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BIOGRAPHIES
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Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio -
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GEORGE W. SAMPSON.
The medical fraternity of Wyandot county numbers among its
representatives no more able, talented or worthy practitioner than
Dr. George W. Sampson, whose work during the thirty-three
years of his professional life has been successful, beneficial and
far-reaching in its results. He is today one of the most
prominent physicians and surgeons in Upper Sandusky, his labors
embracing the duties of a large private practice as well as those of
United States pension examiner and surgeon for the Pennsylvania
Railroad. He was born in Seneca county, July 15, 1854, and is
the son of one of the pioneers in this part of Ohio, his father,
Dr. George W. Sampson, having been physician to the Indians in
Tymochtee township for many years after his settlement here in 1828.
In that year he commenced the practice of his profession and in 1830
moved to McCutchenville, where he resided until his death, which
occurred at the age of ninety-two years and four months. In
the early times he aided the Indians with professional help and
advice and became much beloved by them. He also conducted a
flourishing and representative private practice and was one of the
most prominent and popular physicians of his time. He married
Miss Nancy F. Huff, who was born in 1821 and who passed away
in 1875. They were the parents of three children: Alice,
who died at the age of four years; George W., of this
review; and Emma, who married William N. Wilkin a
salesman in Tiffin, Ohio, by whom she had one daughter, Nellie,
who died at the age of three years.
Dr. George W. Sampson acquired his early
education in a select school at Tiffin, Ohio, and afterward attended
Heidelberg University of that city. Before beginning his
senior year there he went to Toledo and engaged in the commission
business, spending a year and a half at this occupation. At
the end of that time he resumed his studies, working for three
months in the Toledo School of Design and then studying medicine
under his father, who was located at McCutchenville. Having
determined to make the practice of this profession his life work, he
went in 1878 to Keokuk, Iowa, where he entered the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, from which he was graduated in 1880 with
the degree of M. D. In the same year he joined his father in
the practice of medicine at McCutchenville, and their association
continued for six years, Dr. Sampson of this review coming to
Upper Sandusky in 1886. He opened an office for the practice
of his profession and has since maintained a continuous residence
here. He is deeply interested in his profession, having
long been a thorough and discriminating student of the science of
medicine, and he has carried his investigations far and wide into
the realms of research along medical lines. that he has
attained proficiency and skill is indicated in the large practice
which is accorded him and which has made him one of the successful
members of the medical fraternity in Wyandot county. He and
Dr. G. O. Maskey, with whom he is associated in practice, do a
great deal of the surgical work performed in this part of the state
and have a wide and growing reputation which they have secured by
reason of the remarkable results which they have achieved along this
line. Aside from his private practice Dr. Sampson is
also acting as pension examiner and president of the pension board,
under appointment by President McKinley, and is also doing
notable work as surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad at Upper
Sandusky, a position which he has held continuously for twenty-five
years.
On the 1st of September, 1881, Dr. Sampson was
united in marriage at McCutchenville to Miss Anne E. Johnson,
a daughter of Milo C. and Hannah (Brundage) Johnson the
former a farmer residing near McCutchenville. Dr. and Mrs
Sampson have a daughter, Grace E., who is a graduate of
Madame Baur's Conservatory of Music.
Dr. Sampson owns a fine residence on South
Sandusky Avenue and also one hundred and fifteen acres of land in
Crane township, from the rent of which he derives a comfortable
addition to his income. He is a man who has always been
faithful to every obligation of his life, discharging his
professional work and the dutes of citizenship ably and
loyally. When only ten years of age, in 1864, he enlisted in
the Federal army as a drummer boy and went with his company as far
as Camp Chase, where, owing to his extreme youth, he was not
accepted for service. However, he was even then very patriotic
and loyal and did valuable work in recruiting the Forty-ninth
Volunteer Infantry, under General William H. Gibson.
