JOHN NEILL, proprietor
and operator of the Neill Stove Foundry, corner of Seventh and
Market streets, was born June 2, 1824, in the north of Ireland, of
Scotch parents. He came to the United States in 1839, and
learned the stove-molder's trade in Wheeling, W. Va., where he
remained five years, when he went to Zanesville, Ohio, where he
worked at his trade two years. He came to Portsmouth in 1853,
and engaged in the foundry business with H. Eberhardt, with
whom he remained till 1868, when he bought out Harris & Terry
and ran the foundry two years. In 1870 he built his present
foundry, which gives employment to twenty-five or thirty hands.
He manufactures cook stoves principally, but also makes many
heaters, their capacity being about twenty-five stoves per day.
They are doing business chiefly on contract, selling all over the
country. He was married in 1845 to Elizabeth Richardson,
a native of Muskingum County, Ohio. They have five children -
Anna; John, clerk on the steamer Bonanza; George,
clerking in his father's stove store; Edward, helping his
father in the foundry, and Lizzie R.
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THOMAS B. NICHOLS, of
the firm of Nichols & Welch, carriage manufacturers, was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, Mar. 15, 1852. His boyhood days were spent
in his native city. When fourteen years of age he began to
learn the painter's trade, and worked at it in Cincinnati till 1875,
when he removed to Portsmouth and worked in the factory of John
Dice three years. In 1878 he formed a partnership with
George P. Welch, and established their present business, at that
time located on Front street. In 1882 they bought the property
where they are now located, on Third street, between Court and
Washington streets. The building is two stories high, 40 x 105
feet in size. They manufacture all kinds of carriages,
buggies, phaetons, etc. Their double-scroll side buggy spring
is one of the most durable, strong and elastic springs made.
They have a blacksmith and wood shop in separate buildings.
They employ from fifteen to eighteen hands, use the best material,
and warrant all their work. Mr. Nichols was married in
1877 to Maria Ripley, of Portsmouth. They have two
children - Thomas and William. Mr. Nichols is a
member of the I. O. O. F. and I. O. M. fraternities.
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REV. ALOYSE NONNEN,
Pastor of the Church of the Annunciation, Portsmouth, Ohio, was born
in Alsace, Germany, Dec. 25, 1834, a son of John Nonnen, a
farmer by vocation, who died Nov. 25, 1865, aged sixty-seven years.
When twelve years of age Father Nonnen commenced to study for
the priesthood and spent twelve years in Strasburg. In 1859 he
was ordained priest, and in 1866 came to the United States. He
went to Indianapolis, Ind., and had charge of a church there till
April 25, 1871, when he came to Portsmouth to take charge of his
present parish.
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WILLIAM NORRIS was born
in Rochester, N. Y., in 1833, a son of Ambrose Norris.
In 1847 he came to Ohio and located in Waverly, working on the canal
and keeping a restaurant. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in
Company G, Thirty-fifth Indiana Infantry, and served four years and
six months. He participated in 133 engagements and numerous
skirmishes. June 29, 1865, he was promoted to Sergeant.
At Kennesaw Mountain his life was saved by a memorandum book and
Testament he had in a side pocket. His day-book was pierced by
a piece of rock dislodged by a cannon shot. He would not go to
the hospital though urged by his surgeon to do so, and never lost a
day till just before the battle of Nashville; a cold settled on his
lungs, from the effects of which he has never recovered. After
the war he went to Terre Haute, Ind., and remained four years.
He then returned to Waverly and worked on the canal till 1875, and
the next three years kept a restaurant. In 1878 he came to
Portsmouth and purchased his present place of business. He
keeps a general stock of groceries, provisions, queen's ware, boots
and shoes, etc., and supplies both the retail and the wholesale
trade. In 1880 he purchased the frame stable adjoining.
He was married in Terre Haute to Charlotte E. Kelshimer.
They have one daughter - Emma May.
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