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Source:
History of Coshocton
County, Ohio :
its past and present, 1740-1881
Newark, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
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ISAAC
M. NEFF, Tuscara was township; farmer;
postoffice, Coshocton; born Apr. 28, 1822, in Coshocton; son
of Captain Joseph Neff, and grandson of
Martin Neff, who came to America with General
Lafayette, and served in the war for independence, at the
close of which he located on the Brandy wine, in
Pennsylvania. Joseph Neff came to Zanesville in
1803, and to Coshocton in 1804. He assisted in cutting
the trees on the streets of Zanesville. Isaac Neffs
mother's maiden name was Rachel Workman, daughter of
Isaac Workman, who served with Captain
Joseph (Isaac M.'s father) in the war of 1812.
Captain Joseph Neff served six years in the
United States army. After leaving the service he
settled in Coshocton, where he died in the seventy-eighth
year of his age. Young Neff was raised in
Coshocton, and was married June 10, 1861, to Miss
Virginia Flack, daughter of Thomas and Catherine
(Conley) Flack. Thomas Flack was for many
years a prominent editor of this county. They have
three children, viz: Charles M., Carrie R. and
Jessie Cornelia.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
755 |
G. W.
NELDON, Perry township; farmer and stock raiser;
postoffice, New Guilford; born in this county, in 1827; son
of John S. and Nancy (Bailey) Nelson, grandson of
John Neldon, and of ____ and Rutha Bailey;
married in 1852 to Miss Elizabeth Blake, daughter of
Thomas and Temperance Blake. They are the
parents of three children, viz: Thomas R., Leora and
Orville. Mr. Neldon's grandfather
was in the war of 1812.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
755 |
JACOB
NELDON, Perry township; postoffice, West Carlisle;
born in Pennsylvania, in 1811; settled in this county in
1813; son of Henry and Catharine Neldon, and grandson
of John and Eve Neldon. He was married in 1840
to Mary Fry, daughter of John and Charlotte Fry.
Mr. Neldon is the father of five children, viz:
Jeremiah, Lucinda, Francis M., and Henry S.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
754 |
RANSOM
NELDON, Perry township post office, New Guilford;
born in this county, in 1831; son of John S. and Nancy
(Bailey) Neldon, grandson of John Neldon, and of
Edward and Rutha Bailey; married in 1860, to Miss
Mary Cullison, daughter of Jeremiah and
Rebecca Dullison. Mr. Neldon is the father of nine
children, viz: Daniel W., Nancy J., V. S., Rebecca, Ella,
Laura L., Leora, Emma E. and Nina O.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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SAMUEL NELDON,
Bethlehem township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of
Frederick Neldon, was born May 3, 1818, in Coshocton
county, Ohio. His father came from the Cumberland
Valley, Virginia, and was one of the oldest settlers of the
county. He died at the age of eighty-seven years.
Samuel Neldon was married Feb. 18, 1840, to Miss
Jane Steward of this county, who was born in May, 1829,
in Jefferson county, Ohio. They are the parents of
nine children, viz: Margaret, U. J., William, George,
Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, Henry, and Odea A.
Four are married. Mr. Neldon was raised on the
farm, and has always followed that occupation. He has
always been a resident of this county, and has been honored
by office in his township for a number of years, serving as
trustee, etc. He is at present justice of the peace.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - 755 |
T. R.
NELDON, Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford;
born in this county in 1852; son of G. W. and
Elizabeth (Blake) Neldon, and grandson of John and
Nancy Heldon, and of Thomas and Temperance (Taylor)
Blake. He was married in 1876 to Adaline Blue,
daughter of Daniel and Clara Blue.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
755 |
WILLARD
NICHOLS, White Eyes township; a native of New York
State; was born in September, 1832, and came to this county
with his parents, when but a child. February, 1860, he
married Miss Nancy A. Henderson, the daughter of
George Henderson, who was born in April, 1839.
