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DANFORD
SMITH, another one of the well-known and highly respected farmers
of Willoughby township, Lake county, Ohio, was born in Spafford, New
York, Mar. 8, 1819, a son of Sylvester Smith and a grandson of
Asa Smith, the former a native of New York and the latter of
Connecticut. His great-grandfather Smith, a native of
England, came to America at an early period in the history of this
country and settled in Connecticut, on the Connecticut river.
Asa Smith, a brick mason by trade, turned his attention to farming
in the latter part of life. During the Revolutionary war he was a
teamster in the employ of the Government. His death occurred at
the age of eighty-six years at Evanston, Indiana, where he had resided
for some time. Sylvester Smith emigrated from New York to
Ohio in 1827, and was among the first settlers of Willoughby township,
Lake county, Here he purchased a piece of land, built a log cabin and at
once went to work to clear and improve a farm. He died at the age
of sixty-eight years. He was a member of the Reformed Methodist
Church and a man of many sterling qualities of mind and heart. His
wife, whose maiden name was Lucretia Lyons, was a daughter of
Luther Lyons, was a daughter of Luther Lyons, a resident of
New York, who died at the age of one hundred years. She was
seventy-three at the time of her death. The subject of our sketch
was the fourth born in a family of seven children, three of whom are
living, and in the pioneer schools of Willoughby township he received
his education. Mr. Smith was married in 1842, to Miss Prudence Whelpley, a native of Warrensville, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. Her father moved to Ashtabula county, Ohio, at an early day, and while clearing land was killed by a falling tree. His wife died of a cancer. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six children: Sarah, George H., Cyrus S., Harriet, Amelia and Willie. After his marriage Mr. Smith located on his present farm. For fourteen years he carried on boot and shoe making, and since that time he devoted his attention exclusively to his farming interests, having cleared and drained the whole place. He has seventy-five acres of choice land, all under a high state of cultivation, and is engaged in general farming and stock raising. Politically, he is a Republican; was formerly allied with the old-line Whigs. Such is a brief sketch of the life of one of the successful farmers of Willoughby township. Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1893 - Page 881 |
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