EDMUND J. SMALLEY
Death Sunday night of 81 year old Edmund Jewett Smalley, a long time businessman
and resident here. For over 40 years he was head of Smalley Manufacturing Co.,
which he established in 1857 and brought to its present success.
Der Nord Westen - Aug. 25, 1898
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E.J. Smalley of this city died on Sunday night last at the advanced age of 81.
He was a man of wonderful vigor, though at times during the last decade he had
brief periods of illness which were severe enough to cause alarm for their
possible outcome. He had great powers of recuperation and recovered quickly and
completely from these attacks.
Mr. Smalley came of New England stock. His father having been a native of
Connecticut-though he moved with his father's family, in early youth, to Vermont-
and his mother coming from the Frost's of Massachusetts. His paternal father was
with Stark at Bennington, and his father was a minute man in Scott's army on the
Canadian border in the war of 1812-15.
The pioneering impulse that characterized early New Englanders, soon carried the
family into the still farther west and a new farm was opened in Monroe county,
New York, early in the present century. Here his father married Betsy Frost and
at Riga in that county on July 6th, 1817, the subject of this sketch was born.
In 1836 the migratory impulse, incited by stories of the fertility of the western
reserve of Ohio, lured the family again towards the setting sun, and farms were
bought near what is now the village of Randolph. Mr. Smalley alternated farm work
with teaching in the winter, and the latter vocation led him back to "York state"
where he became enamored of Fanny Frick, one of his pupils, whom he married
August 8th, 1840.
For a few years he was engaged in the foundry business at Williamsville, New York,
but in 1847 he went to Sheboygan and entered upon the same vocation there. Five of
the ten following years he spent in farming and in 1857 moved to Manitowoc and
established the foundry business out of which has grown, through many vicissitudes
bravely met, that of the Smalley Manufacturing Company. This corporation was formed
in 1881, with Mr. Smalley as president, C.C Smalley vice-president and superintendent
and C.F. Smalley secretary and treasurer, positions held by each since, until within
the past few days.
The wife of his youth died in 1885 and in 1887 he married Mrs. Ellen Harnit of Ludlow,
Ill., who survives him. Of the children of his first marriage there survive, P.J.
Smalley of St. Paul, Minn., Herschel D., Clarence C. and Charles F. Smalley of this
city, and Edmund H. Smalley of Caledonia, Minn.
Mr. Smalley's leading characteristics on the physical side were a tremendous energy,
a tireless activity and a marvelous endurance. To these he united a sturdy integrity,
a strenuous will, a conscientiousness in all the relations of life, while he concealed
under an undemonstrated exterior and a brusque manner a sensitive heart that felt a
kindly touch or an unfeeling flow none the less keenly that it gave no sign, and,
withal, a generous disposition that avoided any show of ostentation. For the
conventionalities of social life he had no taste, and for its shams only a contempt
that never wore a disguise. He early associated himself with the Christian Church,
and remained in touch with it during his life, and temperate habits helped his strong
constitution to carry him healthfully through 80 of the 81 completed years of his life.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, August 25, 1898 pg. 3
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[bur. 08-21-1898/cause: heart disease]
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(First publication Sept. 1, 1898.) No. 45
STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Edmund J. Smalley, deceased.
An instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Edmund J. Smalley of Manitowoc city, in said county, having been delivered into said court:
And P.J. Smalley of St. Paul, Minn. having presented to said court his petition in writing duly verified, representing, among other things, that said Edmund J. Smalley died testate, at Manitowoc, in said county, on the 21st day of August, 1898; that said instrument is the last will of said deceased and that said P.J. Smalley and H.D. Smalley are named therein as executors, and praying that said instrument be proven and admitted to probate and that letters testamentary be thereon issued to said executors.
It is ordered: That said petition and the matters therein be heard, and proofs of said last will and testament be taken, at a special term of said county court, to be held at the Probate Office in the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday, the 27th day of September, 1898, at 10 o'clock A.M.
And it is further ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week, previous to the time of said hearing in the Manitowoc Pilot, a newspaper published in said Manitowoc county;
Dated August 27, 1898.
