Henry Smithman

Henry Smithman II info

• Death Notes
  • guardianship on 8/7/1892.
    probate on 19/9/1892
    Forrest Hills Cemetary, Sect 68, Lot 12, buried 10/10/1917, buried 7/9/1892.

• General Notes
  • Moved from Clarion County, PA to Piqua, OH ~1866 taking Emily, Mary Jane, Lydia Ann and Martha.  Ann Margaret and Eli Wentling may have been sweethearts then.  William Henry and Henry also went to Piqua.
    From Piqua biography: Henry Smithman, farmer; P. O. Piqua; is a son of Henry, Sr., and Charlotte Smithman, both natives of Germany, where both passed away, he in 1826, and she about 1843. Our subject was born in Germany in 1816, and raised to village life(Hanover); there he procured a good German education; in 1834, he emigmted to the United States, first locating in Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the iron furnace four years; at the expiration of this period, he commenced farming, buying and s elling land; this he continued until 1865, when he came to Miami Co., locating in Spring Creek Township; a few changes have since been made, and he now owns 36 acres in Miami Co., of which the part on which he resides lies in Fourth Ward of Piqua. Nov. 5, 1840 (in Pennsylvania), he married Agnes Wagner, of Germany, born, March 7, 1819 ;eleven children have been born to them, of whom seven are now living, viz.: William, John, Edward, Mary, Lydia, Agnes and Henry.