Dr. Sampson gives his political support to the republican party
and is especially interested in educational affairs, having served
from 1911 to 1912 as president of the local school board. He
is connected with the Masonic order, in which he belongs to the
Knights Templar, and is also identified with the Red Men and the
Tribe of Ben Hur. In professional lines he belongs to the
Wyandot County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society,
and he is also a member of the National Railroad Surgeons
Association and the Pennsylvania Railroad Surgeons Association.
Except in the positions before mentioned Dr. Sampson has
never sought to figure prominently in public life, preferring to
give his undivided attention to his professional duties, which he
discharges with a sense of conscientious obligation and with a
thorough understanding of the responsibility which devolved upon
him.
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DANIEL SCHLICHER.
A city does not depend so much upon its machinery of government or
even upon the men who control its public offices as upon those who
are active in establishing and promoting its business affairs.
Commercial activity is the basis of progress and improvement at the
present day and in business circles in Upper Sandusky, Daniel
Schlicher is well known as proprietor of a soda water factory,
to which enterprise he turned his attention in 1904. He was
born in Marietta, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1864, a son of Theodore and Eva
(Smith) Schlicher, both of whom were natives of Germany.
The father came to Ohio when a young man of nineteen years and the
mother arrived in this state when a little maiden of nine summers.
He died in 1912 but Mrs. Schlicher is still living, making
her home in Marietta at the age of seventy-two. They had a
family of six children: George Daniel, David, Edward,
Flora, and Emma.
Between the ages of six and fourteen years
Daniel Schlicher was a pupil in the public schools of his native
city, but when a boy in his early teens he felt it necessary to
provide for his own support and secured employment in a chair
factory, where he remained for four years. He then began
learning the moulder's trade, which he followed for seven years, on
the expiration of which period he went to California, remaining for
five years on the Pacific coast. He then returned to Marietta,
where he engaged in the saloon business for seven years, after which
he came to Upper Sandusky in 1904 and began the manufacture of soda
water, which has proven a profitable venture. He admitted
Patrick Doyle to a partnership and they have established a
business which is growing year by year. They hold to high
standards in the excellence of their product and are therefore
liberally patronized, while their fair dealing and reasonable prices
are also an element in their success.
Mr. Schlicher votes with the
democratic party, to which he has given his allegiance since age
conferred upon him the right of franchise. He is connected
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of
Red Men and he belongs to the German Lutheran church - in which
associations are indicated the principles that govern his life.
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E. A. SLEMMER.
Among the younger adn successful business men of Upper Sandusky is
E. A. Slemmer, who for a number of years has conducted a
first-class restaurant in this city which enjoys a reputation that
places it in a class by itself. Born in Salem township, this
county, on August, 15, 1872, E. A. Slemmer is a son of
Henry and Catherine (Coppler) Slemmer, natives of Germany, the
former born in 1822 and the latter in 1839. The father came to
America when about seventeen years of age and all his life followed
the occupation of tailoring. He died on Mar. 24, 1884, his
wife surviving until Apr. 2, 1911. In their family were the
following children: Charles L.; Henry; William H.; E. A., of
this review; George W., who was a member of the Second
Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and served in the war with Spain as a
corporal; and Elizabeth.
E. A. Slemmer, attended the district schools of
Salem township in the acquirement of his education until sixteen
years of age, when he engaged in farm labor for one year. He
ten turned his attention to clerking and remained in that capacity
and as bartender until 1900, when he and his brother Charles
opened a buffet in Upper Sandusky, which they continued in
partnership until 1906, at which time our subject acquired the
interest of his brother in the business. Later, however,
Mr. Slemmer turned his attention to the restaurant business and
opened a first-class establishment of that kind, which has gained in
reputation as the years have passed. Careful attention is paid
to the wishes of his patrons and his means are not only prepared in
the cleanest and best fashion but are substantial and varied, giving
a great selection to his customers. He is the only one in
Upper Sandusky who serves special game dinners during the season,
which have become famous and have brought many new patrons to his
place. His patronage is not only extensive but representative
and comprises the best class of residents, his trade being largely
recruited from out of town, besides enjoying a steady custom of
regular dinner guests. Much of the success of the
establishment must be ascribed to the genial and pleasant manner of
its proprietor, who tries in every possible way to please his
patrons and gives vent to his appreciation by faultless service.
