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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Portrait and Biographical Record
of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio.
containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and
Representative Citizens Together with
Biographies and Portraits of the Presidents of the
United States.
Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros.
1892
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CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT
Source: Portrait and
Biographical Record of Auglaize, Logan and Shelby
Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892
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Residence of
Daniel Shawver,
Lake Twp.,
Logan Co., OH |
DANIEL
SHAWVER. Industry, uprightness and honesty
have characterized Mr. Shawver's actions in life,
and he is one of the most substantial and worthy
citizens of Lake Township, Logan County. He was
born in Harrison County, Ohio, on the 30th of April,
1827, and is the son of Daniel, Sr., and
Elizabeth (Shultz) Shawver, natives respectively of
Pennsylvania and Maryland, the latter born on the 15th
of November, 1785. The father grew to manhood in
the Keystone State, and about 1804 came to Ohio, where
he met and married Miss Shultz, who had come to
the Buckeye State with her parents when a young lady.
Their nuptials were celebrated in Jefferson County, and
they first located on a farm in that county, in a little
log cabin that the husband built in the woods, and here
began tilling land purchased from the Government.
On this place Mr. and Mrs. Shawver remained
until 1836, when they removed to Harrison Township,
Logan County, and settled in another log
house. They worked industriously and soon had the
farm in a good state of cultivation. Both lived to
a good old age, the father dying in 1865, when
about eighty-four years of age, and the mother dying at
the age of eighty-three. Mr. Shawver
built the mill known as the John F. Kayler Mill,
on Blue Jacket, in this county. He and his wife
were members of the Lutheran and Presbyterian Churches
respectively, were active workers in religious
causes, and he was one of the leaders in his church.
Of the large family of children born to them, fourteen
in number, all grew to mature years, married and had
families. There were nine sons and five daughters,
as follows: Elizabeth and Margaret
(twins), Catherine, George, Jacob,
John, Solomon, Elias, Joshua.
Jonathan, Susannah, Sophia,
Daniel (our subject) and Michael. Those
living are Solomon, of Clay County, Ill.;
Jonathan, of Champaign County, Ohio; Susannah,
wife of William Moon, of Jefferson
Township, this county; Daniel, our subject, and
Michael, of Clarke County, Ohio.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio. Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 162 |
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L. W. SIDESINGER
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 273
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Bloomfield Twp. -
JOHN SMITH.
It is a fact unnecessary of denial that a person is
better fitted to follow the occupation with which he
became familiar in early life, than to engage in an
undertaking learned in later years. This truth is
borne out by the career of Mr. Smith, who from a
boy has known all the minute details of agricultural
life. To this acquired knowledge may be added a
natural faculty for that calling, for his father,
Andrew J. Smith, was also a farmer.
The latter was born in Ohio, Aug. 8, 1818, and still
makes his home in this State. His father,
Alexander Smith was a soldier in the War of 1812,
and was one of the first settlers on the site of the
city of Marietta, having located there the latter part
of the eighteenth century. In early life, he
followed rafting logs down the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers to New Orleans and would then walk back. He
was very large and muscular and was considered the best
man physically of the crew. After a short
residence at Marietta, he moved to Delaware County,
Ohio, and was among the first to settle there. He
improved a farm in the wilderness and died there in
1855, when seventy-six years of age.
The father of our subject was reared on a farm and
agricultural pursuits have occupied his attention all
his life. He has held all the township offices
where he lives and served two eyas as Sheriff of the
county, displaying much efficiency and bravery in
discharging the duties of this office. In
politics, he is a Democrat and he was elected to his
present position over a fifteen-hundred Republican
majority. He was a member of the State Board of
Equalization in 1870, and is one of the prominent men in
his county. In his religious views, he is a member
of the Episcopal Church. He selected as his
companion in life Miss Mary Glass, a native of
New Jersey, born May 10, 1822, and the fruits of this
union have been five children: Jay D., John, Francis
A., Jane A. and William R. The mother
is still living and is a member of the Episcopal church.
Her father was of German, and her mother of
Scotch-Irish, extraction.
From an early age, our subject became familiar with the
duties of the farm and divided his time in youth in
assisting on the same and in attending the district
school in Delaware County, Ohio, his native county,
where his birth occurred Mar. 14, 1845. His
marriage, which occurred Apr. 9, 1868, to Miss Mary
C. Wright, a native of Kokomo, Ind., born Sept. 10,
1847, was blessed by the birth of two children:
Nellie B. and Mabel M.. After marriage,
Mr. Smith settled in Delaware County, and farmed the
home place until Mar. 22, 1874, when he came to
Bloomfield township, Logan County. He purchased
eighty acres one mile north of where he now lives, all
in the woods, and cleared and improved all but two
acres. In 1885, he moved on his present farm, and
although no work and by his energy and thrift has nearly
all of the one hundred and sixty-seven acres improved.
He stands in the front ranks as an industrious,
progressive farmer and stock-raiser, and in the
management of everything connected with his farm
displays excellent judgment and thoroughness, qualities
which can not fail of success. He built his
present house, a large frame one, in 1885, and has two
frame burns, one erected in 1887 and the other in 1889,
Mr. Smith's farm is a rich black sandy
loam, underlaid with limestone gravel. He and
Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, are deeply interested in all religious work, and
Mr. Smith is Assistant Superintendent of the
Sunday-school and teacher in the Bible class.
