.
On Dec. 28, 1876, Mr. Smith was married
to Miss Laura A. Spayde, born in Ballville Township, a daughter
of Samuel and Elizabeth (Armstrong)
Spayde, and two children have been born this marriage,
Homer L. and Cleve F. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
are members of the Mt. Lebanon United Brethren Church at East
Ballville, Ohio, of which he is a trustee. In politics,
Mr. Smith is a Democrat and prior to accepting his
present office, served three years as a trustee of Ballville
Township. He is well known all over the county and has a
wide circle of appreciative friends both in official and private
life.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 587 |
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FREDERICK
SMITH - See
CHARLES LEWIS SMITH
Source: Twentieth Century History of
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FREDERICK
SMITH, one of Sandusky Township's most respected
German-American
citizens and old settlers of Sandusky County, resides on his
farm of forty-eight and one-half acres, situated in Section 22,
and also owns two farms, in Rice Township, one of 160 acres, and
another of nearly forty acres. He was born in Baden,
Germany, June 2, 1829, and is a son of John and Catherine
(Ernst) Smith.
In 1833, when Frederick Smith was 4 years old,
his parents emigrated to America. They came as did others,
with the hope of bettering their condition, although John
Smith possessed some capital and was able to enter 150
acres of Government land, in Rice Township. It was heavily
wooded at the time and years went by before it was entirely
cleared and under cultivation and Frederick did a large
amount of pioneer work, both for his father and for others and
later for himself. The parents died in Rice Township and
of their seven children, Frederick is the sole survivor.
He had few early advantages, the country was too little settled
at that time to afford them, and in large measure he is self
taught. He continued to live in Rice Township until 1877,
becoming a man of consequence there, one of the leading
Democrats and was frequently elected to offices of trust and
responsibility. He served some years as a trustee of Rice
Township and for six years was township treasurer. He then came
to Sandusky Township and settled on his present farm and here he
was also chosen for the responsible office of treasurer and
served in it for eleven years.
On Feb. 22, 1852, Mr. Smith was married
to Miss Elizabeth Kiser, who was born in
Lorraine, Germany, a daughter of Christian Kiser, who
came to Sandusky County in the fifties, Mrs. Smith
being 22 years old when she accompanied her brother, Carl
Kiser, to this section. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
have seven children, namely: Frederick, who lives at Los
Angeles, California; Caroline, who is the wife of
Louis Nichols, of Rice Township; Elizabeth,
who lives in Sandusky Township; William J., who resides
in Rice Township; Clara C., who is the wife of E. H.
Ganz, county commissioner of Sandusky County; Amelia,
who resides at home; and Edward, who lives at Erie,
Pennsylvania. Mr. Smith and wife are members of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church at Fremont.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 594 |
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GEORGE B. SMITH, D. D.
S., who, for the past twenty-one years has been engaged
in the practice of dental surgery at Freemont, commands a large
amount of the bet practice of the city, as he is numbered with
the most expert practitioners in this section. Dr.
Smith was born in Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio,
May 5, 1864, and is a son of John C. and Elnora (Bowland)
Smith.
Dr. Smith comes of Dutch ancestry and of
Revolutionary stock. His great-grandfather, Peter Smith,
was born in Holland and was a
member of one of the colonies that came to New Jersey from
Holland and have left traces of their thrift and homely virtues,
in many
parts of the Atlantic State. Peter Smith
served in the Patriot Army under George Washington
and then returned to his former settlement
and there reared a family of sons and daughters.
William Smith, son of Peter and
grandfather of Dr. Smith, was born in New Jersey,
where he continued to live until 1859, when he came to Ohio.
He located in Perry County, where he remained until 1847, when
he moved into Sandusky County and secured his farm in Ballville
Township, where he lived to be an old man.
John C. Smith, son of William and father
of Dr. Smith, was born in Warren County, New Jersey, July
9, 1828, and was .nineteen years old when he accompanied his
father to Sandusky County. In the course of years he came
into possession of the home farm in Ballville Township. In
1850 he married Elnora Bowland, and they had the
following children Susan, who married Judge Kelley;
Frank P., who married Laura Spade;
Amanda, and George B.