As the years have passed Mr. Slemmer has become prosperous
and he now owns two valuable residences in Upper Sandusky which he
rents.
On Apr. 7, 1903, he was married at Upper Sandusky to
Miss Cora Taylor, a daughter of Hark and Mary (Gilliland)
Taylor, the former a native of Salem township and the latter of
Iowa. The father engages in farming in Salem township and is
one of its prosperous residents. Mr. and Mrs. Slemmer
have two daughters, Dorothy May and Marjory F., and
one son, Robert H.
Politically Mr. Slemmer gives his support to
the democratic party and fraternally affiliates with the Red Men.
His faith is that of the German Lutheran church.
Public-spirited and progressive, Mr. Slemmer takes deep
interest in all matters that affect the public welfare of Upper
Sandusky and Wyandot county and can always be found in the ranks of
those men who seek promotion and advancement. Able and active,
it has taken him not long to attain a substantial position and as
his success has been won on his own merits, he is highly esteemed
and regarded for what he has attained.
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WALTER M. SMALLEY, M. D.
Dr. Walter M. Smalley, practicing in Upper Sandusky
along modern scientific liens, is recognized as an able exponent of
his profession and the liberal patronage accorded him is proof of
the confidence reposed in him by the general public. He is
also a successful and discriminating business man, his shrewdness
and foresight being important elements in the rapid expansion of the
Union National Drug Company, of which he is the vice president and a
large stockholder. He was born in Fredericksburg, Wayne
county, Ohio, Jan 19, 1862, and is a son of Dr. Jacob W. and
Margaret C. Armstrong (Porter) Smalley. The father was a
native of Wayne county, born Aug. 30, 1822, and a prominent and
successful practicing physician, engaging in the duties of his
profession until 1882 and passing away in 1902. The mother was
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Porter, early settlers in
Holmes county. She has also passed away, her death having
occurred in 1901. In their family were four children:
William P., who makes his home with the subject of this review;
Walter M., the subject of this sketch; Charles E., who
married Miss Effie Sellers, of Marysville, Ohio, and who has
four children; and Richard, who lives in the west.
Dr. Walter M. Smalley acquired his early
education in the grammar and high schools of Upper Sandusky and
supplemented this by a course in the Western Reserve University at
Cleveland, which he attended for two years. He later entered
the Fort Wayne (Indiana) College of Medicine, from which he was
graduated in 1889 with the degree of M. D. In the same year he
began the practice of his profession at Ohio City, in Van Wert
county, and there continued for fourteen eyars, coming at the end of
that time to Upper Sandusky, where he has since lived. Here he
opened an office and has been successful in the general practice of
medicine and surgery, his ability drawing to him a large and
representative patronage. For five years he was associated
with Dr. Naus in the conduct of the Smalley & Naus
Sanitarium but in 1911 he sold out his interests to his partner.
By reading and investigation Dr. Smalley keeps in touch with
the advanced thought of the profession and his labors have been
attended with excellent results viewed from both a financial and
professional standpoint. He is, besides, well known in
business circles of Upper Sandusky as vice president of the Union
National Drug Company, which was incorporated in 1911 with the
following officers: J. W. T. Davis, president; Dr.
Walter M. Smalley, vice president; and Ira R. Pontius,
secretary and treasurer. Dr. Smalley is also vice
president of the Cosmo Buttermilk Soap Company and is a large
stockholder in that concern.