They have a family of nine children: Charles F.,
Hattie A., Edwin, George H., Willard, James A., Frank, Lewis
A. and Ivy E., all living. Mr. Nichols
has lived in this township since his marriage, and owns
200 acres of land where he resides. He is trustee of
White Eyes. In 1849, he went to California; was in
that State about two years, engaged in mining; he went by
land and returned by water.
Source: History of Coshocton
County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" - Newark,
Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881~ Page 756 |
JOHN
W. NORMAN, White Eyes township; farmer; born in
Oxford township, October 7, 1825; son of Isaac and Isabel
(Wise) Norman, both natives of the United States;
married Jan. 28, 1849, to Susan McCleary, who was
born Jan. 22, 1827. They have seven children, viz:
Melissa, Isaac, Sarah Isabel, Hannah, Hester, Hattie Nena,
James Lester. Melissa married Samuel Dougherty
in November, 1867, and they have four children living.
Isaac married Leah Brown in the fall of 1876,
and they have two children. Sarah Isabel was
married to Andrew Schrack in 1874, and they have one
child. Mr. Norman was a well-to-do
farmer.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and
present, 1740-1881" - Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham &
Co., 1881~ Page 756 |
WILLIAM
NORMAN, Keene Township; shoemaker at Keene; born in
June, 1837, Mill Creek township; son of Javas and Barbara
Norman, who was the daughter of Daniel and Catherine
(Young) Weaver. At the age of twenty-one, Mr.
Norman began his apprenticeship of two and a half years
in Holmes county, under Jacob Miller. When it
was completed he opened a shop in Chili, and five years
later he went to Bakersville, and remained till he came to
Keene, about 1870. He has a flourishing trade, which
shows him to be an excellent workman. He was married
May 15, 1859, to Miss Matilda Redd, daughter of
Lewis and Elizabeth (Horn) Redd, of German descent.
Their children are - William F., born in March, 1862;
Ella J., born in March, 1864; Augustus, in
September, 1867; Joseph, in April, 1870; Hattie,
Oct. 2, 1873, and Vesta, in April, 1876.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881~Page 756 |
WILSON O. NORMAN, Adams township; young
farmer; postoffice, Evansburgh; born in Adams township, July
31, 1859; son of Isaac and Harriet (Norris) Norman,
and grandson of George and Barbara (Workman) Norman,
and William and Rebecca (Tipton) Norris, and
great-grandson of Benjamin and Margaret Norman, and
Isaac Workman, and Anna Norris, and
Silvester and Mary Tipton. His father was
born in Coshocton county, May 1, 1817. His mother was
born, Mar. 17, 1823, in Adams township, Coshocton county.
They were married Nov. 28, 1839, and are the parents of ten
children, six of whom are living, viz: Sylvester,
born Mar. 1, 1841; Rebecca, born Dec. 1, 1845;
Mary A., born Oct. 22, 1846; George W., born Aug.
16, 1852, and Francis M., born July 18, 1855.
His brother, Sylvester, was a soldier in the
Ninety-seventy O.V.I., three years. Wilson is a
promising young farmer, highly respected by all.
Source: History of Coshocton
County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" - Newark,
Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881~ Page 756 |
E. NORRIS, Bedford township;
postoffice,
West Bedford; born in 1809 in Allegheny county, Maryland; moved to Belmont county, Ohio,
in 1813, and to this county in 1820 with his father, who was born in 1769 in Maryland. He married
Miss Elizabeth Dager of the same county,
who was born in 1775. He died in 1835; she
died in 1855. They were the parents of eleven
children, the subject of this sketch being the
ninth. He was married in 1832 to Miss Mary A.
Humphrey of this county, who was born in
1814 in Jefferson county. They were the parents
of nine children, viz: Sarah J., deceased; Nancy,
Clara, Stephen, Wilson; Martha E.
and an infant,
both deceased; John, and Viola.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881~
Page 759 |
G. W.
NORRIS, Bedford township; farmer;
postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1823 in this county.
