The Smith Families of Clark County, Ohio

PETER SMITH, farmer; P. O. New Carlisle. This gentleman was born in the county of Botetourt, Va., Dec. 14, 1811. At the age of 2 years he came to Ohio with his parents, Christian and Christianna Smith, and settled near Chillicothe. They remained one year in their new home, and came to this (Pike) township, and located near New Carlisle. In the year 1821, Christian purchased the farm where he resided until his death, which occurred in Nov. 27, 1855. His educational advantages were limited; he was early trained to farm labor. In his 25th year, he rented the farm now owned by Samuel Harshberger for one year and then purchased 80 acres of timber land, which he cleared and put under cultivation. He soon added 80 acres to his original purchase, making in all 160. In the spring of 1873, he disposed of the place and purchased the farm he now occupies. December 5, 1836, he was united in marriage with Jane, daughter of Jesse and Sarah Mixon. She was born Dec. 26, 1813. They were the parents of eleven children, viz.: Christian M., born Sept. 14, 1837; Perlena and Elsina (twins), Sept. 12, 1839; Christianna, May 22, 1842; Sarah, Feb. 8, 1844; Lydia, Feb. 28, 1846; Ruth, Aug. 3, 1848; Jesse M., April 8, 1850;

Charles, Aug. 4, 1852; Peter M., Sept. 25, 1854; Mark, June 3,1858. Perlina died Jan. 25, 1855; Ruth, died Jan. 21, 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, with four children, are members of the German Baptist Church, and one daughter a member of the Baptist Church.

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CHRISTIAN M. SMITH, a representative citizen and large farmer of Pike Township, where he owns two valuable farms, aggregating 222 acres, was born in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, October 14, 1837. He is a son of Peter and Jane (Maxon) Smith.

Peter Smith was born in Virginia and was a child one year old when his father, Christian Smith, brought his family to Pike Township, and settled in the woods near the present home farm of his grandson. Christian M. Peter Smith grew to manhood in Pike Township and later bought a farm of his own. which he cleared from its native condition. He married Jane Maxon, a daughter of Jesse Maxon, who was a pioneer on Mud Run, settling there before the Indians had left this neighborhood. For many years Peter Smith remained on his farm, but later retired with his wife, to New Carlisle. He died there aged seventy-four years, but she survived to be ninety-one years old. They had the following children,: C. M., Elzina and Perlina, twins, Christena, Sarah M., Jesse M., Lydia, Charles, Peter ]\L. Mark and Ruth. Several of these children died in infancy.

Christian M. Smith grew to manhood on his father's farm and from early boyhood assisted in the work of clearing and cultivating it. For some five years he operated a water-power saw-mill, but continued to live at home until his marriage. He bought his first farm from Jacob Otewalt and lived on it for seven years, when he traded for an interest in one of his present farms. He lived there from 1878 until 1906 and moved to his present home in 1907. Mr. Smith has always been counted with the successful farmers of Pike Township.

On January 9, 1862, Mr. Smith was married (first) to Mary Jane Zinn, a daughter of Daniel E. and Matilda (Sturgeon) Zinn. Mrs. Smith died March 21, 1883. She was the mother of the following children: Marcellus, residing at Troy, Ohio, married Nellie Tannehill and they have two children, Raymond and Hartley; Albert Z., residing at New Carlisle, married Laura Fuller and they have three children, Algie, Lona and Elva; Matilda Angeline, residing in Bethel Township, married Frank Shellaharger and they have four children, Delbert, Horace, Adella and Edward; Oren Z., residing at Portland, Oregon; Adella May, residing in North Dakota, married Charles Funderburg and they have two children, Cletus and Walter; Arthur Z., residing in Pike Township, married Bertha Jordan and they have two children, Harold and Lloyd; Clarence Z., who married Iva Richardson; and Alia Eveleen, who married Casius Schaffner, has two children, Lewis C. and Mary Hetty.