On Apr. 23, 1890, Dr. Smalley was united in
marriage in Upper Sandusky to Miss Myrtie L. Kenan, a
daughter of Alvin and Elizabeth Kenan, the former a prominent
real estate dealer of the city. Dr. and Mrs. Smalley
have three children, Margaret Elizabeth, Alvin Kenan and
Cora Helen. The family reside in a comfortable and
attractive residence in Upper Sandusky, which forms only a part of
Dr. Smalley's extensive real-estate interests which include
valuable tracts of residence and business property.
Dr. Smalley is a member of the Presbyterian
church, and his political allegiance is given to the republican
party. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order, the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the
Knights of the Maccabees, and he belongs also to the Chamber of
Commerce. He was for four years a member of Company B, Ohio
National Guard, and served ably and efficiently as a member of the
board of deputy supervisors of election of Wyandot county. He
is a progressive and earnest physician, keeping in touch with the
trend of modern thought concerning matters of professional
advancement, but with a mind broad enough in its scope to include
interest in municipal and business affairs. He has made a
creditable record both as a business man and as a member of the
medical fraternity and has met with gratifying success in his
practice.
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Dr. A. N. Smith |
ARTHUR NOBLE SMITH, M.
D.
Among the foremost of the younger
representatives of the medical fraternity in Upper Sandusky is
Dr. Arthur Noble Smith, who since 1909 has engaged in general
practice here. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1885,
and is a son of Dr. D. S. and Anna M. (Ritter) Smith.
The father was born in Adams county and grew to manhood in that
section, later graduating in medicine from the Miami Medical College
at Cincinnati, receiving the degree of M. D. in 1879. He was
for over thirty years in active practice in Ross county and during
that time treated over fifteen hundred cases of typhoid fever and
never lost a single case. This is a most remarkable record and
is a clear evidence of Dr. Smith's ability as a physician.
He and his wife now make their home in Upper Sandusky.
Arthur N. Smith acquired his early education in
the public schools of Chillicothe, which he attended until he was
twelve years of age, after which he entered the high school in Twin
township, graduating from that institution in 1902. He then
took a course in the Ohio University at Athens and subsequently,
having determined to follow in his father's footsteps, studied
medicine in the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, receiving his
degree of M. D. in 1909. He at once opened an office at Upper
Sandusky, being at that time the youngest practicing physician in
the state of Ohio, and his patronage has constantly grown in volume
and importance as he has demonstrated his ability to cope with the
intricate problems which frequently confront the physician.
Doing important research work in bacteriology and embryology, Dr.
Smith makes a specialty of diseases of women and children and is
favorably considered by the profession and the public on account of
successful work along this line. He is a young man of
pronounced ability in his chosen profession and undoubtedly a
brilliant a brilliant future lies before him.
Dr. Smith married on the 5th of August, 1908, at
Columbus, Ohio, Miss Meema O. Kline, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Kline, the former a well known lawyer of Huntington,
West Virginia. Dr. Smith is prominent in fraternal
circles, holding membership in the Masonic Order, the Improved Order
of Red Men, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Fraternal
Order of Eagles. He belongs to the Home Guards and to the Phi
Delta, an important medical fraternity. He gives his political
allegiance to the democratic party and in 1912 was elected coroner
of Wyandot county. He has gained recognition as one of the
able and successful physicians of Upper Sandusky and by his labors,
his high professional attainments and his sterling characteristics
has justified the respect and confidence in which he is held by the
medical fraternity and the local public.
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CHARLES F. SMITH,
who since 1891 has been engaged in the insurance and loan business
in Upper Sandusky, is one of the prominent business men of the city
and is, moreover, active in public life. He was born in Morrow
county, Dec. 18, 1862, and is a son of John N. and Barbara
(Watson) Smith, the former a native of Morrow county, born Dec.
18, 1840, and the latter of Richland county, born in the same year.