George B. Smith was educated in the Fremont
schools. He entered upon the study of dentistry with Dr.
Cregar, at Fremont, and
later took a regular course in the science at the Philadelphia
Dental College, where he was graduated in 1887, when he entered
into practice
at Fremont. Dr. Smith's office at No. 112˝
Front street is well equipped with all the modern appliances
which, have, in the past few
years, assisted very materially in lessening the former torture
of the dental chair. Dental science has made as many
strides forward as
has medical science, and they have, more or less, traveled hand
in hand, for there are no skilled and reliable dental surgeons
of the present
day, who are not. to a large degree, also physicians.
Dr. Smith has kept thoroughly abreast of the times,
being a member of the Ohio State Dental Society, the Northern
Ohio Dental Society, the Toledo Dental Society and the Sandusky
County Dental Society.
On May 1, 1893, Dr. Smith was married to
Miss Iva M. Fitch, a native of Indiana, a daughter of the
late Dr. John Fitch, who served in the
Civil War, where he received a bullet from a Confederate musket,
which pierced the lung and which injury subsequently caused his
death. Dr. and Mrs. Smith have two sons: Robert
F., and J. Towner. They have a pleasant home at
No. 1200 Garrison Street, Fremont. They are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and interested in the Epworth League.
In politics he is a Republican, is fraternally connected with
the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 425 |
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DR. GEO. E. SMITH
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See Page 208 in Chapter XIII
Source: Twentieth Century History of
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GEORGE W. SMITH,
who has devoted the larger part of his life to agricultural
pursuits and is numbered with the successful farmers and
representative citizens of Green Creek Township, Sandusky
County, where his fine farm of seventy-seven acres is located,
was born in Pleasant Township. Seneca County, Ohio, Sept. 4,
1856. His parents were Andrew Jackson and Ann (Cummons)
Smith.
ANDREW JACKSON SMITH was born in
Seneca County, New York, in 1828, and came to Ohio with his
parents, Stephen and Susan Smith.
They settled in the deep woods of Seneca County about 1833 and
entered a farm in Pleasant Township, where they spent the
remainder of their lives. Their remains lie in the old
Salem churchyard, in Ballville Township, Sandusky County. They
had the following children: Martin, Andrew J. and
Albert, all deceased ;Stephen Marion,
residing in Michigan; Susan, Fannie and Ellen,
all deceased, and Jonas and Ann, both of whom were
children of a prior marriage. Jonas Smith
was a prominent man in the county serving both as county
commissioner and sheriff, previous to the Civil War.
Andrew Jackson Smith married Ann Cummons, who
was born in Mercer County, and they had the following children
born to them: Ellen, who is now deceased, was the wife of
John Stephen; Stephen, who lives in
Indiana; George William; Miles, who lives
in Michigan; Susan, who lives at Jackson, Michigan;
Fannie, who married a Mr. Stephens, lives at
Flint, Michigan; Rachel, who is the wife of James
Webber, of Michigan; Jessie, who is now deceased,
was the wife of John King; Leaffy, who is the wife
of Amos Turner; and Blanche E., who is the wife of
William Hildebridle, of Lansing, Michigan.
Andrew J. Smith engaged in farming for about
four years following his marriage, in Seneca County, and then
moved to Clinton County, Michigan, and there he died in 1891,
when aged sixty-three years. His widow survived until
1908, her death occurring at the age of seventy-six years.
George W. Smith was three years old when the
family moved to Michigan and when seven, he returned to Ohio and
went to live with his uncle, Jonas Smith, who
resided in Ballville Township. He was made a member of his
uncle's family and received kind treatment and was afforded
educational advantages. For fifteen years before he bought
his present farm, in 1893. he had operated his uncle's farm.