Mr. Smith was married (second), October 13, 1887, to Mrs. Caroline D. Tener, who died without issue, February 25,

1888. She was the widow of James Tener. On February 26, 1890, Mr. Smith was married (third) to Wilhelmina Dresher, who was born in Clark County and is a daughter of Nicholas Dresher by his second marriage, to Margaretha Suphert, who died aged fifty-four years. Mr. Dresher lived to be sixty-eight years old. The children of his first marriage were: Godfrey, George, Margaret, Barbara and Martin. Those of his second marriage were: Catherine, Mary, John, Henry, Peter, Caroline, "Wilhelmina, Clara, Charles and Anna.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had the following children: Margaretta Jane, Cjtithia T., Vernon D., Helen C, Gilbert and Luther W. Vernon D. died aged nineteen months and Helen C. at the age of six years.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith are valued members of the German Baptist Brethren ChurcTi, in which he is a deacon and a trustee.

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CHARLES SMITH, carpenter, Springfield. Among the young men of Springfield, mention may be made of Charles Smith, son of Peter and Jane Smith; he was born in Pike Township, Clark Co., Aug. 4, 1852; his attention was devoted to his studies and the duties of the farm until he arrived at the age of 21 years, at which time he commenced an apprenticeship at the carpenter trade, and has given it his attention until the present. On Nov. 23, 1S%6, he married Miss Florence Ream, daughter of Jesse and Adline Ream, by whom he had born to him two children, viz.: Gertrude, born Oct. 4, 1877. and Dearwood, born Feb. 16, 1879. He resided in Pike Township until Sept. 15, 1880, when he moved to Springtield; he and his wife are both members in good standing of the German Reformed Church.

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ARTHUR Z. SMITH, one of the enterprising and successful farmers of Pike Township, who ably operates his father's farm of 200 acres, which is situated thirteen miles northwest of Springfield, was born July 15, 1873, on the farm in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, which is now the property of William Sturgeon. His parents were Christian and Mary Jane (Zinn) Smith.

This Smith family came to Ohio from Virginia and it was the great-grandfather of Arthur Z. Smith who brought the family first to Pike Township. The parents of Arthur Z. Smith were born in Clark County, where the father lives retired, having long been one of Pike Township's most substantial citizens. The mother of Mr. Smith was a daughter of Daniel R. and Matilda (Sturgeon) Zinn, and she died March 21, 1883. There were eight children born to Christian Smith and his first wife, as follows: Marcellus Z!, Albert Z., Matilda A., Orren Z., Delia May, Arthur Z., Clarence Z. and Alice E., the last named being the wife of Cassius SchatTner. The second marriage of Christian Smith was to Carolina D. Tener, who died in the following year, and his third marriage was to Wilhelmina Dresher. To this last union were born the following children: Margaret, Cynthia, Helen, Vernon, Gilbert and Luther. Helen and Vernon are deceased.

Arthur Z. Smith was three years old when the family moved to the present farm and he attended the old Yale School in this district. He assisted in clearing this farm and has devoted himself to its cultivation and improvement ever since boyhood. He engaged in a general agricultural line, raising fine stock and growing grain.

On December 2, 1900, Mr. Smith was married to Bertha Jordan, who is a daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Myers) Jorcjan, old pioneers of Pike Township. Mr. Jordan still survives. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two sons, Harold C. and Lloyd Parker. In politics Mr. Smith is a Democrat and in January, 1908, his party elected him a member of the School Board of Pike Township. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Junior Order of American Mechanics and to the National Protective Legion.

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SETH W. SMITH. Among the men who have helped lay broad and deep the prosperity of the community in which he lives is the subject of this review, who was born on the farm where he now lives, January 24, 184.3. His parents were

Seth and Deborah (Wildman) Smith. His father was born in Eastern Tennessee, where they were temporary sojourners, as the grandfather, Seth Smith, was born in Pennsylvania, and had gone thence to Virginia. Having lived fourteen years in Tennessee, they removed in 1800 to Highland County, Ohio, and in 1811 settled upon the farm where Seth W. Smith now resides. At this early day the grandparents were among the first pioneer settlers of this part of Ohio, and the country was in an undeveloped state. The experiences which they encountered were varied and interesting. Indians were plentiful, but were peaceably inclined.

