Isaac Smucker was one of the early settlers of Newark, Ohio. He was one of the best known and most respected citizens of Newark in his time. He was a native of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. He came to Newark in 1825, after a long journey across the Allegheny mountains.
The 400 mile journey was on foot! He was
not a man of means or his mode of travel would have been horse or better yet a family carriage or public stagecoach.
1837-1838 Isaac was a member of the Ohio Legislature.
He was also a member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.
In 1867 he helped to organize the Licking County Pioneer, Historical and Antiquarian Society.
Isaac wrote,
Centennial History of Licking County, Ohio / Read at the Centennial Celebration of the Licking Co. Agricultural Society. at the "Old Fort", July 4th, 1876
Pioneer pamphlets (1869)
Licking County's Gallant Soldiers
History of the Welsh settlements in Licking County, Ohio;: The characteristics of our Welsh pioneers--their church history with biographical sketches ... Pioneer Society.
An Account Of The Celebration Of American Independence, At Clay Lick, By The Licking County Pioneers: Together With An Address, By Dr. Coulter, On ... Sketches Of The Townships Of Licking
Centennial History of Licking County, Ohio, 1776-1876
Our pioneers: Being biographical sketches of the pioneers of 1801 and 1802
Mound Builders' Works, Near Newark, Ohio, 1881.
Alligator Mound: An effigy or symbolic mound in Licking County, Ohio
Isaac Smucker was one of the early settlers of Newark, Ohio. He was one of the best known and most respected citizens of Newark in his time. He was a native of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. He came to Newark in 1825, after a long journey across the Allegheny mountains.
The 400 mile journey was on foot! He was
not a man of means or his mode of travel would have been horse or better yet a family carriage or public stagecoach.
1837-1838 Isaac was a member of the Ohio Legislature.
He was also a member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.
In 1867 he helped to organize the Licking County Pioneer, Historical and Antiquarian Society.
Isaac wrote,
Centennial History of Licking County, Ohio / Read at the Centennial Celebration of the Licking Co. Agricultural Society. at the "Old Fort", July 4th, 1876
Pioneer pamphlets (1869)
Licking County's Gallant Soldiers
History of the Welsh settlements in Licking County, Ohio;: The characteristics of our Welsh pioneers--their church history with biographical sketches ... Pioneer Society.
An Account Of The Celebration Of American Independence, At Clay Lick, By The Licking County Pioneers: Together With An Address, By Dr. Coulter, On ... Sketches Of The Townships Of Licking
Centennial History of Licking County, Ohio, 1776-1876
Our pioneers: Being biographical sketches of the pioneers of 1801 and 1802
Mound Builders' Works, Near Newark, Ohio, 1881.
Alligator Mound: An effigy or symbolic mound in Licking County, Ohio