He was married in April, 1877, to Miss Martha Sachs, a
daughter of Henry and Barbara (Favor) Sachs, old settlers
in Ballville Township, to which section they came from Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one child, Ollie, who is
the wife of Herman Kowalk, residing in Sandusky Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of Trinity Evangelical
Church, at Fremont, where he has taught the Old Ladies' Bible
Gass for twenty-two years. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 656 |
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HUGH SMITH - See
CLAUDE A. SMITH
Source: Twentieth Century History of
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- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 820 |
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JOHN C. SMITH,
who owns and resides upon a farm of 100 acres located about
forty rods south of the corporation line of Fremont, in
Ballville Township, has been a resident of Sandusky County,
Ohio, for a period of more than sixty years. He was born
in New Jersey. July 9, 1828, and is a son of William
and Nancy (Trimmer) Smith, and a grandson of Peter
Smith who was an officer in the Patriot Army during the
Revolution.
WILLIAM SMITH moved from New
Jersey with his family to Perry County, Ohio, in 1839, and lived
there until 1847, the year in which he moved to Sandusky County.
He settled in Ballville Township at the time of his arrival and
continued to live there until his death. He was married to
Nancy Trimmer in New Jersey, and they became parents of
the following children: Henry S., who was born Nov. 15,
1814. and died Oct. 23, 1865; Sarah (wife of
Jacob Cole), who was born Apr. 8, 1816, and died July
3, 1858; Jacob, who was born Apr. 9, 1821, and died Nov.
24, 1823; William, who was born Feb. 23, 1824, and died
Oct. 23, 1865; George, who was born Mar. 23, 1826;
John, subject of this record; and Anna M., who was
born June 5, 1834, and died at the age of 11 years.
John C. Smith received a limited schooling in
his native state and in Perry County, Ohio, after which he
turned his attention to farming, an occupation he has always
followed. He was 19 years of age when he accompanied his
parents to Ballville Township, and here he has since resided.
His first purchase of land was a tract adjoining the one on
which he now lives; he cleared that place and lived there until
1865, when he erected a house on his present farm. He has
100 acres of valuable land, all of which he cleared, and has a
finely improved property. He is a man of pleasing
personality and enjoys the warm friendship of a large circle of
acquaintances.
On Nov. 1, 1850, Mr. Smith was united in
marriage with Miss Ellen Bowland, who was
born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1831, and is a daughter
of Hugh and Susan (Becker) Bowland, who came to Sandusky
County from Fairfield County. Four children were born to
bless this union: Susan, Frank P., Amanda and George
B. Susan Smith was married to Judge
Malcolm Kelley of Sandusky City and they have
three children, Amy, Bessie and Donald.
Frank P. Smith, who attended college at Ada, Ohio, is now
superintendent of the Sandusky County Infirmary. He
married Laura Spade and they have two sons,
Homer and Gay. Amanda Smith, who
attended college at Cleveland, married Frank Thomas
of that city, and they have had four children: Addie,
deceased: Jessie, who married Harry Lanabaugh;
Esther, who is the wife of Ralph Hunsinger
of Fremont and has three children — Harry, Paul
and Eleanor; and Eva, who is the wife of Harry
Clone. George B. Smith, D. D. S., who
graduated from a dental college in Philadelphia, is engaged in
the practice of his profession at Fremont. He married
Miss Iva Fitch and they have two sons, Robert
and John. In religious attachment John C. Smith
and his wife have long been devout and active members of the
United Brethren Church, of which he is one of the directors.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 476 |
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JONAS
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See Page 108 in Chapter VII
Source: Twentieth Century History of
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SAMUEL
SMITH, a well known citizen and general farmer in York
Township, where
he owns sixty acres of valuable land, lying on the Gardner
Street Road, about one mile west of Bellevue, Ohio, was born at
Bellevue, Nov. 24. 1859, and is a son of David and Julia (Knauss)
Smith.
