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BIOGRAPHIES
North Central Ohio Biographies
embracing Ashland, Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties
by William A. Duff - 3 vols.
1931
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ALONZO COVERT
SMITH, M. D. During the 15 years that he has been
established in general practice at Wooster Dr. Alonzo
Covert Smith has proven his skill as a physician
and his worth as a citizen, and today stands out as one of hte
foremost men of Wayne County. He was born at Loudonville,
Nov. 13, 1887, the son of Arthur Howard and Alice Sarah (Derr)
Smith.
Arthur Howard Smith is widely known in Wooster,
where he is manager of Hotel Wooster. He was born at West
Salem, Ohio, and as a young man learned the tanner's trade at
Loudonville. Later he clerked in the old Barney Keister
House, and for a time engaged in business at Canton, Ohio,
as a dealer in house furnishings. He also conducted a
business at Akron, but returned to Wooster in 1896, where he
spent several years as a clerk in the old American Hotel.
Mr. Smith was next identified with the rural mail service
out of Wooster and was thus engaged for 26 years before
accepting his present position as manager of Hotel Wooster.
Alice Sarah (Derr) Smith was born in Franklin Township,
Wayne County, and died in 1903.. She is buried in Wooster
Cemetery. There were five children in the Smith family:
Chloe Blanch lives at Wooster; Estella Marie Johnson,
lives at Wooster; Russell Derrwood, lives at Youngstown;
Grace Mae Zaring, lives at Wooster; and Alonzo Covert,
the subject of this sketch.
Alonzo Covert Smith was three years old when his
family removed from Loudonville to Wooster. Two years
later they removed to Canton, where he received his early
education. After his graduation from Wooster High School
in 1906, he spent two years at Wooster College. He was
graduated from the University of Michigan in 1911, and received
the degree of doctor of Medicine at the same institution in
1915. He served as interne in the University of Michigan
Hospital, and in July, 1916, began the practice of medicine and
surgery at Wooster, as junior member of the firm of Kinny,
Knestrick & Smith, at the K. and K. Hospital, 111 South
Bever Street. In 1919 Doctor Smith established
offices in the New Peoples Savings & Loan Building and nine
years later removed to the Yocum Building, where he is now
located. Doctor Smith installed the first complete
X-ray outfit in Wayne County in his offices in 1917. He
served as first assistant to J. J. Kinney surgeon, from
the beginning of his academic work in 1908, and studied with
Dr. Van Zwaluwenburg, of Ann Arbor, for three months in
1919. He has made a specialty of Roentgenology and
Surgery, and has been surgeon for the Timken Tube Company since
1928 at its local plant in Wooster. He is also examining
surgeon for the Shell Petroleum Company in the district of Wayne
County, and served as special physician and surgeon for the
Wooster College Athletic Association from 1917 until 1928 when
Student Health Service, in charge of Dr. Wildman, was
founded and took over the athletic work.
On Dec. 27, 1911, Doctor Smith was united in
marriage with Miss Gail Marie Kinney, of Creston, Ohio,
the daughter of John J. and Annabelle (Walton) Kinney,
natives of Wayne County, and residents of Wooster. They
are the parents of the following children: Donald Kinney,
Richard Nelson, Dudley Alonzo, Russell Briggs, Roger Jennings,
Annabelle, Alonzo Covert, Jr., Dorothy, William, and
Patricia.
Doctor Smith is a Republican, a member of the
English Reformed Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, 32nd
degree, charter member of B. P. O. Elks, No. 1346, Century Club,
charter member of Wooster Rotary Club, and member of Alpha Iota
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity. He is also a
member of Gaeleans, Honorary Medical Society, University of
Michigan, and the Wayne County, Ohio State and American Medical
societies.
During the World War Doctor Smith received the
commission of first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, U.
S. Army, his commission lieutenant in the Medical Reserve
Corps., U. S. Army, his commission being personally signed by
Woodrow Wilson. He was never ordered to duty, but
served on the local draft board during the war period. His
family of five sons at that time probably deferred assignment to
active duty.
He has been a member of Wooster Country Club since
1920. In 1928 he built Wooster's first public golf course,
known as Hillcrest, on the Lincoln Highway, one half miles east
of Wooster. this enterprise is his avocation, from which
he derives much satisfaction in affording his old friends and
schoolmates an economical place to play golf.
Source: North Central Ohio Biographies embracing
Ashland, Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties by William
A. Duff - 3 vols. - 1931 - Page 1231 - Vol. |
V. A. SNODDY.
As proprietor of the ideal Dairy, 125 South Walnut Street,
Wooster, Mr. Snoddy is recognized as one of the city's
able business men and substantial citizens. He was born on
a farm in Wayne Township, Wayne County, Sept. 21, 1882, the son
of James and Elizaeth (Hefflinger) Snoddy.
James Snoddy spent his entire life in Wayne County
and was a farmer. He was born in 1844 and died in 1819.
He is buried in Wooster Cemetery. His wife was born in
Chester Township, Wayne County, in 1846 and died in 1922.
Mr. and Mrs. Snoddy were the parents of eight boys, all
of whom are living.
V. A. Snoddy attended the district schools in
Wayne Township and at an early age became interested in farming.
He was the owner of a well improved farm of 76 acres in Green
Township, which he sold in 1924. During that year he was
awarded the title of Master Farmer of Ohio. In that year
he raised 2,000 bushels of potatoes on an 8.5 acre tract and 36
bushels of wheat per acre on a tract of 24.5 acres, or seven
bushels more per acre than the 16 candidates in the state.
During that year Mr. Snoddy's sale of milk from his farm
totaled $3,500. In his farm of 76 acres Mr. Snoddy
had only 63 acres under cultivation. He was also a breeder
of pure Holstein cattle. After disposing of his farming
interests in 1924, Mr. Snoddy organized the Ideal Dairy
in Wooster. This venture has proven as successful as his
farming activities.
In February, 1905, Mr. Snoddy married Miss
Margaret Uhler, of Chester Township, Wayne County, the
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Becker) Uhler. Mr.
Uhler is recognized as one of the leading farmers of Wayne
County, being the owner of a well improved farm in Chester
Township. Mr. and Mrs. Snoddy are the parents of
the following children: James, William, Goldie, Marie,
Dorothy, Hazel, June and Richard.
Politically, Mr. Snoddy is a
Republican. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and belongs to the Wooster Business Men's Association.
Source: North Central Ohio Biographies embracing Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties by William A. Duff
- 3 vols. - 1931 - Page 1206 - Vol. I |
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