By the court,
J.S. Anderson, County Judge.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, September 22, 1898 P. 4
Death Sunday night of 81 year old Edmund Jewett Smalley, a long time businessman
and resident here. For over 40 years he was head of Smalley Manufacturing Co.,
which he established in 1857 and brought to its present success.
Der Nord Westen - Aug. 25, 1898
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E.J. Smalley of this city died on Sunday night last at the advanced age of 81.
He was a man of wonderful vigor, though at times during the last decade he had
brief periods of illness which were severe enough to cause alarm for their
possible outcome. He had great powers of recuperation and recovered quickly and
completely from these attacks.
Mr. Smalley came of New England stock. His father having been a native of
Connecticut-though he moved with his father's family, in early youth, to Vermont-
and his mother coming from the Frost's of Massachusetts. His paternal father was
with Stark at Bennington, and his father was a minute man in Scott's army on the
Canadian border in the war of 1812-15.
The pioneering impulse that characterized early New Englanders, soon carried the
family into the still farther west and a new farm was opened in Monroe county,
New York, early in the present century. Here his father married Betsy Frost and
at Riga in that county on July 6th, 1817, the subject of this sketch was born.
In 1836 the migratory impulse, incited by stories of the fertility of the western
reserve of Ohio, lured the family again towards the setting sun, and farms were
bought near what is now the village of Randolph. Mr. Smalley alternated farm work
with teaching in the winter, and the latter vocation led him back to "York state"
where he became enamored of Fanny Frick, one of his pupils, whom he married
August 8th, 1840.
For a few years he was engaged in the foundry business at Williamsville, New York,
but in 1847 he went to Sheboygan and entered upon the same vocation there. Five of
the ten following years he spent in farming and in 1857 moved to Manitowoc and
established the foundry business out of which has grown, through many vicissitudes
bravely met, that of the Smalley Manufacturing Company. This corporation was formed
in 1881, with Mr. Smalley as president, C.C Smalley vice-president and superintendent
and C.F. Smalley secretary and treasurer, positions held by each since, until within
the past few days.
The wife of his youth died in 1885 and in 1887 he married Mrs. Ellen Harnit of Ludlow,
Ill., who survives him. Of the children of his first marriage there survive, P.J.
Smalley of St. Paul, Minn., Herschel D., Clarence C. and Charles F. Smalley of this
city, and Edmund H. Smalley of Caledonia, Minn.
Mr. Smalley's leading characteristics on the physical side were a tremendous energy,
a tireless activity and a marvelous endurance. To these he united a sturdy integrity,
a strenuous will, a conscientiousness in all the relations of life, while he concealed
under an undemonstrated exterior and a brusque manner a sensitive heart that felt a
kindly touch or an unfeeling flow none the less keenly that it gave no sign, and,
withal, a generous disposition that avoided any show of ostentation. For the
conventionalities of social life he had no taste, and for its shams only a contempt
that never wore a disguise. He early associated himself with the Christian Church,
and remained in touch with it during his life, and temperate habits helped his strong
constitution to carry him healthfully through 80 of the 81 completed years of his life.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, August 25, 1898 pg. 3
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[bur. 08-21-1898/cause: heart disease]
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(First publication Sept. 1, 1898.) No. 45
STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Edmund J. Smalley, deceased.
An instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Edmund J. Smalley of Manitowoc city, in said county, having been delivered into said court:
And P.J. Smalley of St. Paul, Minn. having presented to said court his petition in writing duly verified, representing, among other things, that said Edmund J. Smalley died testate, at Manitowoc, in said county, on the 21st day of August, 1898; that said instrument is the last will of said deceased and that said P.J. Smalley and H.D. Smalley are named therein as executors, and praying that said instrument be proven and admitted to probate and that letters testamentary be thereon issued to said executors.
It is ordered: That said petition and the matters therein be heard, and proofs of said last will and testament be taken, at a special term of said county court, to be held at the Probate Office in the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday, the 27th day of September, 1898, at 10 o'clock A.M.
And it is further ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week, previous to the time of said hearing in the Manitowoc Pilot, a newspaper published in said Manitowoc county;
Dated August 27, 1898.
