TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO BIOS: SMITH, Philip Wesley (published 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887

        PHILIP WESLEY SMITH, a member of the Adams County Lumber Company,
at Decatur, Indiana, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, near Massillon,
in 1851. His parents, Henry and Catherine (Leppla) Smith, were natives of
Bavaria, Germany, where they were married, and in 1834 they came to the
United States and settled in Ohio. In 1854 they removed to Whitley County,
Indiana, and located near the line of Allen County, where the father died
in September, 1885, at the age of nearly eighty-five years. The mother is
still living at Churunbusco, Whitley County. They were the parents of eight
children, two of whom died in infancy. Philip W. Smith was reared in
Whitley County, and was given the benefits of the common schools. He
remained with his parents until his majority, and then was variously
employed for two years, when he became associated with Jacob Colter, and
engaged in lumbering at Arcola, Indiana, under the firm name of Colter &
Co. They manufactured lumber in Arcola eight years, and then enlarged their
field of operations, and now have five mills, three in Allen County and two
in Adams County. Their mill at Decatur is conducted under the name of the
Adams County Lumber Company, Mr. Smith having charge of the business at
that place, as well as Monmouth and Williams mills. They carry on an
extensive business, their sales being mostly to the railroad companies. Mr.
Smith is a practical business man, and thus far through life has been a
successful one. In addition to his large lumber interests he is the vice
president of the Decatur National Bank, in which he has a large interest.
He is an honorable, upright man, and a worthy member of the Christian
church, of which he is a liberal supporter. He is a member of the Odd
Fellows order, Harmony Lodge, No. 19, and Harmony Encampment, No. 12, at
Fort Wayne. Mr. Smith was married October 30, 1883, at Decatur, to Miss
Katie Beery, a native of Adams County, a daughter of Abraham J. and Betsey
(Welty) Beery, pioneers of this county. They have two children -Erman Clyde
and Florence Irene. Mr. Smith is one of the hearty supporters of all
enterprises of Decatur, such as the building of churches and improvements
of all kinds that have a tendency for the good of mankind generally.

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