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Note: pg 884 - HISTORY OF WYANDOT COUNTY - Mifflin Township David Bowen, Sr. (a native of Pennsylvania; moved to this county in 1835, and June 17, same year, settled in Mifflin Township; on the farm on which he located stood an old Indian tavern; his son, David Bowen., still resides in this township). From 1835 to 1839 came Wesley Davenport and Mr. Brown (who laid out Brownstown), Richard Leo, William Lee, James O'Neil, Tunis Ten Eyck, Adam Smith, Moses Ricker, John A. Swartz, Jacob Hollanshead, Daniel Pierson, Walter Simerson, Thomas Snider, Abraham Clark and Cornelius Young. pg 894-5 Adam and Elizabeth (Wehen) Smith, [are]natives of Pennsylvania, and of German parentage. There were eight children in the family, four living [in 1884] -Henrietta, wife of Ferdinand Switzer; Elenor, wife of Jacob Switzer; William F. and Sophia, wife of William Rieber. The deceased are Margaret, Caroline, George A. and Reuben, who enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed in the battle of Winchester. After engaging in brick-making a number of years in various localities, the father came to this county in 1851, and purchased 120 acres of land, where he died a few years later. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in good standing. 1830 US Census: Pennsylvania > Bedford > Colerain Adam Smith 20-30, wife 30-40, 1 dau 5-10 (Margaret), 2 dau 0-5, (Caroline & Henrietta) 1840 US Census: Lexington, Richland, Ohio Free White Males - 40 thru 49: 1 Adam Smith Free White Females - 30 thru 39: 1 Elizabeth Free White Females - 15 thru 19: 3 Margaret, Caroline, Henrietta Free White Males - 5 thru 9: 1 William F Free White Females - 5 thru 9: 1 Eleanor Free White Males - Under 5: 1 Reuben 1850 US Census-Venice, Seneca, Ohio , Family 505 Adam Smith 52 abt 1798 Pennsylvania Elizabeth Smith 48 Wm F Smith 16 Rubina Smith 13 Sophia Smith 8 Peter Waliers 28 Marcia Waliers 21 Julia Waliers 2 Ella Waliers 1 James Mc Kibberg 46 Catharine L Mc Kibberg 43 James A Mc Kibberg 16 David A Mc Kibberg 13 Samuel W Mc Kibberg 11 Joseph F Mc Kibberg 10 Franklin R Mc Kibberg 7 Lucella A Mc Kibberg 5 Abagail S Summerlin 13 Henry Willey 35
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