The father spent all of his active life engaged in farming and died
Nov. 2, 1900. His wife survives him and makes her home in
Richland county. They had six children: Charles F., of
this review; John W.; Franklin A.; Clyde C.; James R.; and
Mollie.
Charles F. Smith acquired his education in the
district schools of Morrow county and after spent two years at
Iberia College. He farmed afterward until 1887 and then became
connected with the Central Ohio Buggy Company of Galion, Ohio, with
whom he remained for about three years. He spent one year
thereafter on a farm in Kansas but in 1891 came to Upper Sandusky
and entered the insurance and loan business, with which he has been
connected since that time. He has been very successful in the
conduct of his interests and has secured a large and representative
patronage, accorded him in recognition of his honorable and
straightforward business methods. He hands life and fire
insurance and all kinds of loans, negotiating all of the business of
character done by the Union Central Life Company in this district.
He has besides other business interests in Upper Sandusky, being a
stockholder in the Citizens Savings Bank.
Mr. Smith married, on December 30, 1889, at
Lexington, Ohio, Miss Clara Logan. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
have one daughter, Grace E., who is a graduate of Madam
Baur's Conservatory of Music at Cincinnati.
Mr. Smith has always been eminently active and
progressive in his citizenship and since casting his first vote has
given loyal support to the democratic party. He was elected to
represent his district in the state legislature in 1903 and took his
seat in 1904, serving as a member of the seventy-sixth and
seventy-seventh general assemblies. During this time he lent
the weight of his influence to all progressive public measures,
standing for right, reform and progress and constantly promoting the
interests of his constituents in every possible way.
Fraternally he is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and
the Methodist Brotherhood, being a devout member of the Methodist
church. Mr. Smith belongs to the Chamber of Commerce,
taking a deep interest in the general expansion and development of
the city, and Upper Sandusky regards him as a valued addition to the
ranks of her business men.
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CLINTON D. SMITH.
Perhaps no one is better known throughout Crawford township as an
active, successful and prosperous farmer than Clinton D. Smith, who
since his childhood has lived in this section and who has today
achieved a success which, combined with his many sterling
characteristics, gives him a high position in the general confidence
and esteem. He was born in Hancock county, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1857,
and is a son of a pioneer in the state. His father, David
Smith, came west from Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1822,
traveling with his parents, Jacob and Sarah (Long) Smith.
The family settled in what was then a part of Crawford county, but
which is now comprised in Wyandot, and here the father took up
government land. His tract was entirely unimproved and covered
with a dense growth of timber, which he was obliged to clear before
beginning the work of development. With the lumber cut down he
built a crude log cabin and in this the family resided for some time
while the farm was being developed. Later the father bought
land in Hancock county and there lived until 1868, when he removed
to the vicinity of Carey and engaged in stock dealing upon a large
scale until his death, which occurred in 1884, when he was
seventy-two years of age. His wife was, in her maidenhood,
Miss Aurelia Brown, and passed away in 1886.
Clinton D. Smith acquired his early education in
the district schools of Hancock county and supplemented this by a
course in the Carey public schools, laying aside his books at the
age of eighteen. He was ambitious, energetic and eager to
begin his life's work, so his father allowed him to work the farm on
shares. He was so successful that in 1884 he was able to
purchase land of his own, upon which he has since resided.
With characteristic energy he developed and improved the property
and his labors are today evident in its excellent and attractive
appearance. Mr. Smith has made substantial
improvements, has built a fine residence, good barns and
outbuildings and has steadily carried forward the work of
development year by years. He annually harvests good crops and
raises only blooded stock, his interest along this line constituting
an important source of income to him.
In 1884 Mr. Smith was united in marriage to
Miss Lillie Anderson, a daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth
Anderson, of Wyandot county. He gives his allegiance to
the republican party and, although he is never active as an office
seeker, has yet been entrusted with public responsibility, having
served capably and efficiently for three years as township trustee.
Through his own labor, enterprise and good management he has become
the owner of a valuable property and is widely and favorably known
in this part of the county where he has so long resided.