The grandfather purchased the Fitzhugh survey, which was supposed to comprise 1,000 acres, but proved to contain 1,120 acres. On the land was a primeval log house, which they occupied until 1817, when they manufactured brick on the farm and constructed a substantial two-story brick house, which stood for many years, or until 1899, when the subject of this record had it torn down and erected his present commodious and modern residence. The grandfather resided in his home in Clark County, until he was an old man, honored and respected by all who knew him. He had come to Ohio when it was but a territory, landing at Paint Falls, Ross County, to which his elder brother, Jacob, had come in 1796. Of the brothers left in Tennessee, some of their descendants removed to Vermilion County, Illinois, whence some members of the family removed to Oregon. In the pioneer spirit which caused the grandfather to seek a home amid the wild scenes of Ohio, may be traced with interest those sturdy qualities inherited from his ancestor, the great-great-father of the subject of this review, who was born in England about 1680 and was one of those who, actuated by their Christian faith, became a followed of WUliam Penu, and with him, accompanied by two other brothers, came to America. One of the brothers settled in New York, or one of the New England states, and one in the Carolinas. There has been no reliable account of the descendants. One son, the great-grandfather, Joseph Smith, was born about 1720. He was educated and reared in the Quaker faith, as was also his wife, who in her maidenhood was Rachel Bales. After his marriage he settled in Maryland, near Bladensburg, and rented a farm and conducted a mill on Permugen Creek. He finally removed to a farm five miles from Winchester, Maryland, where they remained for a number of years on rented land. After a few years they decided to make a change and accordingly drove across the mountains to where Brownsville, Pennsylvauia, now stands, but not liking the location they returned without unloading their goods. While crossing the mountains they were attacked by robbers, but drove them off. They returned to the farm they had occupied near Winchester, and there spent their remaining days.

Among their many children was Seth, the grandfather of Mr. Smith, the name being thus handed down to the third generation— the subject of this review. In the grandfather's family were the following children — Jacob and Samuel, who died in early childhood; Mary, who mar- 7'ied David Littler; Rachel, who married Nathan Linton; Ruth, who married

Jeptha John sou; and Seth, the youngest child.

Seth grew to manhood in Clark County, receiving a good education for the period. The country was still new at that time and the educational advantages enjoyed were not those of the present time, but the brave and energetic spirit inherited from his forefathers and cultivated by his own efforts was his, and he did much toward promoting the growth and development of his community. He inherited about two hundred and sixty acres of land from his father, which he cultivated and improved, adding to it until he became the owner of considerable land and in time gave each of his children a good farm. In his remembrance Indians were very thickly settled around the locality in which the family lived, but they were friendly inclined and made very little trouble. While the family lived in Highland County one evening they had been away from home and on returning found the house lighted up, and on looking in they found the floor covered with Indians, who had come in and built a fire in the wide, open fireplace, desiring to warm and rest themselves. On receiving their supper they departed in peace. On one occasion a young Indian became enamored of his sister, the aunt of the subject, and desired to make her, as he termed it, his "pretty squaw." As the recipient of this adoration did not favor his suit, he showed his disfavor by taking a lump of charcoal, chewing it, spitting it in his hands and rubbing it over his face. Seth Smith, the father, was born July n, 1798. He was an anti-slavery man. a great temperance man and earnestly did he advocate the principles in which he believed. He was a birth-right Friend, being a direct descendant on both sides of the family of members of that sect.

He was married February 25, 1824, to Deborah Wildman, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wildman. To them were born seven children, three of which died in early childhood. The eldest son, Samuel, married Esther Cook, who died in September, 1885, leaving three children. He died in February, 1901. Ruth married Samuel Hadley, of Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio. Oliver married Margaret Negus and to them were born.six children. After living for several years in Clark County, they moved to Kansas and thence to California, where he died in 1896. The mother, Deborah W. Smith, departed this life January 2, 1858. In 1860 Seth Smith, the father, married Anne Hollingsworth, with whom he lived until his death in 1876, being buried at Selma, Ohio.

The boyhood days of Seth W. Smith were spent on the home farm. He received a good common school education and after teaching a few years attended Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, for two years and one year in the Agricultural College, at Lansing, Michigan, thus being well fitted for the practical duties of business life in after years. In 1872 he married Marion Griffith, of Alliance, Ohio, and they took up their residence on the home farm, this union being broken by her death in just one year. In 1878 he married Hannah Lewis of New Vienna, Ohio, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Hoskins) Lewis. They were blessed with five children, namely: Oscar L., Lewis H. and Mary Emma D., while two died in infancy.