By the court,
J.S. Anderson, County Judge.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, September 22, 1898 P. 4
EDMUND J. SMALLEY
Death Sunday night of 81 year old Edmund Jewett Smalley, a long time businessman
and resident here. For over 40 years he was head of Smalley Manufacturing Co.,
which he established in 1857 and brought to its present success.
Der Nord Westen - Aug. 25, 1898
*********
E.J. Smalley of this city died on Sunday night last at the advanced age of 81.
He was a man of wonderful vigor, though at times during the last decade he had
brief periods of illness which were severe enough to cause alarm for their
possible outcome. He had great powers of recuperation and recovered quickly and
completely from these attacks.
Mr. Smalley came of New England stock. His father having been a native of
Connecticut-though he moved with his father's family, in early youth, to Vermont-
and his mother coming from the Frost's of Massachusetts. His paternal father was
with Stark at Bennington, and his father was a minute man in Scott's army on the
Canadian border in the war of 1812-15.
The pioneering impulse that characterized early New Englanders, soon carried the
family into the still farther west and a new farm was opened in Monroe county,
New York, early in the present century. Here his father married Betsy Frost and
at Riga in that county on July 6th, 1817, the subject of this sketch was born.
In 1836 the migratory impulse, incited by stories of the fertility of the western
reserve of Ohio, lured the family again towards the setting sun, and farms were
bought near what is now the village of Randolph. Mr. Smalley alternated farm work
with teaching in the winter, and the latter vocation led him back to "York state"
where he became enamored of Fanny Frick, one of his pupils, whom he married
August 8th, 1840.
For a few years he was engaged in the foundry business at Williamsville, New York,
but in 1847 he went to Sheboygan and entered upon the same vocation there. Five of
the ten following years he spent in farming and in 1857 moved to Manitowoc and
established the foundry business out of which has grown, through many vicissitudes
bravely met, that of the Smalley Manufacturing Company. This corporation was formed
in 1881, with Mr. Smalley as president, C.C Smalley vice-president and superintendent
and C.F. Smalley secretary and treasurer, positions held by each since, until within
the past few days.
The wife of his youth died in 1885 and in 1887 he married Mrs. Ellen Harnit of Ludlow,
Ill., who survives him. Of the children of his first marriage there survive, P.J.
Smalley of St. Paul, Minn., Herschel D., Clarence C. and Charles F. Smalley of this
city, and Edmund H. Smalley of Caledonia, Minn.
Mr. Smalley's leading characteristics on the physical side were a tremendous energy,
a tireless activity and a marvelous endurance. To these he united a sturdy integrity,
a strenuous will, a conscientiousness in all the relations of life, while he concealed
under an undemonstrated exterior and a brusque manner a sensitive heart that felt a
kindly touch or an unfeeling flow none the less keenly that it gave no sign, and,
withal, a generous disposition that avoided any show of ostentation. For the
conventionalities of social life he had no taste, and for its shams only a contempt
that never wore a disguise. He early associated himself with the Christian Church,
and remained in touch with it during his life, and temperate habits helped his strong
constitution to carry him healthfully through 80 of the 81 completed years of his life.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, August 25, 1898 pg. 3
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[bur. 08-21-1898/cause: heart disease]
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(First publication Sept. 1, 1898.) No. 45
STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Edmund J. Smalley, deceased.
An instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Edmund J. Smalley of Manitowoc city, in said county, having been delivered into said court:
And P.J. Smalley of St. Paul, Minn. having presented to said court his petition in writing duly verified, representing, among other things, that said Edmund J. Smalley died testate, at Manitowoc, in said county, on the 21st day of August, 1898; that said instrument is the last will of said deceased and that said P.J. Smalley and H.D. Smalley are named therein as executors, and praying that said instrument be proven and admitted to probate and that letters testamentary be thereon issued to said executors.
It is ordered: That said petition and the matters therein be heard, and proofs of said last will and testament be taken, at a special term of said county court, to be held at the Probate Office in the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday, the 27th day of September, 1898, at 10 o'clock A.M.
And it is further ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week, previous to the time of said hearing in the Manitowoc Pilot, a newspaper published in said Manitowoc county;
Dated August 27, 1898.
