The Smalley Families of Wyandot County, Ohio

JACOB W. SMALLEY, M. D., retired physician, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, August 30, 1822. He is the son of Richard and Catharine (Emmons) Smalley, natives of New Jersey, and of Holland descent.

They were the parents of thirteen children, all attaining their majority — five living at the present time, viz., Benjamin, Richard, Isaac, Abraham and Jacob W. They removed to Wayne County in 1816, Mr. Smalley having entered 320 acres of land one year previous, where they resided until his death in April, 1845, aged seventy-seven years. Mrs. Smalley died in 1861, aged eighty-six years. Dr. Smalley, the subject of this sketch, was brought up on the farm, and shared such advantages of education as the district schools afforded. He remained at home with his parents until twenty-one years of age, at which time he entered college at Ashland, Ohio, taking a preparatory course, and beginning the study of medicine at the age of twenty-four, under the instruction of Drs. Cook & Maxwell, at Berlin, Holmes Co., Ohio. He graduated at the Western Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, and began the practice of his profession at Shanesville, Tuscarawas County, forming a partnership with Dr. Strese. He removed to Fredericksbui'g, Wayne County, in 1818, and in 1862 to Upper Sandusky, where he formed a partnership with R. A. Henderson. In 1869, Mr. Smalley withdrew from the partnership, and resumed his practice independently, continuing the same until 1878, when he retired from the profession. Dr. Smalley was married in Fredericksburg, April 15, 1856, to Margaret C. Armstrong, nee Porter, daughter of William and Mary (McNeal) Porter, early settlers of Holmes County. Mr. Porter was at one time Representative of Holmes County; he died about 1839. Mrs. Porter still survives, in her eighty-second year, and resides at Peru, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Smalley are the parents of seven children, four now living — William P., born June 8, 1860; Walter Mc, January 19, 1862; Charles E., February 21, 1864; Richard E., May 10, 1871. The deceased are: Mary C, born March 13, 1857, died April 6, 1861; Anna E., September 5, 1858, died March 21, 1861; Rolla, June 25, 1867, died September 30, 1868. Mrs. Smalley was born June 8, 1832. Mr. Smalley has been a member of the F. & A. M. since 1847, and was a member of the Upper Sandusky School Board nine consecutive years. In politics, he is a strong Republican.

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WALTER M. SMALLEY,*M.D.

Dr. Walter M. Smalley, practicing in Upper Sandusky along modern scientific lines, 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, January 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 August 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 en-

, Google tered 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 years, 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 ad'ance 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, see retary and treasurer. Dr. Smalley is also vice president of the Cosmo Buttermilk Soap Company and is a large stockholder in that concern.

On April 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

,*nogle 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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JAMES SMALLEY was born in Ashland County, Ohio, February 23, 1823, son of Isaac and Priscilla (Scott) Smalley, natives of New Jersey and Ohio respectively. They were the parents of ten children, three now living — James, Richard and Henry. The parents both died in Ashland County — the father in 1859, aged about one hundred years; the mother in 1874, at an advanced age. James Smalley, the subject of this notice, resided at the old homestead in Ashland County till his twenty-first year, locating in this county in 1843. He engaged in daily labor a number of years, purchasing his present homestead of eighty acres in 1846, since adding 163 acres, now valued at $85 per acre. The first tract was purchased for $3.50 per acre, and with money earned by days' labor at 50 cents per day. Mr. Smalley was married, in Eden Township March, 1847, to Catharine Ulrich, daughter of Peter C. and Catharine (Bowsher) Ulrich, natives of Maryland, and of English and German ancestry. She was born September 5, 1828. This marriage was followed by six children, five of whom are living — John \V., born March 24, 1852; Catharine A., December 28, 1855; James S., May 15, 1860; Dencie A., January 29, 1865; and Harriet I., December 2, 1866. The deceased was Amanda, born May 11, 1849, died February 23, 1871. Mr. Smalley votes in the interest of Democracy, and is well esteemed as a citizen.