Mr. Smith was a Democrat in politics until about
a year and a half ago when he joined the People's party
and was nominated in the Lima Convention, Fifth
Congressional District, for Congress. He was not
aware of his nomination until after it was enthusiastic
people ran him nevertheless. He received more
votes in this township than either of the other
candidates. Mr. Smith is a demitted member
of the Masonic order, and has been prominently
identified with the Alliance, being one of the charter
members of the sixth subordinate organization in the
State. He served as Vice-president of the State
organization in 1889, and was a member of the executive
committee of the State organization in 1890. He
was tendered the nomination for Governor on the Alliance
ticket at the State Convention held at Springfield, but
he would not accept. He was a delegate to the
National Convention at Omaha in January, 1891, and is
one of the most prominent and best-known men of the
county. He has a host of warm friends and few, if
any, enemies.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 590 |
John Smith
Residence of
John Smith,
Sec. 6,
Harrison Tp.,
Logan Co., Ohio
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JOHN SMITH,
a prominent old settler and large landowner on section
6, Harrison Township, Logan County, was born at the
head-waters of Yellow Creek, in Jefferson (now Carroll)
County, Ohio, Mar. 15, 1816. His father,
Michael Smith, was a native of Pennsylvania, born on
the Susquehanna River, and his grandfather, Martin
Smith, was born in Germany, where he followed
farming for a livelihood.
The father of our subject came to this country at an
early date and, in 1802, settled in Jefferson County,
Ohio, having bought land from the Government. He
built a log cabin in the wilderness, and being a good
shot, many deer and other animals fell at the crack of
his rifle. In 1833, he moved to Logan County,
settled on a farm in what is now Lake Township, and
there tilled the soil for many years, enduring the
hardships of pioneer life. He became the owner of
three hundred and twenty acres before his death, which
occurred when he was in his eighty-third year. He
and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church.
the lady whom he selected as his companion in life, and
who stood faithfully by his side in all the trials and
privations of pioneer life, was Miss Mary Beard,
a native of the Keystone State, also born on the
Susquehanna River. The eight children resulting
from this union reached mature years, and are as
follows: Elizabeth, Michael, Catherine,
Barbara, John (our subject), Mary, Margaret
and Eva, all of whom became members of the
Lutheran Church. The mother lived to the advanced
age of ninety-five years. Her father, Jacob
Beard, was born in Germany, and served through the
entire Revolutionary War. He was a farmer by
occupation and died in Pennsylvania, when nearly one
hundred years old.
John Smith secured a rather limited education in
the pioneer log schoolhouse of his day, and came with
his parents to Logan County on the 10th of April, 1833.
They made the journey overland and camped in their wagon
until they could build a log cabin. When
twenty-two years of age, our subject started out for
himself and agriculture has been his principal calling
in life. when he first located in Logan County,
Bellefontaine was a village of a few cabins, and
settlers were few and far between. He often
assisted at log-rollings and cabin-raisings. To
market and trade, he was obliged to go to Dayton.
On the 16th of September, 1838, Miss Indiana Tullis
became the wife of Mr. Smith. She was born
in Bellefontaine on the 15th of January, 1816.
Eleven children were the fruit of this union, viz:
Samuel, Michael, David, Rebecca, Mary A., James, John
W., Elias, George W., Laura and Robert R.
Michael, David, Mary A., Elias, Laura and Robert
R. are deceased. Mrs. Smith, who was a
most exemplary and worthy member of the Methodist church
for many years, joined with the Lutherans during the
latter part of her life and died in that faith on the
11th of July, 1864. After his marriage, our
subject located in a rude log cabin in Logan County, but
three years later erected a fine frame residence.
He has made nearly all the improvements on his place and
now has probably the finest farm in Harrison Township.
All his buildings are substantial and commodious and
would be ornaments to any farm. He has three
hundred and twenty-one acres in a body with roads all
around it, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
He is a splendid representation of the typical Ohio
farmer, and possesses to a marked degree and regard
which is given to the pioneers of this section.
For some time, he was actively engaged in raiding
Short-horn cattle and is now interested in
sheep-raising. In 1868, he erected a fine frame
residence, a view of which is shown on another page.
He has two large barns on his place, one erected in 1875
and the other in 1879.
The second marriage of our subject occurred on the 16th
of September, 1886, to Miss Clara E. Roberts, a
native of Union County, Ohio, born Aug. 8, 1865, and the
daughter of Philip and Sarah (Latson) Roberts,
natives respectively of Union and Knox Counties, Ohio.
Her father was a farmer and died in Union County when
fifty-nine years of age. Afterward, the mother
married again and moved to Harrison Township, this
county. By her first marriage, she became the
mother of two children, Mrs. Smith and
Hezekiah who died when eight months old. To
Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been born one child,
Myrtle Fern, whose birth occurred on the 23d of
February, 1890. Both our subject and wife are
members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Smith
is a Republican in politics, although his father and
brothers were all Democrats. He took an active
part in the campaign of 1840, for William H. Harrison
assisted in building log cabins to carry around on
wagons in the parades during that campaign, also split
rails on wagons during the Lincoln campaign in
1860, and has great faith in the election of Benjamin
Harrison this fall (1892). He has held a
number of local positions, but has never been an office
seeker.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
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C. C. STOKES
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
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WILLIAM STOUGH
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
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J. G. SUTTON
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
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EDWIN A. SWAN
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
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JOSEPH SWISHER
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
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