What it says
Farm Journal rural directory page for Wood County, Ohio, listing Samuel Seem with Minnie in 1916 as a tenant laborer household on Rural Route 1 near Bradner in Freedom Township, with 11 children recorded but not named.
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Farm Journal Rural Directory Page for Samuel Seem and Minnie Darrow, 1916
Farm Journal rural directory page for Wood County, Ohio, listing Samuel Seem with Minnie in 1916 as a tenant laborer household on Rural Route 1 near Bradner in Freedom Township, with 11 children recorded but not named.
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Record summary
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What it says
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- directory year
- 1916
- page heading
- Wood County
- printed page number
- 188
- entry as recorded
- Seem, Samuel (Minnie) 11 ch laborer T R1 Bradner Fre 79 B tel.
- principal name as recorded
- Seem, Samuel
- principal name
- Samuel Henry Seem
- spouse or household name as recorded
- Minnie
- occupation as recorded
- laborer
- household children count as recorded
- 11 ch
- tenure as recorded
- T
- residence as recorded
- R1 Bradner Fre 79
- residence
- Rural Route 1, Bradner, Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio, USA
- telephone as recorded
- B tel.
- abbreviation interpretations
- R1
- Rural Route No. 1
- Fre
- Freedom Township
- T
- tenant
- B tel
- Bell telephone
Directory page
- Directory Year
- 1916
Entries
- Principal Name As Recorded
- Seem, Samuel
- Residence As Recorded
- R1 Bradner Fre 79
- Spouse Or Household Name As Recorded
- Minnie
- Occupation As Recorded
- laborer
Other details
- Page Heading
- Wood County
- Printed Page Number
- 188
- Entry As Recorded
- Seem, Samuel (Minnie) 11 ch laborer T R1 Bradner Fre 79 B tel.
- Principal Name
- Samuel Henry Seem
- Household Children Count As Recorded
- 11 ch
- Tenure As Recorded
- T
- Residence
- Rural Route 1, Bradner, Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio, USA
- Telephone As Recorded
- B tel.
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- Initial text extracted automatically using pdftotext.
- Visual page review confirms the Samuel entry as `Seem, Samuel (Minnie) 11 ch laborer T R1 Bradner Fre 79 B tel.`
- The extracted text misreads the route abbreviation as `El`; the directory's abbreviation key defines `R1` as Rural Route No. 1.
- The directory abbreviation key defines `Fre.` as Freedom Township, `T` as tenant, and `B tel` as Bell telephone.
- The entry records 11 children but does not name them; no child identities are inferred from this source.
- This directory page strengthens the Samuel/Minnie residence trail but does not identify Minnie's parents or connect her to Clarence Seward Darrow's documented Darrow line.
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Text transcript
WOOD COUNTY Schwecheimer, Mildred (dau G.) housekeeper First St Portage Por Ind tel. Schwecheimer, Eobt. (son Geo.) clerk First St Por Por Ind tel. Schweihart, Mike (Maude) 3 ch farmer O 355a 17h 4c El Iloytsville Jae 44 B tel. Schwenk, Henry (Sadie) farmer O 92a 3h 3c E2 Perrysburg Mid 14 B tel. Schwenk, Martin (son Henry) farmer E2 Perrysburg Mid 14. Schwind, Edward traveling salesman bds E2 Perrysburg Mid -10. Schwind, Geo. ED Perrysburg Mid. Schwind, J. E. (Gertrude) restaurant & waiting room T IT&L Perrysburg Pbg Ind tel. Schwind, Mrs. Mary ret O H&L Eising Sun Mon. Schwind, Valentine (Margaret) ret O H&L Locust St Perrysburg Pbg. Schwind, Valentine, Jr. (Caroline) 18 ch farmer T 80a 3h 2c E2 Perrysburg Mid 10 B tel. Scott, A. D. (Emma) farmer O 40a Ih Ic El Tontogauy Wash 48 Ind tel. Scott, C. E. (Elizabeth) 1 ch engineering T H&L Walbridge St Cygnet Bio. Scott, Elery M. (Edith) 3 ch hotel O H&L Walbridge Lake 121 B tel. farmer T H Ic E2 Tontogany Wash 71 Ind tel. Scott, Francis (Bertha) Scott, Geo. F, ED North Baltimore Hen. Scott, G. W. (Jane) 1 ch