His father, Thomas Norris, was born in 1796,
in Maryland, and was married in 1817 to Miss Sarah Stills
of Belmont county, who was born in 1801. They came to
this county in 1820. She died in 1876. They were
the parents of twelve children, the subject of this sketch
being the fourth He was married in 1845 to Miss Sarah
Horton of this county, who was born in 1828. She
died in 1845. He, in 1846, married Miss Elizabeth
McNabb of this county, who was born in 1827. They
are the parents of five children, viz: John, Milton,
Sarah A., Mary C., and George, deceased.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and
present, 1740-1881" - Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham &
Co., 1881~ Page 756 |
ISAAC NORRIS, Oxford township;
blacksmith; postoffice, Evansburgh; was born in this
county, in 1841; son of Charles and Margaret
(Hamill) Norris; was married in 1863, to Miss
Harriet E. Richmond, daughter of Edward Richmond, of this township. The fruits of this union
has been five children, viz: Frank, Charles, Leonora; Edward, deceased, and
Seth. Mr. Norris is
a blacksmith by trade, and has been at the business here about thirteen years, besides the time
spent at his trade in the army. He took an active part in the late war, going out in Company C,
Fifty-first O. V. I., and served four years and two
months, re-enlisting at Shell Mound, Tennessee.
He is school director and is honest and industrious. His son
Edward, a bright boy, met his death Mar. 28, 1879, in his eighth year, being in company with a play-mate, he was crushed to death
by the caving in of a coal-bank on the premises
of James Addis.
Source:
History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present,
1740-1881" - Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co.,
1881~ Page 759 |
J. W.
NORRIS, Bedford, township; farmer; postoffice, Mohawk
Village; born in 1851, in this county, and was married, in
1872, to Miss Caroline Middleton, of this county, who
was born in 1850. They are the parents of four
children, viz: Charles, deceased; George E.,
Chester C., and an infant.
Source: History of Coshocton
County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" - Newark,
Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881~ Page 756 |
MILTON
NORRIS, Perry township; postoffice, West Bedford;
farmer; born in this county, in 1852; son of G. W. and
Elizabeth Norris, and grandson of Thomas and Sarah A.
(Stills) Norris, and of George and Mary (Hogue)
McNabb. He was married in 1872, to Miss Martha
J. Shrigley, daughter of John and Mary T. (Barton)
Shrigley. They are the parents of five children,
viz: William, Mary E., Edwin O.; Charles Elmer,
deceased, and one unnamed.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
759 |
THOMAS N. NORRIS, Pike
township; postoffice
West Carlisle; farmer and justice of the
peace; born in Green county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 39. 1851; son of
Thomas and Maria
(Phillips) Norris. He was married in 1871, to Miss
Elizabeth A. McKee, daughter of Daniel and
Jane McKee. They are the parents of four
children, viz: Ora J., Daniel F. and Ama M.,
deceased.
Source: History
of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
- Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881~
Page 759 |
WILLIAM
NORRIS, Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born in
this county in 1835; son of Daniel and Mary (McCoy)
Norris, and grandson of William and Sarah (Graves)
Norris, and of Joseph and Mary McCoy;
married in 1855, to Rebecca J. Lockard, daughter of
Andrew and Mary Lockard. Mr. Norris is the
father of five children, viz: Mary A., G. O.,
Sarilda L., Henrietta E., Maro A. Mr. Norris'
father settled in this county in 1809.
Source: History of Coshocton
County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" - Newark,
Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881~ Page 756 |
JOHN
NOBLE, Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, West
Lafayette; was born in this county, in 1830; son of David
Noble; was married to Miss Wagner, of this
county, in 1852; they have had nine children. Mr.
Noble has always followed farming and has lived about
seventeen years at his present home.
Source: History of Coshocton
County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" - Newark,
Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881~ Page 759 |
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