Harvey F. Smith

As printed in 1913

HARVEY F. SMITH.

Among the successful business men of Nevada, Wyandot county, Ohio, is Harvey F. Smith, who there conducts a livery bam from which he receives gratifying financial returns. A native of Whetstone township, Crawford county, this state, he was born Jime 27, 1881, a son of 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 P., 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 Cath-

,*nogle eine (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 presidential 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.

As printed in Past and present of Wyandot County, Ohio; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; (1913). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.