Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-11
CoNE To rrIs FINAL REST.
The Last sna RITE. Over the Me-
mains 81 m =. sht tnah sptnk.
nries sketch OF the Usesut life OF
the Old ptoneer.


rr,,s sketch 90 IN, rsesut life OF
the Ola Pie,eer.
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o","s '"e p"', yesi'" wv u"'' ~"
ci''sena were called upon 10 perform VI Sf'
NJ. on Sunday last. The services were con
snc,ed nj the reaidence Of the decessed. by
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ieng'h upon the integrity Oh mr. SpmR ca
reer as business man and public officer.
He WINS generous TO n fault. his heart. hnud
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hndaoie enterprises OF worthy o"leot OF
charity.
Tn the whole career al Mr.. Spink ss n pub-
III. a., ~ al. t.,. Adj,.
n' ""e ma 'o"
smith, not shadeot suspicion ever at
lached 10 him. He was man Of sterling in.
,eur;tv and l,ones,v In the years when lie
'o''e" !" o'"''"' p''"'o"e ,o "o'
made IN lew years in hoidinR public Office
Mr.. Sphinx WINS an orthodox Univeraalist
IN re,ig,ous fa,tb. The substance of mi, be.
H., ma. ,,, Chr;., o... ,n,o IL. w..,d ;.
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save sinners. While not participant at
religious worship lie was ever active in as
sis,inp In the last sad rites al the funeral of
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"e's'o',' '"' ..0'' ,i'' 'e' '0e' ~ ''i,
respect during tne great cho'era G",ami,y oi
1904 are "os' ",sh'y c"n,"oh"e" Wy 'hose
VINO rememoer 'nem. oPo" VI, Socu occa-
s'ons niH great hsarl was toueheu ano tears
lug ,he euy. ,
Inc ueceareH was w ,"e 1o.n yenr :" h's
"geM al 'he ore"S'hg ou, Oh me war, ana
ever ready 70 Ma ana aHs's' 'hose VINO were
striving TO put down tue renei,ioh ana look
to tie comfort oil their ia",hes ~ nome.
Less man year ago ne spoke enco"ragtng
words 10 Oohmahaer ie"ser "h" "'hers
concerning the ". A. ~ erg'hiza'lon' ana
expressed me nope, az ch,zenS now they
wo"'d a'tehu ms i""eT'i winch mus, occur
at no distant aa'e. IL was e,nihently nj,
ing thsrei"re Una. anl'e = oe'ega'lon OF
Woiiord fos' snou,u anu ui'' ne"u 'he iah-
eraI procession 10 t,e cemetery.
Inc ioi'owi"g VI" c'''se's o'hu,a'eu aa
pah'oenrefS NJ .he inner"i: .. ~. WeHc1u'
1eo' W. Ne"to", - ~ Cuaue, Heo' @ -. MO
knigh', Iapl. L. A. "e'o'o'e' i"etnaS
HsrtahOru,
Had Mr.. Sphinx been permitted 60 live
until February he would have been 81
years of age. A writerin the Toledo Com
NC, n Gu, o s, ',s'.i ~.
and ex perence az a pioneer in the valley:
Mr.. Spink removed a stock of goods
from Wooster, Ohio, to Perrysburg in
1882. two years after the location of his
brother, John c. Sphinx, in that village.
His goods were removed from Wooster to
Cleveland in wagons, and thence TO Perrys-
burg by the schooner Eagle, commanded
| by Capt, David Wilkinson, While in the
mercantile business u, Perysburg, the late
Addison Smith was employed az slerk, and
subseq uently Hon. "Billy" Williams, now
| Of Indiana, served him in a similar capac.
ity. After continuing the mercantile busi
| ness for several years, Mr.. Sphinx engaged
| with the Hollisters in the fur trade, and
was their purchasing agent throughout
the then far West While thus engaged
he travelled through the West on horse
back sometimes taking a tour among the