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Washington Twp. –
T. C. NELSON,
farmer; P. O., Iberia; was born in Wayne Co., O., July 16, 1833;
his father came from Mercer Co., Penn., when about 18 years of
age; his mother is of Scotch descent; after their marriage they
removed to Washington Tp., Morrow Co., and settled on the farm,
where they are now residing. This occurred when Thomas,
the eldest, was about 11 years of age. After attaining his
majority, Mr. Nelson spent about one and a half years in
Iowa. After his return he spent some time with his father, but
together with his brother, leased a farm near Galion, in
Crawford Co., for a term of three years; at the expiration of
this lease, or in 1862, they together purchased a steam sawmill
in Washington Tp., Morrow Co., which they still own and
operate. Mr. Nelson married Dec. 9, 1875; Miss
Harriet B. La Rue, whose parents were among the earliest
settlers of this township, having settled in the south part in
1833 (the date of their marriage.) Mrs. Nelson’s father,
Wm. R. La Rue, is of French descent; was born in Pleasant
Co., W. Va. Her mother, Miss Eliza Amlin, was a native
of Washington Co., O.; after their marriage Mr. LaRue
entered ¼ section on the State road, where they remained only a
short time, when they removed to a farm on the Iberia road, and
there spent their remaining years; both are buried in the
cemetery at Iberia.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
1880 - p. 749
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Washington Twp. –
WILLIAM NESBITT,
clerk; Iberia; was born Sept. 25, 1847, in Northumberland,
England, and emigrated to this country when only eight years of
age. He first settled in Marion Co., Ohio, but almost
immediately removed to Iberia. Mr. Nesbitt selected for
a companion and helpmeet, Miss Emma McPeek, to whom he
was married in the month of October, 1868. They have one
daughter aged ten years. Mr. Nesbitt is a carpenter by
trade, but his health forbidding him to work at that occupation,
for the past five years he has been engaged as clerk in the
mercantile establishment of E. J. Crane. His gentlemanly
bearing and activity give promise of success in that line of
business.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: O.
L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
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Perry Twp. –
GEORGE S. NEWHOUSE,
merchant; P. O., Shaucks, (Johnsville); is the son of Kasper
and Susan (Jager) Newhouse; he was born Dec. 20, 1834, in
Alldorf, Rhenish Bavaria. As prescribed by the laws of that
country, he attended school seven years, almost without
vacation. Subsequently he spent about two years traveling in
Prussia and other German States. In 1852 he passed down the
river Rhine, taking a farewell view of the "Faderland." He
sailed from the port of Havre, and after a voyage of thirty-five
days arrived in New York City July 2, 1852. Thus we find our
subject, a lad of seventeen, without a relative in this country.
He chose the avocation of tailor, and devoted himself to that
work in the city for about five years, except a brief period
when he made a trip to the Western States, visiting various
points of interest; he returned to New York in the fall of 1855,
where he united his fortunes with Mary Smith, Sept. 30,
1855. She was born in Wittenburg, Germany, Oct. 5, 1835, and
came across the ocean in 1852, with a sister, now Mrs. Morris
Kline, of Johnsville. Mr. Newhouse came to this
village in August, 1857, where he followed tailoring until the
breaking out of the war; he entered the Union army under Col.
Swayne, of the 43d Regiment, O. V. I., Company "E," and when
his term of service had expired he re-enlisted in the 179th
Regiment, and fought until the close of the war, being honorably
discharged. In the spring of 1870 he opened a merchant
tailoring establishment in Johnsville, in which he continued
until 1876, at which time he formed a partnership for five years
with John Held, under the firm name of Newhouse & Held.
They carry a large assortment of dry goods, groceries,
clothing, hardware, and everything needed by a farming
community. They have business room of forty feet by twenty-two,
with wareroom attached. Mr. Newhouse has made an eminent
advancement in that ancient and honorable order of Free and
Accepted Masons. He holds a membership in Belleville Lodge, No.
376; Mt. Gilead Chapter, No. 59, and the Mansfield Commandery of
Knight Templars, No. 21. Has five children living -- George
W., Clifton S., Frank M., Dell L. and Irwin S., and
two died when young.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
1880 -
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Washington Twp. –
A. B. NEWSON,
farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Gilead, Morrow Co., in
1832. His parents were originally from Washington Co., Ind.;
his ancestry preceding the second generation were English.