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HARVEY F. SMITH.
Among the successful business men of Nevada, Wyandot county, Ohio,
is Harvey F. Smith, who there conducts a livery barn from
which he recives gratifying financial returns. A native of
Whetstone township, Crawford county, this state, he was born June
27, 1881, a son Edwin G. and Alice A. (Magers) Smith.
The father was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1850 and
during his active career conducted a general store, which he owned
at North Robinson, Ohio, where he passed away in 1912. The
mother is a native of Crawford county, this state, where she was
born in 1850, and still makes her home in North Robinson. In
their family were the following children: Clyde A., Belle
A., Florence M., Harvey F., Myrtle E. and William P.
Harvey F. Smith was reared under the parental roof
and early grounded in the old fashioned virtues of honesty and
industry by his parents attending the public schools of North
Robinson in the acquirement of his education until twenty years of
age. He then became an associate of his father in the general
store which the latter conducted and remained in that connection
until 1911, when he removed to Wyandot county, coming to Nevada,
where he bought a livery barn. Although he has been in
business not yet two years, he has succeeded in gaining a
representative and valuable patronage, his ever-increasing business
giving evidence of his ability along that line.
On June 24, 1908, Mr. Smith was married, in
Crawford county, to Miss Ella M. Miller, a daughter of
Isaac and Catherine (Smith) Miller, the former an agriculturist
of Crawford county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one
son, William Paul.
Although Mr. Smith has not as yet
participated in the public life of Nevada, he successfully and
efficiently served as town treasurer of North Robinson for eight
years. His political views are independent and he largely
follows his own judgment in giving support to candidates and
proposed measures. Fraternally he is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees.
His faith is that of the Lutheran church. Although Mr.
Smith's arrival in Nevada has been of recent date, he has
already established himself in the confidence of his fellow citizens
by his strictly honest and thorough business methods and has made
many friends here. He owns his residence in Nevada and also
has a half interest in a residential property in North Robinson.
Personally he is a genial, pleasant-mannered young man, one whose
hand everybody is glad to shake and who makes friends readily.
This open-heartedness combined with true business ability, industry
and reliability have rapidly brought him to the front and his
position in Nevada, in business as well as social circles, is
assured.
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RALPH E. SMITH,
who since beginning his active career at the age of eighteen has
followed the barber's trade, is one of the active, enterprising and
progressive young business men of Upper Sandusky. He was born
in Marseilles township, Nov. 29, 1884, and is a son of George W.
and Deborah (Gatchell) Smith, the former a retired farmer.
In this family were seven children, Charles C., Edward, David,
Ada, Carrie, Bessie and Ralph E.
Ralph E. Smith acquired his education in the public
schools of Upper Sandusky, which he attended until he was eighteen
years of age, laying aside his books at that time to become a
barber. He has followed this trade continuously since that
time and has now a liberal patronage which is accorded him in
recognition of his skill and his straightforward business methods.
In addition to his work along this line he conducts a large dancing
school in the city, giving a great deal of his attention to his
classes.
On the 20th of June, 1907, Mr. Smith was united
in marriage to Mrs. Nellie B. Weiss, a daughter of G. W.
Marshall of Upper Sandusky. They are the parents of two
children, Evelyn S. and Norma L. The elder
daughter is only four years of age but has remarkable musical
talent, being able to keep almost perfect time on the piano.
Mrs. Smith has also one daughter by her first marriage,
Alice E.
Mr. Smith attends the Methodist church, although he
does not hold membership, and fraternally he is connected with the
Improved Order of Red Men. He gives his political allegiance
to the republican party but has never been active in public life,
preferring to concentrate his attention upon his business affairs.
He is still a young man but already prosperous, and he possesses in
his character and personality the silent elements of success, so
that his future advancement is assured.