DAVID SMITH
and wife were both born in Pennsylvania. The former came to
Ohio in boyhood, accompanying his father, John Smith,
who settled on a farm in York Township. Julia
Knauss was in her girlhood when her parents came to Sandusky
County. After David Smith married he moved
with his wife to Bellevue and later to the old Smith
farm on the Maumee Turnpike Road, where his death occurred
in 1899. In earlier years he had worked as a carpenter,
but later gave his attention to farming and to acquiring
property, at the time of his death owning four farms, one in
Huron County and three in York Township. One of the latter
he gave to his son, Samuel, by will. The widow of
David Smith still survives and bears well her
weight of eighty-four years. To David Smith
and wife were born five children, namely: George, who is
engaged in the lumber business at Bellevue; Charles, who
is a carpenter residing at Coldwater, Michigan; Samuel,
subject of this sketch; Sarah, who is the wife of
David Barnhart, of Bellevue; and Lizzie, who
is the wife of Jerry Barnhart and resides on the
old homestead on the Maumee Turnpike Road.
Samuel Smith was fourteen years old when
his parents settled on the farm and he completed his education
in the country, having previously attended school in Bellevue.
His business has been farming; for a number of years he gave his
father assistance and in 1907 came to his present place, known
as the old Gardner farm. It is well
improved, the fine brick residence being particularly
attractive. Mr. Smith married Miss
Jennie Heal. He has never been active in
politics, preferring the quiet life of an agriculturist, and
finds his best pleasure in his home and in the developing and
improving of his heritage. He is a member of the Royal
Arcanum.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
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SAMUEL D. SMITH,
one of Sandusky County's representative men and substantial
farmers, owns 256 acres of fine land which is divided into three
separate farms, the one on which he lives being located on the
South Ridge road, six miles northeast of Clyde, Ohio. He
was born in York Township on a farm one mile south of his
present home, Mar. 3, 1850, and is a son of Frederick and
Mary A. (Box) Smith.
Mr. Smith comes of German ancestry, his
grandparents, George Frederick and Dorothea (Maumann) Smith,
coming from Germany to America in 1816. In 1836 the
family, then a large one, left Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, for
Ohio and on reaching Sandusky County settled in York Township
and there spent the remaining years of their lives. They
were among the pioneers and hence were forced to face many
hardships now unknown to their descendants.
Frederick Smith, father of Samuel D., was
born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10, 1818. He was
the third of his parent's children and was then eighteen years
of age and being the eldest son, was his father's chief helper.
He possessed the same sturdy qualities as his parents, thrift,
prudence and industry, and by the time he reached full manhood,
had acquired a competence. He purchased a farm adjoining
the old homestead and to his first purchase added other tracts
and at one time owned 640 acres. He was a man of
progressive ideas and as he acquired land he improved it and in
1866 erected the fine brick residence which continued to be his
home until his death, on Apr. 1, 1879. In politics he was
a Democrat and took interest in the success of his party.
For many years he was a pillar in the Reformed Church. Frederick
Smith married Mary A. Box, who was born in what is
now Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Aug. 13, 1816, a daughter of
Nicholas and Eve Margaret (Mehrcome) Box. Her
father served in the War of 1812 and returned to Pennsylvania
with the intention of bringing his family back to the rich lands
of Sandusky County, over which he had traveled, but years passed
before he was prepared to make the journey and on its eve he
died, Dec. 2, 1835. Following out his instructions, his
widow completed the arrangements and brought her children to
Ohio, settling in Washington Township, Sandusky County, in 1836,
where she died in 1857. To Frederick and Mary A. Smith
were born seven children, namely: William F., who is
deceased; Amelia, who is the widow of George F. Wilt,
of Toledo; Samuel D.; Henry F., who resides at
Bellevue; Margaret E., who is the wife of Charles
Edward Darling, of Toledo; Sarah C., who is the wife
of Charles Emery, of Toledo; and Dora E., now
deceased, who was the wife of W. O. Bailey. The
mother of the above mentioned family survived her husband for
many years, dying at Toledo, where some of her children have
comfortable homes, in August, 1908, when aged eighty-two years.