Mr. Newson spent his youth on his father’s farm, attending
the public school in the vicinity. At the age of 25 he married
Miss Phoebe A. Hull; the following four years he remained
in Gilead, after which he removed to Washington Tp., and settled
on a part of the large farm, which he has since acquired, and
now controls. They have three children -- Georgiana, now
the wife of W. F. Blayney, living on a part of the farm;
Laura, 14, and Elry, 5 years of age. Mr.
Newson’s farm numbers 500 acres, cultivated principally with
a view to stock-grazing; while he has a large number of many
varieties of live stock, he specializes two branches, viz: fine
horses and sheep. He at present has on the farm about a
thousand sheep, some thorough-bred, of the Spanish Merino
variety; Mr. Newson is also a prominent official in the
M. E. Church. With a character unimpeachable, with an abundance
at his command, with opportunities unsurpassed, the future
before him is indeed enviable.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: O.
L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
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Gilead Twp. –
ABRAHAM NEWSON,
deceased; was born on a farm in Washington Co., Md., and
followed that vocation in his native State. With his brother
Joseph he lived on the parental farm, until at the death of
the old people, they inherited the same. He continued to reside
there until 1825, when he moved in a wagon, stopping for three
months in Mansfield, and thence to the vicinity of Mt. Gilead,
Ohio, where he continued to follow farming. His wife’s name
previous to marriage was Lucy Friend, also of Washington
Co., Md. They were blessed with twelve children; eight of whom
are now living -- John, who resides on the old homestead;
Louisa Talmage, Elizabeth Hull, A. B., Lucy A. Goorley,
and Nelson T., all in the vicinity; and Joseph T.,
in Iowa; and Nellie F. McKee, in Bellefontaine. At the
time Mr. Newson moved to this State, the locality in
which he settled was all timber land, and they lived in a tent,
until he could erect a couple of round-log cabins, one for the
seven colored persons whom he brought with him from Maryland,
but who after a time returned to that State. Mr. Newson
was a remarkably large man having at one time weighed 448
pounds, and though when he first came west he was able to work,
he was at length obliged to cease, on account of his great
fleshiness.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
1880 -
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Gilead Twp. –
JOHN NEWSON,
farmer; P.O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Md., March
2 1820, and lived there five years, when the family moved to
Ohio, stopping a few months at Mansfield; they then came to this
vicinity and settled on the farm Mr. Newson now lives on.
The family arrived with a six-horse team and a two-horse
carriage; they put up a tent and lived in the same until a log
cabin could he built, in which they lived while clearing the
farm. At the age of 25 John and his father conducted the
farm in partnership, though John superintended, to a
great extent, from the age of 17 onward; the conditions of the
partnership continued until the death of his parents. Jan. 18,
1847, he married Miss Ruth Blakeley; she was born in
Virginia, and came to this county with her parents when young;
they have no children. His parents, Abraham and Lucy (Friend)
Newson, were natives of Washington Co., Md.; they married in
Maryland and came here as stated, in 1825, and lived here until
their deaths, April 1861, and Feb. 1867, respectively.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
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NELSON T.
NEWSON, farmer; P. O. Mt. Gilead; was born on his
father's farm, in Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, Feb. 24, 1843,
and lived there until he was 24 years of age, during which time
he attended school and worked on the farm; he then sold his
interest in the home farm to his brother, and bought his present
place, which now consists of 180 1/2 acres, located a mile south
of Mt. Gilead. He married Miss Esther Wood, Oct.
10, 1869; she was born in Marion, now Morrow Co., about two and
a half miles south of Mt. Gilead; they had one child, John F.,
who died in infancy. Mr. Newson is the son of
Abraham and Lucy (Friend) Newson.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: O.
L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
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Gilead Twp. –
S. P. NEWSON,
farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Md.,
April 9, 1820, and lived there six years, when, with his
parents, he came to Marion (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, and settled
on and cleared the present place, on which he has lived ever
since, it becoming his after the death of his parents -- he
Sept. 13, 1865, and she July 12, 1867. He married Miss Nancy
R. Kingman Dec. 24, 1855. She was born in Delaware (now
Morrow) Co. They had six children; five are living --
William, Henry, George, Belle and Nellie. His
parents, Joseph P. and Susannah (Snider) Newson, were
natives of Washington Co., Md.; they married there, and came
West as before stated. They had twelve children; five are living
-- Moriah, now Mrs. M. G. Webster, of Mt. Gilead;
S. P., on the present place; Susan, now Mrs.
Dennis Loren, of this county; Sarah, now Mrs. Dr.
