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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Logan County,
Ohio
BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits) |
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E. NAFUS, (Richland Twp.) carriage and buggy
manufacturer; Belle Centre; is one of the most
enterprising and energetic business men to be found in
this township, and, although he has lived here but a few
years, he has built up a good and rapidly increasing
trade; he was born June 15, 1849, in Sunbury, O.; his
father, Joseph S. Nafus, was a native of Luzerne
Co., Pa.; was born near the scene of the Wyoming
massacre, in which some of his relatives were killed; he
came to this State during his boyhood, and learned the
trade in a wagon and buggy shop at Delaware, O.; he was
married to Mary A. Ports, and owned a shop at
Delaware, and then at Sunbury. In 1850 he moved to
West Liberty, this county, and resided there eight
years, when he came to Huntsville and conducted a good
business till his death, in 1867. Ed.
learned the trade with his father, but at his death, the
bright vision of a classical education and a
professional career vanished like mist before the
"rising sun, and he immediately became the business
manager; he followed the trade three years, and
then sold out and went to Kansas; he soon returned to
Huntsville, where he lived one year and then moved to
Louisburg, Champaign Co.; he was engaged in
manufacturing buggies and carriages at that place with
Levi Warner, and in 1873 he moved to Belle
Centre, where he has since lived; he was married March
17, 1871, to Martha L. Anderson; she was born
Nov. 23, 1847, in this township. Her father,
John B. Anderson, was one of the early settlers, and
a very prominent man; he was Justice of the Peace twenty
years. They have one child living, Mary
Gertrude; their twins died in infancy. Both he
and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and he has been Superintendent of the Sunday
School four years; has served as Township Clerk several
years, and is elected each year with an increased
majority; he is the presiding officer of the I. O. O.
F., and corresponds for the Bellefontaine Republican
and Cincinnati Daily Gazette, and has
always taken an active part in the proceedings of the
Republican party, of which he is a stalwart member. |
JOHN NEVIN, retired;
Bellefontaine; was born in Ross Co., O., Sept. 2, 1806,
and is the son of William and Mary (Robinson) Nevin.
He remained in his native county until he was eight
years old, when he, with his parents, moved to Fayette
Co., remaining there one year; he then moved to Highland
Co., where he remained until 1835, during which time he
went to Ross Co. and began to learn his trade as a
chair-maker, returning to Hillsborough, where he worked
until 1835, during which year he came to Bellefontaine
and engaged in working at his trade. Soon
afterwards he embarked in the cabinet-maker's business,
which he carried on until 1879, when he closed out his
business. Mr. Nevin was a sufferer by the
big fire in Bellefontaine in 1856, losing some $3,000
worth of property, without any insurance. Mr.
Nevin purchased his present homestead in 1834, but
did not move to Bellefontaine until 1835. It has
been his home ever since, and today he is recognized as
one of its honored and respected citizens. He
married Miss Nancy G. Starr, daughter of James
Starr, who came to Bellefontaine about 1833.
By this union they have two children.
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