Samuel D. Smith has devoted himself to
agricultural pursuits. In early manhood he taught four terms—one
term in Ballville Township, one in Riley Township and two in
York Township. Mar. 26, 1874, he went to Placer County,
California, and taught one term. July 3, 1875, he returned
to York Township and taught three terms after his return.
He has a good working knowledge of carpentering and
blacksmithing, inheriting the handy use of tools from his
father, and this skill often proves useful to him in the
operation and management of his large estate. He has never
married. In politics he is a Democrat, but has never
sought office. He served some twelve or fifteen years on
the board of education.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 810 |
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W. H. SMITH see
ALEXANDER SMITH
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 599 |
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WILLIAM
SMITH - See
JOHN C. SMITH
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 476 |
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WILLIAM
J. SMITH, a representative citizen of Rice Township and
one of its board of trustees, whose excellent farm is situated
in Section 3. was born in Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio,
Dec. 23, 1862, and is a son of Frederick and Elizabeth
(Kiser) Smith. The venerable parents of Mr. Smith
are among the most highly esteemed residents of Sandusky
Township.
Frederick Smith was born in Germany and
was small when he was brought to America by his parents, his
father, John Smith, being one of the earliest
settlers in Rice Township, where he lived until his death.
Frederick Smith remained in Rice Township until after his
marriage, moving in the seventies to Sandusky Township. He
has always been a useful citizen and in both townships has
served in the office of treasurer. The surviving children
of Frederick Smith and wife are the following:
Frederick, Jr., residing in Los Angeles. California;
William J., residing in Rice Township; Edward F.,
living at Erie, Pennsylvania: Carrie, wife of Louis
Nickel, of Rice Township; Elizabeth, residing in
Sandusky Township; Clara, wife of E. H. Ganz, a
county commissioner of Sandusky County, from Riley Township; and
Amelia, living in Sandusky Township. In politics
Frederick Smith is a stanch Democrat.
William J. Smith was reared in Sandusky
Township. He attended the public schools at Fremont and
later took a commercial course at Milan, Ohio, after which he
settled on his grandfather's old farm in Rice Township, where he
has carried on farming and stockraising ever since and is
recognized as one of the capable agriculturists of this section.
Mr. Smith was married Feb. 12, 1895, to Miss
Maude Kinman, who was born in White Pigeon, Michigan.
Her father died there, but her mother survives and resides at
Otsego, in that state. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith have
been born five children, namely: Mildred L., Verna A.,
Harold F., Ralph W. and Helen Hannah Elizabeth.
As his children have reached school age, Mr. Smith
has given them good educational opportunities which will enable
them to acceptably fill any position in life. In politics
he is a Democrat, and in November, 1907, he was elected township
trustee and is now serving in that capacity.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 546 |
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FRANK W. SWEDERSKY,
ex-sheriff of Sandusky County, Ohio, who served two terms in
that important office, to the satisfaction of his fellow
citizens, was born in Cuyahoga County, Mar. 23, 1858, a son of.
Frank Joseph and Mary E. (Myers) Swedersky.
Frank Joseph Swedersky was born in Meince,
Germany and came from his native land to America in 1846,
settling first at Cleveland. There he followed the
stonemason's trade until the fall of 1860, when he came to
Sandusky County and settled on a farm in Riley Township, where
he died in 1898. His children were four in number.
Frank W. Swedersky was eight years old when his
parents came to Sandusky County, and he completed his school
attendance in Riley Township. He then engaged in farming
and also became interested in township affairs, through this
interest becoming well and favorably known alt through the
county and a leading factor in the ranks of the Democratic
party. On Jan. 4, 1904, he was first elected sheriff of
Sandusky County and his excellent administration of the office
brought about his re-election in 1906. He retired with the
well earned reputation of an able and conscientious public
official.
Mr. Swedersky was married to Miss
Amelia L. Martin, a daughter of Jacob Martin, and
they have three children, Estella, Minnie and
Lester. The family belong to the Grace Lutheran
Church. Mr. Swedersky is a member of the
order of Odd Fellows.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page
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