Smead, Isaac David
manufacturer, inventor, was born July 31, 1849, in Coleraine, Mass. He received his education in the district schools, and in 1867 commenced the manufacture of heating and ventilating apparatus in Toledo, Ohio; has since continued in the business with great success; and is the president and superintendent of the Smead Furnace and Foundry company. He was a member of the board of managers of the Ohio penitentiary for four years, and was reappointed to that position for five years. He was commissioner of mechanics and machinery for the Ohio centennial exposition; and has served as colonel on the staff of Governor J. B. Foraker.