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ALLEN SMALLEY was born in Ashland County, Ohio, December 26. 1841. He is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Smith) Smalley, also natives of this State. His father was the parent of twenty children, seventeen by his first marriage. Of this family those still living are Allen; Katie, now Mrs. Emmersou; Nan(!y A., widow of William R. Bliss; Matthias A.; Lily, wife of Robert Rosendale; Mary. Tracy and Benjamin F. By a second marriage, Jacqb W. and William were born. Elizabeth, the mother of our subject, died in September, 1870; his father still survives and resides on his farm in Crawford Township. Allen Smalley obtained a good education in the district schools, finishing his studies in the Ohio Wesleyan University. March 3, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in some of the most spirited skirmishes of the times, but was discharged by special order at Nashville, Tenn,, on account of temporary disability. He subsequently returned home, taught a term of school, and in the spring of 1864 enlisted in the Signal Corps, United States Army, and continued therein till the close of the war. He was one of the number who participated in the exploits of Admiral Farragut, and Capt. Leroy, Commander of the gunboat " Ossipe," running the gantlet between the confederate strongholds of Fort Gaines and Ft. Morgan. He participated in the capture of the rebel ram "Tennessee." and the reduction of Forts Powell, Gaines and JMorgan. He was discharged by special order at New Orleans, in November, 1865. In 1866, Mr. Smalley began the study of law at the University of Michigan, and in 1868, graduated at that institution, being admitted to the bar soon after at Olney, Ill., where he opened a law office and did business till 1870. He then went to the South and engaged in the wood and lumber trade one year, and after teaching a winter school in Posey County, Ind., removed to Upper Sandusky. He superintended the schools of the latter place one year, and subsequently taught two terms at Little Sandusky. In 1874, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Crane Township, at Upper Sandusky, and in 1876, was re-elected, serving with credit and ability. Mr. Smalley was married September 23, 1868, to Ellen Burke, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Burke, early settlers of this county. Of nine children which have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Smalley, but four are living, namely: Lily G., born December 29, 1869; Isaac, December 28, 1870; Lulu, January 9, 1874, and Edwin M., January 26, 1879. Mr. Smalley takes an active part in politics, being an enthusiastic Democrat. He is a member of the A., F.& A. M., the K. of H., Royal Arcanum, and G. A. R., being Chaplain of the latter order. He is a Secretary of the Agricultural Society and one of its most active members. He is favorably known as a man of enterprise and public spirit and is held in high esteem by the citizens of the community. He is rapidly advancing in proficiency as a lawyer, and is destined to take a place among the first of his profession in the near future.

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M. A. SMALLEY, the present Mayor of Carey, and Justice of tho Peace, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, October 4, 1850. He is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Smith) Smalley, and at the age of eighteen began life for himself, pushing out for the West. He located in Labette County, Kan., where he spent two years in teaching school and enjoying the pleasures of the chase, also its profits, which at that date were very fair. While in that locality, he was one of the many who had occasion to partake of the hospitalities of the notorious Bender family, and, as later developments evidenced, was at one time " spotted '' as a prey of the murderous friends. On returning to Wyandot County, he engaged in farming and teaching. He was elected Justice of the Peace of Crawford Township, and in 1882 was elected Mayor of Carey, to which place he had removed in 1880. He devotes the principal part of his time to the business of negotiating and dealing in Western land, chiefly in the States of Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri and Texas, besides a considerable in Ohio. Mr. Smalley was married, January 26, 1877, to Miss Hattie, daughter of Daniel Benson, of Morrow County, Ohio, and four children have been born to them, namely, Stella, Horace, Stanley and Lucile. He is a member of F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., Wyandot Encampment, K. of H., and Myrtle Lodge, Independent Order Good Templars. In politics, Mr. Smalley is a Democrat, and is one of the most popular of Carey's citizens.

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