Smithville, Ohio
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Firsts
- First Frame Building: 1822 - at location of Cyrus Hoover in 1878. [1]
- First Building: David Brenizer on corner occupied by John Willamen's brick store. [2]
- Second Building: John Musser, near 1925 residence Jacob Slutz [3]
- Third Building: Widow Johnson's Tavern [4]
- First Store: 1818 - Reason Beall in original settlement in one end of Thomas Smiths cabin [5]
- First Postmaster: Thomas
Historical Information
The town took its name for Thomas Smith who erected the first house in 1818, which was a cabin on the north-west side of Portage Rd around where he laid out a village in 1831. However, due to low grounds the area was vacated. Then on May 25, 1836 David Birney, Sr., Joseph Musser, John Shroll, and Luther Carey laid out a new 41 lot village. The survey and plat was done by Campbell Bell.
David Brenizer put up the first building.
The first store in the original settlement was opened in 1818 by Reasin Beall. The first store in the current village was opened in the spring of 1837 by Judge Smith Orr and Jonathan Casbier.[7]
References
- ↑ Ben Douglass. "History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Day of Pioneers and the First Settlers to the Present Time." R. Douglass. 1879, p. 715.
- ↑ Ben Douglass. "History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Day of Pioneers and the First Settlers to the Present Time." R. Douglass. 1879, p. 715.
- ↑ Ben Douglass. "History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Day of Pioneers and the First Settlers to the Present Time." R. Douglass. 1879, p. 715.
- ↑ Ben Douglass. "History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Day of Pioneers and the First Settlers to the Present Time." R. Douglass. 1879, p. 715.
- ↑ Ben Douglass. "History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Day of Pioneers and the First Settlers to the Present Time." R. Douglass. 1879, p. 715.
- ↑ Ben Douglass. "History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Day of Pioneers and the First Settlers to the Present Time." R. Douglass. 1879, p. 715.
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 681.
Categories:
- Individuals with Hoover Surname
- Individuals with Brenizer Surname
- Individuals with Willamen's Surname
- Individuals with Musser Surname
- Individuals with Slutz Surname
- Individuals with Smith Surname
- Individuals with Birney Surname
- Individuals with Shroll Surname
- Individuals with Carey Surname
- Individuals with Bell Surname
- Individuals with Beall Surname
- Individuals with Orr Surname
- Individuals with Casebier Surname
- Villages in Wayne County, Ohio
- Green Township, Wayne County, Ohio
- Smithville, Ohio