Charles Hahn, of Marion Co.; Elizabeth, now Mrs.
Wesley Roberts, of Crawford Co. Mrs. Newson’s
parents, Joseph and Susannah (Wood) Kingman, were natives
of Grand Isle Co., Vt., and Clinton Co., N. Y. They married in
the latter county, and came West at a very early date. Of their
eight children, four are living -- Hannah, now Mrs.
Robert Blakeley, of this county; Melissa, now Mrs.
Robert Owens, of Madison Co., Ind.; Orman lives in
this county, and Nancy R., now Mrs. S. P. Newson,
also of this county. After the death of his first wife, he
married Miss Sarah Herendeen, of Cardington, this county.
They had three children; one is living -- Binal T., of
Cardington. The exact date of his settlement is in doubt, but
his oldest son born here, died in Indiana in the winter of 1878,
and was aged 60 years; hence, they were here prior to 1818.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
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Lincoln Twp. -
JACOB NICHOLS,
farmer; P. O., Bennington; was born in Loudown Co., Va., Mar.
29, 1815; his parents were also natives of Va., where they lived
and died; the father was born Apr. 24, 1769, and died Mar. 1,
1856; the mother was born about 1779, and died in 1843; Mr.
Nichols was married Mar. 16, 1837, to Miss Ianthe Smith,
whose parents were also natives of Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Nichols
have had four children, one of whom died in infancy - Mary F.
was born Mar. 27, 1840; George T. June 21, 1842;
William H. Dec. 28, 1845; the mother of these children died
Sept. 16, 1864; Mr. Nichols married his second wife,
Miss Peace Mosher Oct. 19, 1865; her parents were natives of
New York State, and are very old residents of Morrow Co., where
they still live; from this union there are five children, the
eldest, Edith, was born Nov. 2, 1866; Sarah, April
2, 1868; Gideon M., Dec. 28, 1869; Isaac, Nov. 9,
1872; Robert, Dec. 15, 1878; Mr. Nichols began at
the age of 20, to work for his father for wages, and at his
marriage he received $400; most of his present possessions are
the result of his own hard earnings; he came to Morrow Co.,
Ohio, in 1855, and purchased the farm he now lives upon; he now
owns 252 acres of well improved land; he pays considerable
attention to stock raising, making sheep a specialty; Mr.
Nichols is a member of the Society of Friends, being devoted
in his daily walk in accordance to his belief
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: O. L.
Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
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Cardington Twp. -
WISEMAN C. NICHOLS, Cardington; has for
the past twenty-five years been prominently identified with the
best interests of Morrow Co. Jonathan Nichols, his
father, was born in Bolton, Mass., July 25, 1754, and when a
small boy, went with his parents to Thetford, Orange Co., Vt.
He was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and fought with
General Stark at the battle of Bennington; he was wounded,
and for the last few years of his life drew a pension. He
was a man of much more than ordinary ability, and held during
his life-time the offices of Sheriff and Surveyor of Orange Co.
He was married to Miss Phene Sackett, about 1790; she was
born in Kent, Litchfield, Co., C.,. Feb. 17, 1767; when a girl
she went with a married sister to Orange Co., Vt., where she
engaged in teaching school. The lineage of the Sacketts
can be traced back to 1597, to England, their native country;
their coming to America dates back nearly three hundred years.
Wiseman is the fifth of eight children; they were all
married, and at one time were all with their mother and wives,
members of the First Presbyterian Church, of Ripley, New York;
of the number, Wiseman is the only surviving one.
On Oct. 9, 1813, his father, with his family, ten in all,
started for the west in a wagon drawn by three horses, with a
capital of $54 in cash. It being late in the season, and
the roads bad, the family walked more than halfway. They
were five weeks on their journey, and had but 12-1/2 cts. in
their purse on their arrival; Wiseman's boyhood was
passed assisting his father in the summer, and attending school
in the neighborhood during the winter; on the 22nd, of Oct.
