Jackson Twp. -
JACOB NAUS, farmer, P. O. Forest, is a son of William Naus, who was born in Virginia, of German parentage.  He matured in his native State, but soon after went to Bedford County, Penn., where he married Christina Wean.  They lived in said county, where he followed farming.  At their death, they were nearly threescore years of age.  Of their ten children, Jacob is the oldest, and was born June 20, 1813, in Bedford County, where he married Nancy Pickering, a native of Bedford County also, where she was born Mar. 28, 1818.  They came to Ohio in 1836, settling in Richland County, but thirteen years later came to Hardin, having in the meantime owned a home and lived in Hancock County.  Two hundred and ten acres of his land lie in Hardin County, and forty in Hancock.  Although his trade is shoe-making, he has done a great deal of hard work in clearing away the dense forest of Hardin County, having attained his present financial position through his own legitimate efforts.  Mr. and Mrs. Naus have a family of six children, viz.: Joshua, Washington, John F., William H., David A. and Amanda E.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 962

Marion Twp. -
JULIUS R. NEUBERT, farmer, P. O. Ada, was born in Saxony, Feb. 22, 1827, and is the son of Christian and Johanna Sophia (Richter) Neubert.  He was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools of Saxony, and came to this country in 1854.  The following year, on Apr. 19, 1855, he was married to Amanda Ream, of Stark County, Ohio, who was born June 5, 1856.  To this union there have been born ten children, as follows:  Flora, born Aug. 31, 1859; Edwin, born Oct. 1, 1861; Ann Elizabeth, born Oct. 23, 1863; Lydia Caroline, born June 16, 1866; Dora Margaret, born May 28, 1870; Amelia Celestia, born Apr. 5, 1872; Sidonia Selomie, born Mar. 9, 1874, and Mary Christina, born Oct. 12, 1877.  Mr. Neubert came to Hardin County in 1879 and settled on his farm of eighty acres in Section 4, Marion Township.  He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 752

Liberty Twp. -
ELI NEWMAN, (deceased), was born Aug. 29, 1803, in Essex County, Mass.  He was the son of Eli and Nancy Newman, and at the age of thirteen years removed with his father to Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio, and at age of 15 engaged as a teamster, which he followed for four years.  He then engaged in burning charcoal, which he followed until about the year 1826, when he removed- to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and in the year 1835 was married to a Miss Deborah Reeves.  They were the parents of eleven children, viz., an infant son, Charles (deceased), Lucretia (deceased), Benjamin, who was in the Forty-fifth Regiment, Company B, but died at home; Lois (deceased), Louisa (deceased), Lavina, wife of J. M. Ewing; Nancy, wife of Robert A. Patterson; Mary (deceased), Amanda, wife of Jerome Hoon; and Aurilla, wife of C. O. Hanson.  In the year 1840, he removed to Hardin County, Ohio, and settled in Liberty Township, where he remained until his death, which occurred June 10, 1883.  Deborah, his wife, died June 26, 1876.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 1018