DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: ERISMAN, SAMUEL JEFFERSON (published 1925)
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HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Vol. V  Page 42-43

        SAMUEL JEFFERSON ERISMAN.  Among the older business men of Areanum,
Ohio, are those who are well qualified to tell its real commercial history,
its earlier problems and its business successes, and one who for many years
assisted in building up the prestige of the town, through connection with
one its largest mercantile enterprises, in Samuel Jefferson Erisman, a well
known and highly respected retired citizen.
        Mr. Erisman was born in 1849, on his father's farm in Darke County,
Ohio, north of Greenville, son of Henry and Mary Jane Erisman, the former
of whom was born in Pennsylvania, of Swiss ancestry, and the latter in
Ohio, of German parentage, all most worthy, industrious people, mainly
following farm pursuits. Such people, these early settlers in Darke County,
built churches, established school houses, and set an example of thrift and
industry worthy of emulation.
        Samuel Jefferson Erisman attended the district schools and helped
his father on the farm until old enough to make choice of a preferred
career, when he became a clerk in a store in the neighboring town of
Gettysburg, and in 1874 was employed in W.H. Anderson's store, at that time
the largest of its kind in the City of Cincinnati. In the spring of 1875 he
came back to Gettysburg and remained a year, and in 1876, with quite a bit
of mercantile training behind him, became associated with the John Smith
Company at Areanum, with which solid business house he continued for the
next thirty-two years. After leaving the John Smith Hardware Company Mr.
Erisman practically retired from business life, but in many other ways he
has been an active citizen. He has served with good judgment and efficiency
on the city council, for a number of years was a member of the school
board, and in other ways cooperated with his fellow citizens to promote the
welfare of Areanum.
        Mr. Erisman married Miss Rozella Foren, and they have five
children, three daughters and two sons: Fay, who is the wife of Waldo A.
Baker, of Dayton, Ohio; Ray, who married Bertha Shedd; Ruth V., who is
assistant cashier of the Bell Telephone Company at Dayton; Helen and Lloyd
who reside with their parents at Areanum. Mr. Erisman and his family belong
to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish
Rite Mason and Shriner, with membership at Dayton, Ohio, and has been a
member of the order of Odd Fellows for fifty-two years.


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