1829, he was married to Miss Fivilla, eldest daughter of
Joseph and Tabitha (Day) Cass. She was born in
Stratford, N. H., Feb. 17, 1811. They have had six
children, four of whom are living. Forty years of Mr.
Nichols life, including his boyhood, has been spent in
agricultural pursuits; he followed carpentering for six years,
and taught school eight terms; was in the mercantile business
three years; was for three years sheriff; and three years mayor
of Cardington, and for eighteen years a justice of the peace.
He remembers very distinctly the eclipse of 1806, also the cold
season of 1816, when there was snow or ice every month of the
year. His first vote was given for William B.
Rochester, "Bucktail candidate" for Governor of New York.
He voted with the Democratic party until 1840, when he gave his
vote for Gen. Harrison, since which time he has voted
with the Whig and Republican parties. On coming to
Cardington Mr. and Mrs. Nichols connected themselves with
the M. E. Church, of which they are still members.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: O. L.
Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
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Cardington Twp. -
GEORGE NICKOLS, retired farmer; P. O.,
Cardington; was one of fifteen children, born to Nathan and
Sarah (Thomas) Nickols. He was born in Loudoun Co.,
Va., May 20, 1807; Mr. Nickols' parents were native of
Virginia; where they lived until the death of the father.
In 1827 the family moved to Ohio, settling on a farm near Mt.
Gilead. In 1824 the father had come to Ohio on horseback
and entered six quarter sections in different parts of the
county, and in 1827, after his death, the family moved West in
wagons and entered six more quarter sections, in the vicinity of
Mt. Gilead. George lived here with the family a
year and a half, when he returned to Virginia and brought back
Miss Julia Ann K. Bradfield as his wife; she was a native
of Virginia and died in 1845. They had nine children, four
of whom are now living - Sarah, now Mrs. Walace;
Matilda now Mrs. Harris; Abner and Tamson, now
Mrs. Fluckey All are now married and are living in
Iowa and Kansas. In 1849 Mr. Nickols married
Miss Athenesia Spencer, a native of Belmont Co., O. By
his second marriage were the following children - Joel, John,
Eunice, Ettie and G. Warren. Mr. Nickols has
served as School and Road officer, and as Township Trustee.
He owns 190 acres of land, located one mile northeast of
Cardington. Of his brothers and sisters, Mary now Mrs.
Bartlett, lives in Illinois; Nathan lives in
Illinois; the rest are deceased. It is related that
Albert, a deceased brother, was out in the Mexican War a
year, and upon his return home met another brother John,
just going out to the army.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: O. L.
Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
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Washington Twp. –
NEELY NOBLE,
farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead was born in Stark Co., O., in 1823.
Mr. Noble’s father -- James Noble -- is a native
of Shenandoah county, Va., and is now living in Washington
Township, Morrow Co., O., and is one of its oldest settlers.
Mr. Noble came with his father to this township when only 10
years old. All the schooling he ever got was obtained in a log
school-house in the vicinity, working on the farm in the summer
and going to school in the winter. During his eighteenth year
he helped to build the first railroad in the State of Ohio, then
called Sandusky and Newark R. R., now a part of the Baltimore
and Ohio R. R. Mr. Noble was married April 20th, 1852,
to Miss Martha Elliott, but after eight years’ married
life she died, and in 1861 he married Miss Jane Walker,
who is still living. Their family is as follows -- Franklin
Pierce, 27; Robert Lee, 24; Chas. Fremont, 18;
James Ellsworth, 16, and Lincoln, 13 years of
age. Mr. Noble has a fine large farm along the eastern
boundary of the township, but stock grazing is the particular
branch of industry he follows -- raising thorough-bred stock,
horses, cattle and sheep. Of the “Durham” breed of cattle he
has some as fine specimens and as near thorough-bred as can be
found in the county. In this department of husbandry he is
already a success.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
1880 -
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Bennington Twp. -
ROBERT L. NOE, Marengo; was born in
Madison Co., New Jersey, Oct. 16, 1819. His parents were
Robert Noe and Mary (Tappin) Noe, who came to Bennington
Twp. and settled a half mile north of Marengo in 1822. The
Noes are descended from three brothers of that name who
came from France five or six generations ago to escape the
terrors of some of the French revolutions. Grandfather
Noe's name was John, who had among others the
following children - Marsh, Jonathan, Elias and
Robert. Robert married as above and had the following
family - Susan, Elias, Samuel, Mary Ann, William, Margaret,
James H., George T. and Robert L. Susan
died in infancy, Elias died early in life, Samuel
died in early manhood; Mary Ann married Calvin Vining
and lived in Bennington Twp. and has a numerous family;
William married Albacinda Crane, and has a family of
nine children and lives near Marengo; Margaret married
William Johnson, has a numerous family and lives in
Illinois; James H. married Caroline Page and moved
to Tipton, Iowa. He has a large family. George T.