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WILLIAM H. SNYDER,
who has been a resident of Carey for more than a third of a century,
is one of the town's leading citizens and a prominent factor in
industrial circles, conducting plant and an ice house and also
owning considerable residence and other property. His
prosperity is all the more creditable by reason of the fact that it
is attributable entirely to his own efforts, and he is a self-made
man whose record may well serve as a source of inspiration and
encourage to others. His birth occurred in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, on the 19th of June, 1856, his parents being
William and Sarah (Hilsker) Snyder, who were likewise natives of
the Keystone state, the former born in 1817 and the latter in
Lancaster county in 1817 and the latter in Lancaster county in the
same year. William Snyder followed general agricultural
pursuits throughout his active career and passed away on the 3d of
April, 1899. His wife was called to her final rest on the 17th
of March, 1889. Their children were six in number, as follows:
Christian H.; Susan, who passed away at the age of fifty-two
years; Aaron; Amos; William H., of this review;
and Amanda.
William H. Snyder attended the district schools
of his native county until seventeen years of age and after putting
aside his text-books learned the carpenter's trade. In 1878,
when a young man of twenty-two years, he came to Carey, Ohio, and
this town has since remained his palce of residence. The
enviable success which has attended his efforts in a business way is
indicated in the fact that he is at the present time the owner of a
planing mill and gristmill at Carey and also conducts a concrete
block manufacturing plant and an ice house with a capacity of one
thousand towns of ice. His realty interests include seven
pieces of residence property and twenty-five building lots in Carey,
while he likewise owns a planing mill and grain elevator at Vanlue.
Possessed of splendid executive ability and sound judgment, he has
worked his way steadily upward and has gradually extended his
interests ands activities until he is now numbered among the most
prosperous business men and substantial citizens of Wyandot county.
s On the 12th of October, 1881, at Carey,
Ohio, Mr. Snyder was united in marriage to Miss Annie
Musselman, a daughter of Levi Musselman, whose demise
occurred on the 22d of February, 1907. Unto our subject and
his wife have been born the following children: Clarence;
Cora, the wife of Harry M. Keller, a monument
manufacturer of Carey, by whom she has a son, William H.; Maud;
Grover; Howard; and George.
Mr. Snyder gives his political allegiance to the
democratic party and is an active worker in its local ranks as a
member of the democratic state central committee at Carey.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, in which order he has
attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He
also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. His religious faith is indicated by his
membership in the English Lutheran church. His life record
commands the respect and confidence of all who know him, and
indicates clearly his force of character and his ability along
business lines.
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Mr. and Mrs.
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THOMAS D. STRASER,
a leading butcher of Upper Sandusky, owns and conducts a well
appointed meat market in the city and is meeting with a gratifying
success because of his honorable business methods and his earnest
desire to please his patrons. He was born in Big Spring
township, Seneca county, Feb. 16, 1859, a son of George and Mary
(Siebenaller) Straser, natives of Germany, the father born Oct.
15, 1830, and the mother in 1836. George Straser left
the fatherland at the age of fifteen and, crossing the Atlantic,
settled in Ohio, where he grew to maturity, later becoming a
prominent factor in agricultural circles. His wife passed away
in 1908. She was the mother of eleven children, Rose,
Thomas, Peter, Anna, Elizabeth, John, Louis, Victoria, William,
Charles and Christine.
Thomas D. Straser acquired his education in the
district schools of Seneca county, which he attended until he was
eighteen years of age, after which he worked upon his father's farm
until he was twenty-four. He then turned his attention to
business pursuits, forming a partnership with his brother Peter
in the carpentering and contracting business, which he followed for
four years, buildingmany fine residences and barns throughout that
section of the state. The partnership was finally dissolved
when Peter Straser moved away and in 1888 Thomas Straser
turned his attention to general farming, buying one hundred and
sixty acres in Mifflin township, upon which he resided until 1905,
when he came to Upper Sandusy and engaged in business. He
opened a livery barn but after two years established himself as a
retail butcher, a line of work in which he has been very successful.
