SENECA COUNTY OHIO - BIO: JOHN M. SMITH (1886)

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SENECA COUNTY
HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY, OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.728
CHICAGO:
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886

JOHN M. SMITH, farmer, P. O. New Riegel, was born February 14, 1824, son 
of Conrad and Elizabeth Smith, natives of Germany, where they married 
and remained until 1834, then immigrated to America, coming to Seneca 
County, Ohio, where they resided the balance of their lives. Conrad Smith 
died in 1880, his wife in 1870. Our subject was married, October 21, 1847, 
to Catharine Sauter, born in Bavaria, Germany, June 22, 1830, daughter of 
Philip A. and Barbara Sauter, both of whom died in Seneca County, Ohio. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Smith were corn twelve children, nine living: Conrad, 
Henry C., John W., Frank B., Charles D., Rosella, William H., Albert F. 
and Edward F., and three deceased: George W., Christens and Anna C. Our 
subject is a brick and stone mason by trade, but has been engaged in 
farming since 1843. He owns 200 acres, mostly improved land. He and his 
family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Smith departed this 
life, January 3, 1872; she was a loving wife, a kind mother, and her 
loss was mourned by all who knew her.