farmer O 390a 9h 14c El Grand Eapids Wash 58 Ind tel. Scott, Howard (Inez) farmer T 80a 3h Ic El Grand Eapids Gr Es 40 Ind tel. Scott, H. E. (Alice) 1 ch farmer O 37a El Walbridge Eos 24 Ind tel. Scott, James (Lillian) laborer T II&L Front St Perrysburg Pbg. Scott, John (Anna) 1 ch farmer O 40a 2h 2e El Walbridge Lake 10 Ind tel. Scott, Lena J. (d•'^u H. E.) student El Walbridge Eos 24 Ind tel. Scott, Matilda M. Cvgnet Bio. Scott, M. E. Cygnet Bio. Scott, Selby (Alice) 4 ch farmer O H&L Hatton Per 89. Scott, William (Mary) mail carrier O H&L Sixth St Perrysburg Pbg. Scott, Wm. A. hotel O H&3Lots Walbridge Lake 121 B tel. W. B. Free]>ort Mon. Searle, Fred (Eose) farmer O 19a Ih Ic 1701 Tracy St East Toledo Eos 19. Sears, Mrs. Barbara 2 ch O H&L Custar Scott, Mil. Sears, Cora (Sarah) 2 ch farmer O SOa 5h 4c El Tontogany Wash 60 Ind tel. Sears, C. Sears, Don Tontogany Wash. Tontogany Wash. Sears, O. E. Sebastian, John (Eose) log cutter ED H&L Pemberville Fre Ind tel. Sebebrecht, Barney (Lizzie) 5 ch switchman T H&L Walbridge Lake. See, Margaret ret T Main St Perrysburg Pbg. Seeger, Adam Stony Eidge Troy. Seel, Frederick (Mary ) 4 ch farmer O 20a 2h 4c E2 Haskins Wash 98. Seeland, Crist ret farmer E2 Haskins Wash 98. Edith housekeeper E2 Haskins Seeland, Wash 98. Seeland, Fred O 40a 2h 9c E2 Haskins Wash 98. Seely, B. E. (Hattie) 4 ch pumper T H&L Bell St Bradner Mon B tel. Seely, Jeanette Bell St Bradner Mon B tel. Ed (Lonn) 9 ch laborer T El Bradner Fre 79 Ind tel. Seem, John (Anna) 2 ch farmer 39a 2h 2e El Bradner Mon 15. Seem, Samuel (Minnie) 11 ch laborer T El Bradner Fre 79 B tel. Seeman, Caroline (dau Wm.) housekeeper Custar Mil 18. Seemann, Chas. Milton Center Mil. Seemann, Wm., Jr. (son Wm.) laborer Custar Mil 18. Seemann, William 5 ch farmer O 18a Seem, 2c Custar Mil 18. Seems, Henry (Mary) carpenter O H&L Second St Portage Por. Seibert, F. W. merchandise (Pearl G.) 3 ch general Tontogany Wash Ind tel. M. (Clotelda H.) 2 ch laEl Bloomdale Bio 114. Seibert, Eobt. borer Ih Seickles, Floyd (Blanche) 2 ch electric T H&L Sycamore St Weston Wes B tel. engineer Seifert, Anthony Dunbridge Web. Seik, F. W. Pemberville Web. Seiler, .1. hanger C. (Lulu) painter & paperO 5a Ih Ic Pemberville Fre 6 B tel. Selling, Christ (Delia) 7 ch farmer O 15a 5h 7c E3 Perrysburg Pl)g 141. Selling, Conrad (Mary) ret O 7a Ih 2c E3 Perrysburg Pbg 141 Ind tel. farmer T 50a 2h 5c E3 Perrysburg Pbg 141 Ind tel. Selling, Mabel (dau C.) housekeeper E3 Perrysburg Pbg 141. Selling, Merlon (son Christ) farmer E3 Selling, Fred (Bertha) 1 ch Pei'rysburg Pbg 141. Weston Wos. 188
Place
Where this record belongs
- county
- Wood
- state
- Ohio
- country
- USA
- place
- Rural Route 1, Bradner, Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Details
Record details
- repository
- LDSGenealogy / Internet Archive
- title
- Farm journal rural directory of Wood County, Ohio 1916
- source pdf url
- https://ldsgenealogy.com/books/farmjournalrural1916phil.pdf
- internet archive identifier
- farmjournalrural1916phil
- internet archive url
- https://archive.org/details/farmjournalrural1916phil
- pdf page number
- 196
- printed page number
- 188
- page heading
- Wood County
- pages
- 1
- original full pdf pages
- 334
- accessed
- 26 April 2026
Notes
Research notes
- Page-only PDF extracted from the public LDSGenealogy-hosted copy of the Internet Archive scan of Farm journal rural directory of Wood County, Ohio 1916.
- No citation block
- artifact is a public Internet Archive/LDSGenealogy PDF page, not a repository PDF download with a printed citation page.
- Related external-access blockers remain HIR-20260423-018 for Minnie's death certificate and HIR-20260423-020 for Samuel/Minnie marriage, census, and Darrow-family proof images.
- Accepted by user direction on 28 April 2026 as part of HIR-20260423-016 source review; no canonical relationship updates were made from this acceptance pass.
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