This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
JOHN D SMITH
John D. Smith was born on the 18th of August 1828. On the 13th of June 1852 he was by baptism grafted into the church of Christ and confirmed his faith before witnesses under his spirtual advisor. Rev. R Graetz. On the 28th of March 1854 he was united in holy wedlock to Miss Sarah Whisler. God blessed this union with 3 children, two sons and one daughter, who together with their sorrowing mother survive. Besides his family, the deceased leaves 4 grandchildren and 3 sisters as well as many other relatives and friends to mourn his death. Having been delicate for years, he fell, while waiting on his sick wife, a victim to the ‘grip’, which resulted in lung fever and in only a few days caused his end. Our brother died in the hope of a blessed resurrection, on January 24, 6 a.m. His age was 63 yrs. 5 mos, 6 da. May the Lord console the bereaved.
The mourning relatives hereby tender their heartfelt thanks to all who assisted during the sickness and death of our brother.
D. PH. EBERT.
