BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Clinton County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
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Albert J. Brown, A.M.
Supervising Editor
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With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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ILLUSTRATED
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B.F. Bowen & Co., Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
1915
Contrib. by Sharon Wick
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C. M. NOFTSGER. One
of the most highly-treasured relics of a day gone that is possessed is
Clinton county is a Bible four hundred and sixty years old. This
truly venerable volume of Holy Writ was brought to America by John
Noftsger, grandfather of the gentleman whose name the reader notes
above, when he came to this country from Germany back in the early days
of the last century. John Noftsger for some time after his
arrival in this country was located in Maryland, where he married.
He then emigrated to Ohio locating in Hamilton county, and later moved
to Clinton county, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their
lives. Grandfather Nofsger was a great Bible student, being
widely noted for the careful manner in which he searched the scriptures
and the old Bible which he brought with him from Germany, and which,
even then, was a prized heirloom in the Noftsger family, is now
owned by his grandson, C. M. Noftsger, the immediate subject of
this sketch. As noted above, this venerable volume is four hundred
and sixty years old and has been examined by many persons in the
neighborhood of the Noftsger home.
Namond Noftsger, son of John and Mary Jane
Noftsger, was born in Hamilton county, near the town of
Madisonville, and was reared as a farmer. Upon reaching manhood's
estate he moved to Butler county, this state, where he married Mary
Jane Gerard, daughter of John and Martha Gerard, members of
old families in that part of the state, and later came to Clinton
county, where, in 1855, he bought the farm in Washington township, where
his son, the subject of this sketch now lives. This farm of eighty
acres was brought to an excellent state of cultivation and Namond
Noftsger made on it a good living, rearing his family of ten
children in comfort. During the Civil War Namond Noftsger
enlisted in the Union army in response to the call for ninety-day men
and performed good service. He and his wife were devoted members
of the Seventy Day Adventists church and their children were reared in
that faith.
C. M. Noftsger, one of the ten children of
Namond and Mary Jane (Gerard) Noftsger, was born in Butler county,
Ohio, on December 24, 1853, and consequently was but two years of age
when his parents moved to this county, practically all of his life,
therefore, having spent on the farm on which he is now living.
With the exception of two years he spent in the medicine business at
Lancaster, Ohio, C. M. Noftsger has been a farmer all his life.
In his early manhood he spent three years engaged in farming in
Illinois. He owns thirty-one acres of the old home place, the
buildings of which he has remodeled, and is living there very
comfortably.
On February 28,1878, C. M. Noftsger was united
in marriage to Mary Eliza Bloom who was born in this county on
August 10, 1858, daughter of William and Miranda (Roberts) Bloom.
To this union four children have been born, namely: Maude married
William Chambers, living in Washington township; Garri is
a painter at Burtonville, Ohio; Harley and Marion.
Harley is in Orofino, Idaho, in business with his father-in-law
in a department store. Marion is in Moscow, Idaho, manager
second floor of the largest department store in the state of Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Noftsger are of that church, being among the leaders
in the local congregation, in which both are held in the very highest
esteem.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 419 |
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GERARD B. NOFTSGER
is a successful farmer of Washington township, who was born in
Washington township, Clinton county, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1858, the son of
Naaman and Jane (Gerard) Noftsger, both of whom were born
near Hamilton, Ohio.
Mr. Noftsger's paternal grandparents were
John and Mary Noftsger, natives of the Keystone state, and of German
descent. Early in the history of Hamilton, Ohio, they located near
there, when the city was a mere straggling village. John
Noftsger was a farmer and spent all his life on his farm near
Hamilton, but died at the home of his son, Naaman, in Washington
township, this county, where his wife also passed away. The
maternal grandparents of Mr. Noftsger were also early settlers in
Hamilton county, where they were farmers.
Naaman Noftsger received his education in the
schools. In 1855 he removed to Clinton county and bought the farm
where Gerard B. was born. He bought eighty acres of land
and cleared seventy acres of this and made many improvements upon the
farm. Here he and his wife lived the remainder of their lives, and
reared a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters,
Emily, Charles, Clinton, Milton, Gerard, Anna, Butler, Wellington,
William and Laura. Naaman Noftsger was identified with
the Seventh-Day Adventist church while his wife was a member of the
Baptist church.
Gerard B. Noftsger received an education in the
common schools of Clinton county, and became a farmer early in life.
In 1881 he removed to the farm where he now resides, consisting of
eighty-seven acres. Mr. Noftsger has erected excellent
buildings on this farm, and has been engaged in general farming.
In 1881 Gerard B. Noftsger was married to Ida
A. Whinery, the daughter of John V. Whinery. Mrs. Noftsger's
family history is contained in the sketch of L. P. Whinery,
recorded elsewhere in this volume. She died in May 16, 1896,
leaving three children, one of whom, Mazy, the eldest, died in
infancy. The other children are Edna and Ada. Mr.
Noftsger was married, secondly, May 26, 1899, to chloe Lieurance,
the daughter of Amos Lieurance, whose family history is also
given elsewhere in this volume.
Mr. and Mrs. Noftsger are earnest and devoted
members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are active workers in the
affairs of this communion.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ.
1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 458 |
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