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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
North Central Ohio Biographies
embracing Richland, Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties
by William A. Duff - 3
vols.
Published 1931
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EDWIN S. NAIL,
president of The Farmers Savings and Trust Company of Mansfield,
and president and manager of The Lumbermens Mutual Insurance
Company, also of Mansfield, is one of the prominent and
successful business men in Richland County and a civic leader in
that community. He was born near Mansfield in Madison
Township, Nov. 2, 1859, and is the son of Samuel and
Jane (Peters) Nail.
Samuel Nail was a native of Richland County and his
early education was received in the district schools of that
county. Subsequently he attended Oberlin College, after
leaving which he engaged in the teaching profession for some
time, serving as superintendent of the Madison Township Schools.
He was an ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church
but never followed that calling. His business during his
mature life was that of a builder, at which he was remarkably
successful. He enlisted at the outbreak of the Civil War
and served as a second lieutenant until such time as he was
honorably discharged because of ill health. He was a
staunch advocate of the principles of the Republican party.
Jane (Peters) Nail, the wife of Samuel
Nail, was born at Trenton, N. J. Both are buried
in Mansfield Cemetery. To this union were born
Anna Louise, married Charles D. Ettinger,
long an officer of the Murphy Varnish Company,
both now deceased; Mary E., the widow of
Rev. W. C. Dawson, residing at Lakewood, Ohio;
Sarah J., the widow of Solomon S. Balliet,
living at Mansfield, Ohio; Chas. Wesley,
deceased; Alice, deceased; Edwin S.
Nail and his twin sister, Emma B. Nail,
both residing in Mansfield.
Edwin S. Nail attended the district schools of Richland
County, the Mansfield public schools and Baldwin-Wallace College
at Berea, Ohio. Under his father's instruction he learned
the carpenter's trade and was actively employed in that trade
for some years.
In 1883 he purchased
the lumber yard of the old established firm of McVey and
Allison and conducted that business under the name of
Nail and Connelly Lumber Company. Subsequently
this business was incorporated as The Mansfield Lumber Company
and is now perhaps the largest lumber concern in the city of
Mansfield, Mr. Neil the president.
The Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company was started by
Mr. Nail in 1895. In the beginning it was small,
confining its business to the State of Ohio and to the lumber
trade exclusively. It has grown into a nationally known
institution with a surplus in 1930 of over one million dollars
and doing business throughout the United States and the Dominion
of Canada. Throughout all these years Mr. Nail
has been its only president and manager.
For a number of years Mr. Nail was a director
of The Farmers National Bank, eventually becoming its president
and serving in such capacity until that bank was succeeded by
The Farmers Savings and Trust Company, of which he has been
president for a period of 15 years.
Mr. Nail, in partnership with William
Isaly, organized The Isaly Dairy
Companies of Youngstown, Marion and Mansfield and is the ice
president of each of these corporations.
Mr. Nail is a director of The Richland Hotel
Company, The Mansfield Leland Operating Company and The Lumber
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Boston, Mass.
In 1890 Mr. Nail was united in marriage with
Miss Minnie A. Mason, the daughter of Dr.
Milton T. and Harriet Hedges Mason.
Doctor Mason, now deceased, was a native of Ashland
County, Ohio, and was for many years a leading physician of
Mansfield. His wife, also deceased, was a descendant of
Gen. James Hedges, one of the founders of the
city of Mansfield.
To Edwin
S. and Minnie A. (Mason) Nail were born two children:
1. Harriet H., a graduate of Chevy Chase
College, Washington, D. C. She married William H.
Seiler, who is now engaged in the real estate business
in the city of Mansfield. To this union were born three
sons, Edwin, William and Justin.
2. Charles Edwin Nail was graduated from
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., and was a member of the Psi
Upsilon Fraternity. He is an assistant secretary of The
Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company of Mansfield and assistant
to the manager of that institution. In 1828 he was married
to Miss Margaret MacLean of Wilmette, Ill.
Edwin S. Nail has at times within the last
several years been president of the Chamber of Commerce of the
city of Mansfield and a director of the Westbrook Country Club.
He is a director of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and a member of
the Governor's Committee on Taxation.
Mr. Nail belongs to Mansfield Lodge, No. 35,
Free and Accepted Masons; Mansfield Chapter, R. A. M.; Mansfield
Council; Mansfield Commandery, K. T., No. 21; and Dayton
Consistory, 32nd degree. He is an active member of the
Central Methodist Episcopal Church in the city of Mansfield, on
the Official Board of that church and was a delegate to the
General Conference of that denomination held in Des Moines,
Iowa, in 1920, and at Springfield, Mass., in 1924.
 Source#3: North Central Ohio Biographies embracing Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties by William A. Duff - 3
vols. 1931 - page 579 |
JOHN
HAMMEL NICHOLS, M.D., is one of the prominent
representatives of his profession in Richland County, and is
established in successful practice in Mansfield, with offices at
58 Park Avenue, West. He was born in Pike Township, Knox
County, Ohio, Apr. 27, 1873, the son of John and Mary (Hammel)
Nichols.
John
Nichols was a veteran of the Civil War. He was
born in Howard Township, Knox County, in 1839, and engaged in
general farming in that section until 1890, at which time he
retired and removed to Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He had extensive
real estate interests there and died in that city in 1913 at the
age of 84 years. He was married in 1860 to Miss
Mary Hammel of Knox County. She died at the age
of 72 years. Mr. Nichols held the office
of justice of the peace for a number of years. Five
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Nichols: Celesta A.,
Nancy Imogene, Ardella F., Permella,
deceased, and John Hammel, the subject of this
sketch.
John Nichols
was the son of Amos Nichols, who was born in
Lowden County, Va., in 1800. He came to Ohio in 1814 and
settled at Mt. Vernon. He married Sarah Davis
in 1820. She was a native of Hagerstown, Md.
Mr. Nicholas died in 1868 and his wife
died in 1879.
John Hammel
Nichols obtained his early education in the public
schools of Knox County. He is a graduate of Mt. Vernon
High School, Danville Normal School and attended college.
He subsequently took up the study of medicine at Rush Medical
College, now the University of Chicago, and received the degree
of Doctor of Medicine from that institution in 1896. He
served as interne for awhile in the Cooke County General
Hospital and was awarded a Fellowship at Rush Medical College,
also first faculty medal and the Doctor Brainard gold Medal.
Throughout his professional career he has been located at
Mansfield, with the exception of time spent in graduate study.
Doctor Nichols has studied in numerous clinics
in Europe and America. His time is devoted to surgery.
HE is a member of the staff of Mansfield General Hospital and
identified with the Richland County Medical Society, Ohio State
Medical Society, and American Medical Association. He is
also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
In 1896 Doctor Nichols married Miss
Bertha F. Trott. They have a daughter, Mary Ruth,
who is the wife of R. K. Porter, of Mansfield.
Doctor Nicholas is a member of St. Luke's
Church and is affiliated with Venus Lodge, No. 152, Free and
Accepted Masons; Mansfield Chapter, R. A. M., No. 28; Mansfield
Commandery, K. T., No. 21; Dayton Consistory, 32nd degree;
Mansfield Scottish Rite and al Koran Temple. Politically
he is a Republican.
Source#3: North Central Ohio Biographies embracing Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties by William A. Duff - 3
vols. 1931 - page 582 |
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