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��was born Feb. 1, 1794 ; they were the parents of twelve children — .James, born Feb. 7, 1815, died Aug. 9, 1863; Sarah A., April 1, 1816; Robert Lyle, April 11, 1818, died Dec. 14, 1831 ; Abigail, .June 28, 1820, died Oct. 6, 1831; William, Feb. 28, 1822; David Lyle, April 27, 1824 ; ]\Iary Jane, March 4, 1826, died July 3, 1828 ; Rebecca, May 24, 1828, died Aug. 29, 1828; Ebenezer, Aug. 1, 1829, died May 23, 1852; Robert Ray, born Oct. 9, 1881 ; Samuel Lyle, Dec. 26, 1833, died Nov. 17, 1874; Isabella, May 18, 1836, died March 29, 1837. Mrs. Mary Lyle Smith died at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. James Clark, near Mansfield, Oct. 3, 1876.

SMITH, J. F., dealer in coal ; he is a native of Knox Co.; he came to Mansfield six years ago ; he is engaged as coal dealer, and has on hand a good supply of all kinds of coal, and delivers to all parts of the city ; ofiice on North INIain street.

SMITH, JONAS, Jr., engineer ; a resident of Mans- field, who springs from an old Western Pennsylvania family ; his father, Henry E., was a native of Fayette Co., born in the year 1812; his mother, Margaret D. Carr, was born in Pittsburgh in 1816 ; in after years, the parents removed to Ohio ; Jonas Smith, Jr., was born in Wooster, AVayne Co., in 1849, and received his education at the Massillon public schools ; since 1867, he has been connected, as a fireman and engineer, with a number of the leading railroads of the West ; for twelve and a half years, he was employed on the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R. and its divisions, as fireman and en- gineer, respectively, and, afterward, on the T. & A. A. R. R. Mr. Smith has the reputation of being a careful and well-posted engineer, enjoying the confidence of railroad oflBcials wherever he has labored.

SMITH, RICHMOND (son of Hiram R. Smith), Sec- retary of the Richland Mutual Insurance C©.; was born Dec. 14, 1844. Married to Alice Dull, of Mansfield, Oct. 18, 1876. Mr. Smith has been very eflBcient in his labors, and has aided greatly in raising the company to its present substantial basis.

SMITH, E. W., insurance and real-estate agent; he was born in Washington Township, Richland Co., May 8, 1822. Married, Sept. 26, 1854, in Zanesville, Ohio, to Sarah Guthrie Metcalf, who was born July 10, 1835, at Lenox, Berkshire Co., Mass.; they have the follow- ing children : Caroline L., born March 2, 1856 ; Anna M., May 15, 1860; S. Dwight, May 6, 1868. Mr. Smith was raised on a farm in this county. He gradu- ated at Oberlin College in 1845. In 1846, he went to Chicago with Rev. J. B. Walker, and assisted him in conducting a paper called the Herald of the Prairies ; continued there three years, and then returned to Mans- field. In 1850, he and M. Day bought of J. C. Gilki- son, and established the Mansfield Herald, which is yet published under the same name. While engaged in the publication of this paper, he was appointed, without solicitation, in 1851, General Agent of the American Bible Society for one-half of the State of Ohio, and continued in that work till May, 1870. Afterward en- gaged in the real-estate and insurance business, and still continues in that work.

SNYDER, SAMUEL S., contractor; he was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Sept. 13, 1816, the first child of Henry and Elizabeth Snyder. In September, 1834,

��he removed to Ohio with his parents, who first settled in Mansfield, and afterward resided on a farm west of the city for two years ; during this time, and until the age of 21, he followed clearing, and carried the mail to Bucyrus and Delaware and return. In August, 1837, Mr. Snyder was married to Miss Irene Stevens of this county, with whom he raised a family of six children ; two sons are now in active business in this city. In the year 1846, he removed to Mansfield having previa ously followed farming. For a number of years, he was engaged in the grocery business in Mansfield, and was located a great part of the time on the northeast corner of Main and Third streets. In 1850, Mr. Sny^ der was appointed Deputy Sheriff under Wharf, which position he held for four years. It was while engaged in this service, he was attacked by a desperate prisoner in which he came near losing his life. During his long residence in Mansfield, he has held numerous oiEcial positions, and in each has been faithful to the trusts confided to him ; at one time Postmaster, then collector for Hall & Allen until elected Auditor of Richland Co., in 1864, and re-elected, serving two full terms. Mr. Snyder is now a resident of East Third street, and, of late years, has been engaged in business principally as a contractor in street improvements.

SNYDER, C. H., dentist ; he was born in Mansfield in 1854; he was educated and graduated in the city schools ; graduated at the Ohio College of Dental Surg^ ery, at Cincinnati, Ohio.

SNYDER, GEORGE W., railroad agent ; he was born in Mansfield Jan. 25, 1847, where he received his ele- mentary education ; in 1864, he became connected with the A. & G. W. R. R., at Mansfield, as clerk in the agent's office, which position he held until March^ 1873, when he received the appointment of ticket and freight agent on the same road ; after the formation of the Mansfield Stock- Yard Company, controlled by the A. & G. W. R. R., his business qualifications were recognized by an appointment to the additional office of general manager of that company, both of which posi^ tions he now holds. He was married Oct. 16, 1872, in Knox Co., Ohio, to Miss Lizzie TuUoss ; they have two children, a son and daughter — Bennie T., born Aug, 14, 1873, and Georgia Belle, born July 4, 1876.

SPENCER, JOHN G., proprietor of opera boot and shoe store ; he was born, 1837, in Ireland ; came to Piqua, Ohio, 1854 ; engaged there in dry-goods ti'ade for ten years ; came to Mansfield in 1866, where he engaged in the wholesale and retail boot and shoe trade ; more recently, he established the Opera House boot and shoe store, one of the largest retail stores in Northern Ohio ; this establishment carries at all times an immense stock of first-class work, and, buying only from first hands, offers inducements not surpassed in this State ; buyers will here find an unrivaled assort- ment, consisting of over one thousand different varie- ties, and the reputation of Spencer's store for low prices is well known all over Richland Co., and commends itself to the general public.

STEVENSON, ANDREW, attorney ; was born April 1, 1844, in Weller Township, Richland Co. ; was edu- cated at the Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, Ashland Co. He went to the army; was in the Ohio Cavalry, served four months. He was discharged under a

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