Oscar L. Smith was born August 23, 1879. In 190.3 he married Jean Blanche

Ervin, of Cedarville, Ohio, where he is now engaged as Cashier of the Exchange Bank. Lewis H. Smith was born January 30, 1880. In 1905 he married Eula Elder of Selma, Ohio. They wow reside on the old home farm. In 1906 there was born to them a son, Lewis Elden.

Mr. Smith has been identified with agricultural interests here and with banking interests in Cedarville, Ohio, and his individual interests have been blended with the welfare and improvement of his county and township.

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J. QUINCY SMITH, one of Clark County's most substantial citizens, resides on his valuable farm of 287 acres, which is situated in Bethel Township, west of New Carlisle. Mr. Smith was born on this farm, April 5, 1843, and is a son of David Johnson and Sallie (Cory) Smith.

David Johnson Smith was born in Scotland and was brought to America by his parents when he was a child one year old. He resided in New York until he was seventeen years of age, when he came to Clark County, Ohio. Prior to 1834, when he settled down to farming and stock-raising, he had done various kinds of work, always being a man of great industry. In 1827-28 he was engaged by the Government on a stone and brick work contract at Sault St. Marie. Later he had a blacksmith shop at New Carlisle, which he conducted for two years. He was married in Clark County in 1827 to Sallie Cory, whose father, Elnathan Cory, came to Ohio from New Jersey in 1793-4 and to Bethel Township in 1803. At that time the present farm of Mr. Smith, which was the old Cory place, was a wild plum ticket. Mr. Cory had to grub out the roots of these trees in order to find space on which to build his log cabin, in which he lived for many years. A few Indians still remained in this section, and there was plenty of game, but few white settlers. He died in 1842 at the age of sixty-four years. Elnathan Cory married Hannah Jennings, who died of cholera in 1834. Mrs. Smith was born in the log cabin on this farm, which stood until after her marriage, when David Johnson Smith erected the present commodious brick house. She died in March, 1903, at the age of ninety-three years. David Johnson Smith died in 1878, aged eighty-four years. They had ten children, two of whom died young. The others were: Nana, Henry C, David H., Hannah, Elnathan, John Quincy, Lydia and Fannie.

John Quincy Smith was reared on the farm he now owns and the clearing of which he helped to complete. In 1861 he enlisted for service in the Civil War. becoming a member of the SLsteeuth Battery, Independent Light Artillery. During his thirty-seven months of service Mr. Smith participated in many of the most important battles of the war, including Cham]iion Hill, where Captain Mitchell was killed, the Vieksburg campaign, and many others, and when he was mustered out in September, 1864, he was with his battery on the Gulf of Mexico. Although he was exposed to almost constant danger during all this time, Mr. Smith returned home practically unharmed.

In February, 1879, he was married to Maggie Johnson, who is a daughter of John F. and Lydia (Shuman) Johnson, and who was reared on a farm adjoining the present one. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had nine children, namely: David J., Charles E., Ra:iTnond F., John H., George B., Harry B., Ralph Q., Lydia and one that died in infancy. David, the eldest son, died at the age of twenty-three years.

Mr. Smith purchased his present farm from his mother's estate. He devotes considerable attention to raising draft horses, Shropshire sheep and Poland China hogs. He is a stockholder in the American Stock Breeders' Association. He is vice president of the New Carlisle Bank, of which he has been a stockholder since its organization. Mr. Smith is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of New Carlisle Lodge No. 100, Chapter No. 57, Council No. 30, Coleman Commandery of Troy No. 17 and A. & A.

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ADOLPHUS H. SMITH, Jr., an enterprising and progressive citizen of Mad River Township, has been a continuous resident of Clark County since 1864, and throughout his entire business career has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits in this community. He was born October 1, 1850, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the first fourteen years of his life were spent.

After Mr. Smith's father became possessed of land in Clark County, the family spent the summer months on the farm here, returning to the city for the winters. His early education was obtained in his native city, and this was supplemented by a two years' course in a military college at Springfield, conducted by Chandler Robins, and later he attended Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, for two years. In 1864 Mr. Smith came to Clark County and resided on his father's farm until after his marriage, when he rented a farm of one hundred and sixty acres located two and one-half miles.west of Enon. This he cultivated with much success and was enabled to lay aside sufficient capital to ])purchase a farm for himself in 1877. He also became manager of his father's large interests in this locality and at his father's death inherited an equal share with the other children in the estate.

