Henry Smith, historian and bank president, was born on June 8, 1875 at Metamora, Ill., the son of John and Magdalene Schertz Smith. He was married to Laura Louise Ioder at Tiskilwa, Ill. on Dec. 26, 1908.
Education: Ill. State Normal University, Normal, Ill. 1896 - 1897; Univ. of Illinois, A.B., 1902; Univ. of Chicago, A.M., 1903; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D., 1907.
Positions: Instr., Elkhart Institute, Elkhart, Ind.,1898 - 1900; Fellowship in History, Univ. of Chicago, 1906 - 1908; Instr. in History, Manual Training High School, Indianapolis, Ind., 1907; Instr. in History, Ill. State Univ., summer, 1908; Dean of Goshen College, 1908 - 1913; Prof. of History, Bethel College, 1922 - 1923; Prof. of History, Bluffton College, 1913 - 1946.
Business Assn.: Pres., Citizens National Bank, Bluffton Ohio; Vice Pres., First National Bank, Pandora, Ohio.
Author: The Mennonites of America, 1909; The Mennonites, 1920; The Coming of the Russian Mennonites, 1927; Mennonite Immigration to Pennsylvania in the Eighteenth Century, 1929; The Story of the Mennonites, 1941; articles in Mennonitisches Lexikon and The Mennonite Encyclopedia.
(Who's Who among the Mennonites, 1943; GC Mennonite Pioneers, 1973)
Education: Ill. State Normal University, Normal, Ill. 1896 - 1897; Univ. of Illinois, A.B., 1902; Univ. of Chicago, A.M., 1903; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D., 1907.
Positions: Instr., Elkhart Institute, Elkhart, Ind.,1898 - 1900; Fellowship in History, Univ. of Chicago, 1906 - 1908; Instr. in History, Manual Training High School, Indianapolis, Ind., 1907; Instr. in History, Ill. State Univ., summer, 1908; Dean of Goshen College, 1908 - 1913; Prof. of History, Bethel College, 1922 - 1923; Prof. of History, Bluffton College, 1913 - 1946.
Business Assn.: Pres., Citizens National Bank, Bluffton Ohio; Vice Pres., First National Bank, Pandora, Ohio.
Author: The Mennonites of America, 1909; The Mennonites, 1920; The Coming of the Russian Mennonites, 1927; Mennonite Immigration to Pennsylvania in the Eighteenth Century, 1929; The Story of the Mennonites, 1941; articles in Mennonitisches Lexikon and The Mennonite Encyclopedia.
(Who's Who among the Mennonites, 1943; GC Mennonite Pioneers, 1973)
Henry Smith, historian and bank president, was born on June 8, 1875 at Metamora, Ill., the son of John and Magdalene Schertz Smith. He was married to Laura Louise Ioder at Tiskilwa, Ill. on Dec. 26, 1908.
Education: Ill. State Normal University, Normal, Ill. 1896 - 1897; Univ. of Illinois, A.B., 1902; Univ. of Chicago, A.M., 1903; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D., 1907.
Positions: Instr., Elkhart Institute, Elkhart, Ind.,1898 - 1900; Fellowship in History, Univ. of Chicago, 1906 - 1908; Instr. in History, Manual Training High School, Indianapolis, Ind., 1907; Instr. in History, Ill. State Univ., summer, 1908; Dean of Goshen College, 1908 - 1913; Prof. of History, Bethel College, 1922 - 1923; Prof. of History, Bluffton College, 1913 - 1946.
Business Assn.: Pres., Citizens National Bank, Bluffton Ohio; Vice Pres., First National Bank, Pandora, Ohio.
Author: The Mennonites of America, 1909; The Mennonites, 1920; The Coming of the Russian Mennonites, 1927; Mennonite Immigration to Pennsylvania in the Eighteenth Century, 1929; The Story of the Mennonites, 1941; articles in Mennonitisches Lexikon and The Mennonite Encyclopedia.
(Who's Who among the Mennonites, 1943; GC Mennonite Pioneers, 1973)
Education: Ill. State Normal University, Normal, Ill. 1896 - 1897; Univ. of Illinois, A.B., 1902; Univ. of Chicago, A.M., 1903; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D., 1907.
Positions: Instr., Elkhart Institute, Elkhart, Ind.,1898 - 1900; Fellowship in History, Univ. of Chicago, 1906 - 1908; Instr. in History, Manual Training High School, Indianapolis, Ind., 1907; Instr. in History, Ill. State Univ., summer, 1908; Dean of Goshen College, 1908 - 1913; Prof. of History, Bethel College, 1922 - 1923; Prof. of History, Bluffton College, 1913 - 1946.
Business Assn.: Pres., Citizens National Bank, Bluffton Ohio; Vice Pres., First National Bank, Pandora, Ohio.
Author: The Mennonites of America, 1909; The Mennonites, 1920; The Coming of the Russian Mennonites, 1927; Mennonite Immigration to Pennsylvania in the Eighteenth Century, 1929; The Story of the Mennonites, 1941; articles in Mennonitisches Lexikon and The Mennonite Encyclopedia.
(Who's Who among the Mennonites, 1943; GC Mennonite Pioneers, 1973)
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