M. A. Smalley

As printed in 1884

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.

As printed in The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.