On October 17. 1871. shortly after attaining his majority, Mr. Smith was joined in marriage with Sarah J. Shellabarger, a native of Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, and a life-long resident of this community. She is a daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Baker) Shellabarger, the former of whom passed out of this life in 1889. His wife died in 1873. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Amelia, who is the wife of L. Baylor of Springfield, has three children; Maria L., who is the wife of P. Johnson, has one child; May K., who is the wife of Clarence W. Engledue of Springfield, Ohio, has four children; Rilla J., who is the wife of J. E. Drake, has one child; Justin B., who married Amelia Smith, has had six children, and follows farming in Mad River Township; Gertrude E.; and Helen V.

Mr. Smith has always been a man of public spirit and enterprise, giving his support to all measures which tend toward the advancement of his community. He cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley and is a staunch advocate of the Democratic party. Although never seeking political preferment, he has filled the office of township _ trustee of Mad River Township for about twenty-two years and has taken an active part in securing and maintaining good roads. He is fraternally affiliated with the Yellow Springs Lodge No. 441, F. & A. M., and New Carlisle Chapter No. 57, R. A. M. He is also a member of the subordinate lodge and encampment of Odd Fellows at Fairfield, Greene County, Ohio, and holds membership in the Knights of Pythias order at Enon, having filled all the chairs and served as a representative to the Grand Lodge.

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A. H. SMITH, stock-dealer; P. O. Enon; a son of A. H. and S. E. Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They moved to Clark Co., Ohio, in 1866; bought 1,470 acres of land, all in one body, adjoining the village of Enon. Our subject was born in Cincinnati, Oct. 1, 1850; there obtained his early education, and enjoyed city life until 16 years of age. After his parents moved to Clark Co. he attended select school at Springfield, Ohio, starting in life at the age of 18 years. After which he married Miss S. J. Shellabarger, of Clark Co., Oct. 17, 1871, and to this union six children have been born—Amelia, Sallie, Maria, Mary, Justin and Arelia. Mr. Smith. now overseas his father's farm, and devotes his time principally to stock, and at present is one of the Trustees of his Township, to which he was elected by the Democratic party.

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JOHN D. SMITH, book-binding and stationery, Springfield. John D. Smith was born seven miles from Chillicothe Dec. 6, 1821, hence is nearly three score years old, and does not look half a hundred; he had six brothers and five sisters. of whom only four brothers and two sisters survive; his parents moved to Millgrove, Warren Co., when he was only 2 years old; soon afterward. they came to Springfield, and Jan. 31, 1837, returned to Millgrove, coming back to Springfield in September, 1842. On Dec. 18, 1844, he married Rebecca Chrest, by whom he had five children, one son and four daughters, of whom they lost the son and one daughter. Of their daughters, Emma S. married E. T. Thomas, Mr. Smith's present partner in business; Alice B. married John Davidson in 1869, whom she lost March 1, 1877, and Carrie Lytle married Rodney F. Ludlow, in June, 1877. Having lost his wife in the fall of 1860, Mr. Smith, on Nov. 2, 1861, married his present wife, Miss Mary E. Woodrow, by whom he has no children. Mr. Smith has had little schooling, none after he was 11 years old. In about 1532 and 1833, he worked with Kills & Brichal, then with Morgan & Anthony; afterward worked on a farm, going to Lockport on rainy days to rule for John M. Seely. On coming to Springfield the second time, he worked with Mr. Baker about eighteen months, taking instructions in book-binding and blank-book making, after which, in September, 1844, he started on his own account, his business changes being many from that time to the present. He opened in what is known as “Trapper’s Corner,” there continuing sixteen years, having, part of the time his brother for partner; in 1850, he also conducted a boarding-house, merging it into a hotel, upon selling out his book-binding business in the fall of 1860; in 1862, he sold his hotel business to H. F. Willis; worked from March to September, 1862, for E. L. Barrett, then rented from Hastings, and again, with Barrett, on one-half division of profits, to July, 1865. Then he again worked with Hastings on the basis of au interest, until Jan. 20, 1979, since which time he has been doing business as at present, under the name of J. D. Smith & Co., the company being his sonic-law, E. T. Thomas. He did Hastings’ work, as of old, until the 15th of October. Mr. Smith now does the leading business in this line, and has all he and a full force of hands can do in new and enlarged quarters, corner of Main and Limestone streets.

