Walter M. Smalley

As printed in 1913

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.

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.