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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

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           PETER SMEADER, SR., farmer, section 6, Dwight Township, was born
        Feb. 18, 1813, in Germany, and is the son of THEODORE and LUCY
        SMEADER, also natives of Germany, where they passed their lives.
           MR. SMEADER was reared to manhood in his native land, and was a
        resident there until 1855, the year of his emigration to the United
        States.  He came at once to Sanilac County, and passed about 18
        months at Forestville.  He went thence to Port Austin, where he
        spent nine years in a saw-mill. At the end of that time he bought
        130 acres of land and has since bought 80 acres more. He has sold
        50 acres of his original purchase, and placed 65 acres under culti-
        vation.
           MR. SMEADER is a Democrat in political faith.
           He was married the first time in Germany, Jan. 1, 1840, to
        JOHANNA LELLY. Eight children have been born to them, two of whom
        died in infancy.  ELIZABETH, MARY, SUSAN, PETER, CHRISTOPHER and
        NICHOLAS.  Their mother was born in Germany and died Aug. 5, 1865.
        MR. SMEADER was a second time married in September, 1866, in Dwight
        Township, to JANE HARPER, a native of Canada.  The family are Roman
        Catholics.

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