married Sarah Doty; has seven children and lives in
Bennington Twp. Robert L. received but a common
school education in youth, and as he was the youngest son he
remained with his father managing the old farm until the death
of the father in 1861. On the 4th of July, 1849, he
married Fannie E. Morris, daughter of Joseph P. and
Ann (Voorhies) Morris, and by her has four children -
Joseph Augustus and Ann Augusta, twins, born 1852,
Mary E. born 1856, and Bell, born 1860.
Joseph married Bida Osborne, daughter of Abraham
Osborne, in 1875; they have one child, Maud, born
1878. Ann married James C. Evans, son
of Thomas Evans, in 1868, and has two children -
Charles and Gracie. Mary married Dr. J. W. Pratt
in 1878 and has one child, Edna. Bell
married Alexander Ramsey, son of Samuel Ramsey, of
Delaware Co. Joseph P. Morris had the following
family - Augustus, Abby Ann and Fannie E.
The son died in Mt. Vernon in 1843. Abby married
Abner Sherman, has four children and lives in
Bennington Twp. Fannie E. is the wife of our
subject. Robert L. Noe is a radical Republican, and
himself and family are members of the M. E. Church. He has
occupied many positions of trust in the township; he was for
eight consecutive years township assessor. He was
projector of the town of Marengo, and his land now surrounds the
whole town. He is one of the most prominent men in the
township.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
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Chester Twp. –
W. W. NYE,
farmer; P. O. Chesterville; was born Aug. 18, 1816, in Knox Co.
His father, Samuel Nye, was born in Massachusetts, and
his mother, Mary Bartlett, was born in the State of New
York; the former came to Ohio in 1807, and the latter in 1808.
They settled in Clinton, then the county seat of Knox Co., where
the husband engaged in burning brick, and also in masonry, and
built many buildings at that place, some of which are yet
standing. They bought a farm of one hundred and thirty-seven
acres on the Green Valley Road, some time subsequent to his
settlement in Clinton, and moved to the same, where he died; the
mother survived him about five years. Their children were --
Eliza, Jane, Harriet, W. W., Mary, Sarah, Catharine, Caroline
and Samuel D. Parents belonged to the United
Presbyterian church at Mt. Vernon; the father was a captain in
the war of 1812. Our subject attended school in a log house near
his father’s home, and also went to school in a frame house,
which was built on their home farm. After becoming old enough,
he was elected School Director, and superintended building a
house on the old site, where he had learned his a, b, c. He
early learned masonry with his father, and worked at the same
for many years. He was married Nov. 22, 1838, to Martha,
daughter of Uzal and Peninah (Lyon) Ball; she was born
1817. They settled after marriage on twenty-six acres, which he
had bought from his father, and in 1850 sold the same and bought
one hundred acres, subsequently selling out, with the
expectation of going west, but did not follow out his intention,
and located on the present farm of two hundred acres, which is
finely improved and well watered by springs. The result of his
marriage was nine children -- infant died unnamed; Sarah E.,
married Benton Peoples; Amanda and Almeda,
twins, the former married Dr. Wemple, and the latter
William Philips; Isabel married George Modie;
Ella, Francis M., Alice and Charles L. Mr. Nye
has been Township Trustee four years in succession; has been a
member of the Good Templars since 1856, and is also a member of
the “Patrons of Husbandry.” He has been a member of the Baptist
church since 1857, and his wife since 1856; he cast his first
vote for President for Martin Van Buren, and has since
taken an active part in the party; he has been a delegate to
county and State conventions; deals in fine sheep and cattle;
also, breeding fine Samson and English draft horses; takes
interest in all modern improvements in farming implements.
Source: History of Morrow Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street.
1880 -
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