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* Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of
City of Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895
† Source: History of Northwestern
Ohio - Vol. II _ 1917 As
Always, Biographies will be transcribed upon request ~
Sharon W.
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| CHARLES SCADDING |
| PHILIP SCHMIDT |
| H. M. SCHNETZLER |
| PETER SCHNITZLER |
| NOAH C. SCOTT |
| HARVEY SCRIBNER |
| DANIEL C. SHAW |
| GEORGE J. SHEPERD |
| MATTHEW SHOEMAKER |
| JOHN SHULL |
| WILLIAM SIEGRIST |
| RUBELLUS J. SIMON |
| ELEAZER N. SMITH |
| JOHN SOUTHARD |
| JAMES H. SOUTHARD |
| SAMUEL SOUTHARD |
| GEORGE H. SPECK |
| JONAS M. STANBERY |
| GEORGE W. STEVENS |
| TOMAS M. STEVIC |
| JOHN STOLLBERG |
LYMAN E. STRONG. It
is difficult to realize that only forty or fifty years have passed
since a large part of Lucas County was unreclaimed wilderness.
It is still more difficult to believe that such a splendid
homestead, with its fertile fields, its improvements, as that owned by
Lyman E. Strong on the old Indian road at the east edge of
Richfield Township, was at one time, little more than forty years
ago, an almost impassable swamp.
In making his farm productive, in clearing and draining
it. Lyman E. Strong thus achieved something which
will be of lasting value not only to his own family but to the
county for all future time. With an understanding of what he
has accomplished any one would say that Mr. Strong well
deserves the comfortable retirement he now enjoys.
He is the architect of his own destiny, and started out
a very poor man indeed. He was born in Lorain County, Ohio, a
son of Waitsell and Achsah Strong. When he was a small child
his father died, and his mother subsequently married again and moved
into Huron County, where Lyman E. Strong spent his youth. He
had a few advantages in the way of schools and only hard work as an
opportunity at home. When he left his mother's home it was
without any capital, and he had no influence with friends or
relatives. The necessity confronted him of getting some money
not only to support himself but also to provide the necessary
capital for a permanent vocation. He was both industrious and
capable and was thus bound to succeed in the long run. Three
yeas and eleven months he remained faithfully serving one employer,
saved all his wages, and with that modest capital came to Lucas
County in 1873 and purchased eighty acres 2 1/2 miles east of Berkey.
This is the land that he still owns, At that time it was
covered with woods, and was located in what was called Big
Cottonwood Swamp. Water covered the ground most of the year
and the only way to get across was by jumping from one log to
another. A heavier task could hardly be imagined than that
which confronted Mr. Strong when he started to clear this.
He not only felled the timber but also gradually ditched and drained
the land, and it is now recognized as one of the finest farms in
that community. Not only is the land capable of thorough
cultivation, but the improvements are of the best quality.
There is a fine modern house, and up-to-date and commodious barns,
silos, and every other facility for first class farming.
Mr. Strong has been for many years a stock feeder.
When he retired from the active management of this farm
he turned it over to his son, who is one of the progressive and
capable young farmers of Lucas County. In 1873 Mr. Strong
married Ella Wilson. Her father William Wilson
settled many years ago in Richfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio.
On the day that Mr. and Mrs. Strong were married their humble
house was raised and they soon afterward occupied it and together
shared in the inconveniences and hardships until their farm and made
productive and profitable. Mr. and Mrs. Strong have one
son, Frederick Nelson, who married in 1901, but his wife, who
was Nancy Warner, died a year later. He married for his
second wife, August 29, 1819, Estella Morehead. He
still lives at home with his parents. Both Mr. Strong
and his son Frederick are active republicans, but have never
sought office. The family are members of the Christian Church. |
| ALFRED A. STUMP |
| GEORGE F. SUKER |
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