By the court,
J.S. Anderson, County Judge.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, September 22, 1898 P. 4
Death Sunday night of 81 year old Edmund Jewett Smalley, a long time businessman
and resident here. For over 40 years he was head of Smalley Manufacturing Co.,
which he established in 1857 and brought to its present success.
Der Nord Westen - Aug. 25, 1898
*********
E.J. Smalley of this city died on Sunday night last at the advanced age of 81.
He was a man of wonderful vigor, though at times during the last decade he had
brief periods of illness which were severe enough to cause alarm for their
possible outcome. He had great powers of recuperation and recovered quickly and
completely from these attacks.
Mr. Smalley came of New England stock. His father having been a native of
Connecticut-though he moved with his father's family, in early youth, to Vermont-
and his mother coming from the Frost's of Massachusetts. His paternal father was
with Stark at Bennington, and his father was a minute man in Scott's army on the
Canadian border in the war of 1812-15.
The pioneering impulse that characterized early New Englanders, soon carried the
family into the still farther west and a new farm was opened in Monroe county,
New York, early in the present century. Here his father married Betsy Frost and
at Riga in that county on July 6th, 1817, the subject of this sketch was born.
In 1836 the migratory impulse, incited by stories of the fertility of the western
reserve of Ohio, lured the family again towards the setting sun, and farms were
bought near what is now the village of Randolph. Mr. Smalley alternated farm work
with teaching in the winter, and the latter vocation led him back to "York state"
where he became enamored of Fanny Frick, one of his pupils, whom he married
August 8th, 1840.
For a few years he was engaged in the foundry business at Williamsville, New York,
but in 1847 he went to Sheboygan and entered upon the same vocation there. Five of
the ten following years he spent in farming and in 1857 moved to Manitowoc and
established the foundry business out of which has grown, through many vicissitudes
bravely met, that of the Smalley Manufacturing Company. This corporation was formed
in 1881, with Mr. Smalley as president, C.C Smalley vice-president and superintendent
and C.F. Smalley secretary and treasurer, positions held by each since, until within
the past few days.
The wife of his youth died in 1885 and in 1887 he married Mrs. Ellen Harnit of Ludlow,
Ill., who survives him. Of the children of his first marriage there survive, P.J.
Smalley of St. Paul, Minn., Herschel D., Clarence C. and Charles F. Smalley of this
city, and Edmund H. Smalley of Caledonia, Minn.
Mr. Smalley's leading characteristics on the physical side were a tremendous energy,
a tireless activity and a marvelous endurance. To these he united a sturdy integrity,
a strenuous will, a conscientiousness in all the relations of life, while he concealed
under an undemonstrated exterior and a brusque manner a sensitive heart that felt a
kindly touch or an unfeeling flow none the less keenly that it gave no sign, and,
withal, a generous disposition that avoided any show of ostentation. For the
conventionalities of social life he had no taste, and for its shams only a contempt
that never wore a disguise. He early associated himself with the Christian Church,
and remained in touch with it during his life, and temperate habits helped his strong
constitution to carry him healthfully through 80 of the 81 completed years of his life.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, August 25, 1898 pg. 3
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[bur. 08-21-1898/cause: heart disease]
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(First publication Sept. 1, 1898.) No. 45
STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR MANITOWOC COUNTY. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Edmund J. Smalley, deceased.
An instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Edmund J. Smalley of Manitowoc city, in said county, having been delivered into said court:
And P.J. Smalley of St. Paul, Minn. having presented to said court his petition in writing duly verified, representing, among other things, that said Edmund J. Smalley died testate, at Manitowoc, in said county, on the 21st day of August, 1898; that said instrument is the last will of said deceased and that said P.J. Smalley and H.D. Smalley are named therein as executors, and praying that said instrument be proven and admitted to probate and that letters testamentary be thereon issued to said executors.
It is ordered: That said petition and the matters therein be heard, and proofs of said last will and testament be taken, at a special term of said county court, to be held at the Probate Office in the city of Manitowoc, on Tuesday, the 27th day of September, 1898, at 10 o'clock A.M.
And it is further ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week, previous to the time of said hearing in the Manitowoc Pilot, a newspaper published in said Manitowoc county;
Dated August 27, 1898.
By the court,
J.S. Anderson, County Judge.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, September 22, 1898 P. 4
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