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ANDREW SMITH, farmer and bee-keeper; P. O. Springfield. Mr. Smith lives one mile south of Springfield, on the Selma pike, where he devotes his attention to farming and the bee culture; he has at present an apiary of some seventy colonies; he has paid special attention to the culture of bees for the past twelve years, and is thoroughly conversant with all the minutes pertaining to the care of bees; he also makes a specialty of rearing Italian Queen bees, which he keeps both for his own use and for sale, and any one wishing to purchase either colonies of bees or Italian Queens will do well to call on Mr. Smith. You will not only find him a perfect gentleman. but honorable in his dealings. He was born in Fayette Co., Ohio, April 8, 1833, moved to Greene Co., Ohio, in 1837, with his parents, William H. and Maria A. (Vaughn) Smith.

Andrew remained in said county until his removal to this county, in 1875: he was married April 12, 1855, to Rachael Baker, by whom four children were born— William E., Jacob M., John A. (deceased), and Mary J. Rachael was the daughter of Nayl and Huldah (Mills) Baker; she departed this life in 1565. The Millses were among the first settlers of Greene Co., Ohio. Mr. Smith was again married in 1866; this time to Mrs. Maria J. Baker, daughter of Lewis R. and Elizabeth Pardue, also the widow of Anthony Baker (deceased). Mr. Smith's father was born in Ross Co., Ohio, and his mother in Virginia. Andrew served during the 100 days’ service in the late rebellion, in the loath O.

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WILLIAM R. SMITH.

William R. Smith was one of Springfield's pioneer railroad men. He was associated with George Wallace in railroad building. He was born in the city of Glasgow in 1829. He came to Brockville, Canada, at an early age and joined a surveying expedition and assisted in making a preliminary survey through the northern portion of the states of New York and Pennnsylvania of the Buffalo & State Line Railroad, now the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Mr. Smith afterward entered the employ of the Mad River Railroad ‘Company at Sandusky, under the direction of Mr. Wallace. In October, 1851, he came to Springfield and became connected with the construction department of the lines between Springfield and Delaware and Springfield and Loudon.

In the summer of 1854 he visited his native land, Scotland. Returning to Springfield, he soon became ticket agent of what was then the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad Company at this point and later took the agency of the Springfield & Delaware road. He af-. terward became connected with the Little Miami road. In 1881 Mr. Smith entered the employ of the Springfield Water Works Company, and ultimately became secretary and superintendent, a post which he filled for many years with great fidelity to his duties and with great acceptance to the. general public.

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RUSSELL SMITH, owner of a fine tract of seventy-three acres located in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio, was born on a farm near Spring-field, Ohio, December, 1877, and is a son of T. A. and Catherine (Miller) Smith.

T. A. Smith, who, with his wife, resides at Enon. Ohio, was born in Clifton and has been a life-long resident of Clark County. His wife was born in Virginia and when a child came to Ohio with her parents, who settled at Catawba.

Russell Smith is one of a family of seven children, namely: George, Alva, Erwin, Russell, Estella, who married E. Crabill, Mary and Myrtle, deceased. When quite young the parents of Mr. Smith moved to Springfield, Ohio, and there his boyhood days were spent. He attended the public schools and also took a course at Nelson's Business College. When a young man he worked for two years in a meat market owned by J. G. Kramer, then was employed for two years by Phillip Folckemer. In 1902 he bought out the meat market at 124 Clifton Street, then owned by C. N. Slyer, and this he operated until he moved to his present home in April, 1907, which he had purchased in 1905 from Mrs. Joseph Baker. Mr. Smith was married June 10, 1903, to Emma Sumner, the only child of Richard and Sarah (Watson) Sumner. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner, who reside near South Charleston, Ohio, are natives of England, where they were married. They came to America in 1880 and settled near Springfield on a farm which was owned by Steven Kirham, a relative. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of two children — Russell Barton and Norman Edwin.

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