Warren County OhArchives Obituaries.....Suydam, Simon  May 1, 1873
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Simon Suydam

The Death of Simon Suydam.

Died, March 27, 1873, at Toledo, Ohio, from the effects of injuries received
while moving a building a fortnight before, Deacon Simon Suydam, aged 56 years.

Bro. Suydam was a native of New Jersey, but was brought up in Butler County,
Ohio, and was settled during most of his manly years in Lebanon, Warren County,
Ohio. In 1839 he married Miss Sarah M. Dunlevy, daughter of A. H. Dunlevy, of
Lebanon, who with five children, survive him. After a course of study in the
office of Hon. Thomas Corwin, his guardian and friend, he entered on the
practice of law, but soon withdrew from the profession to engage in business.
Three years ago he came with his family to Toledo, and at the time of his death
he was at the head of the Toledo Wheel Company.

In his religious life our brother’s record was noteworthy. Baptized into the
Lebanon Baptist Church by Elder Blodgett in the latter part of March, 1838,
afterward for a time a member at Dayton, then at Lebanon again, and finally at
Toledo, for thirty five years he kept the faith and bore a most useful part in
advancing the Redeemer’s kingdom. Always active, intelligent and genial, he
ripened in complete consecration under years of trial and experience and
especially in the last few years and months his Christian character shone even
purer and brighter than ever. This was recognized by his brethren and sisters in
many ways. In his death the First Church of Toledo loses a deacon and a trustee,
the home Sabbath school and the Sargeant Mission each their leading Bible class
teacher; the -?- Association’s member of its Missionary Committee, and the Ohio
Baptist State Convention a member of its Board of Trustees. But more significant
are the tears shed by his departure by all classes who knew him, and the common
confession that since the death of the sainted Platt and Sargeant, the cause at
Toledo has suffered no greater loss than in this bereavement.

During the past winter it was Bro. Suydam’s privilege to have an active part in
a most precious revival work. Three of his own sons were among the fruits of the
ingathering. How much his prayers, his winning yet deeply earnest addresses, his
wealth of biblical knowledge and experience of divine grace had to do with this
blessed work can not be measured. Was it because we leaned on him so much that
God took him? We surely needed not the loss to help us appreciate his worth.

One trait of our brother’s character deserves special mention – he was the
life-long friend of the poor and downtrodden. He never forgot the oppressed. As
a deacon the destitute received from him far more than official remembrance. As
an employer he knew his employees as men and friends, and -------[rest of
article missing]

Source: The Western Star 1 May 1873 [copy obtained from obituary collection at
the Warren County Genealogical Society]


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