His modern, well appointed shop and excellent line of goods have
secured him a gratifying patronage, which extends beyond the limits
of Upper Sandusky into the surrounding country districts. In
addition to this Mr. Straser still supervises the operation
of his one hundred and sixty acre farm in Mifflin township, upon
which he raises fine crops off hay, wheat, corn and oats and keeps
one hundred sheep, forty hogs and eleven horses, selling his stock
in the local markets.
Mr. Straser married, Oct. 16, 1888, in Mifflin
township, Miss Sophia Rall, a daughter of Joseph and Susan
(Bricher) Rall,* the former a prominent agriculturist of that
locality. Mr. Straser gives his allegiance to the
democratic party and has been trustee of Mifflin township for seven
years. He is a member of the Catholic church, is identified
with the Catholic Knights of Ohio and in his social and business
life is recognized as a man of genuine personal worth, who well
deserves the widespread respect and esteem which he has won.
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EUGENE STRAW owns and
operates a fine farm of three hundred and seventy-five acres on
section 31, Pitt township, constituting the homestead upon which he
was born. By constant supervision and practical methods of
operation he has made this a valuable and productive property and in
its cultivation, as in all business affairs, has met with that
success which follows earnest, straightforward and persistent labor.
His birth occurred on the 11th of June, 1854, and he is a son of
Louis and Rebecca (Miller) Straw, the former a native of Vermont
and the latter of Kentucky. The father came to Ohio when he
was still a young man and settled in Pitt township where he turned
his attention to general farming, an occupation which he followed
until his death in 1889. The mother has also passed away, her
death having occurred in 1879. Louis Straw had been
twice married. His first union was with Miss Moody, who
died one year after their marriage, leaving one child, Dudley.
By his union with the mother of the subject of this review he had
eight children, Caroline, Eugene, Leander, Edith, Cannie, Lenora
and Lemora, twins, and Catherine.
Eugene Straw acquired his education in the
district schools of Pitt township and spent his summers assisting
his father with the work of the farm. When he was eighteen he
laid aside his books and for some time thereafter continued upon the
homestead, but in 1881 moved to his father-in-law's property, where
he remained for ten years. At the expiration of that time he
purchased the old homestead and upon this he has now resided since
1892. It comprises three hundred and seventy-five acres lying
in Marseilles and Pitt townships, most of the property being located
on section 31, Pitt township, and it is a well improved, valuable
and productive property, its neat and attractive appearance
evidencing the careful supervision and practical labor he has
bestowed upon it. In addition to tilling the fields and
raising hay, corn and oats, which form his principal crops, Mr.
Straw is also extensively interested in stock-raising,
specializing in the breeding of sheep and hogs, of which he has abut
three hundred each. These he sells in the local markets, where
they command a high price and a ready sale. He owns besides
the farm upon which he resides another on section 6, Pitt township,
and on sections 1 and 3, Marseilles township, and is one of the
extensive landowners in this vicinity.
On the 1st of February, 1877, Mr. Straw married,
in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Miss Ada Bowen, a daughter of
Gideon and Deborah (Wooley) Bowen, of that city, the former one
of the oldest settlers of Wyandot county. He settled here the
year after the Indians had left this section of the state and plowed
and planted oats upon the property where the Wyandot county
courthouse now stands. Mr. and Mrs. Straw, having no
children of their own, have adopted a son, Curtis. Mr.
Straw is politically identified with the republican party,
having served as township trustee and as a member of the school
board. He is one of the best known and most widely popular men
in the southern part of Wyandot county and his place in the
favorable regard of the community has come to him by reason of his
honorable, straight-forward and upright life and his high standards
of business and personal integrity. Many of his stanchest
friends have known him from childhood and to them his name is a
synonym for honor in business, loyalty in citizenship and fidelity
to all the duties and obligations of life.
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