- Jefferson Twp. -
JAMES NIMAN.     He was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., and was brought up near Harrisburg, Penn.; he remained there till the spring of 1837, when he came to Ohio; he learned the carpenter trade in the East; at the age of 28 years, he was called to the ministry in the United Brethren Church; when 80 years old, he was ordained, and traveled in Maryland and Virginia until he left for Ohio; he filled the position of a local preacher for a number of years since residing in Jefferson Township.  He settled on a part of Sec. 17; commenced in the woods, and cleared the farm on which he now resides; he improved his farm, building a house in 1853 and a barn in 1852.  Mr. Niman was born Mar. 7, 1801.  His companion, Catherine Shively, was born May 20, 1809; they were married Sept. 29, 1833, and had four children - Mary Ann, born June 12, 1836; George S., June 7, 1838; Leander J., Mar. 5, 1841; Sarah C., July 7, 1846; deaths - Mary died Oct. 12, 1854; George, Aug. 4, 1870, and the mother, Aug. 27, 1875.  His son Leander was in the war of the rebellion; he went to the army first in the three-months service, then with the 102d O. V. I.  Leander was married to Sarah C. Rhodes, daughter of Samuel Rhodes, Nov. 26, 1868; she was born Mar. 27, 1848; their children are Cora Viola, born Feb. 18, 1873. and Ellsworth, July 2, 1878.  Father Niman died May 7, 1880.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 810

Madison Twp. -
ABEL NIMAN, carpenter; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Madison Township June 21, 1815.  Married in 1856, Barbara Cole, who was born in Pennsylvania Jan. 17, 1824; she came to Ohio at the age of 16 ; they had one child which died in infancy.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 820

City of Mansfield -
W. B. NIMAN, was born Sept. 29, 1831, in Madison Twp.  Married Feb. 28, 1867, to Mary H. Slocum, who was born Dec. 2, 1842, in Sandusky Co.  Mr. Niman enlisted in the army July 24, 1861, 2d O. V. C.; went as private in Co. M; after returning home, he engaged with 163d, in Co. A; after the death of Capt. Avery.  Mr. Niman took the command of Co. A, through the service.  At the expiration of service, he received an honorable discharge and returned to Mansfield, and was for a time engaged in keeping the American Hotel; the site of the hotel is one of the olodest corners in the city.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 722

Madison Twp. -
WILLIAM G. NIMAN, former; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in this township June 6, 1823.  He was married in 1851, to Deborah Finch, who was born in Belmont Co.; they have one son, Gaylord, he was born Sept. 19, 1854; married to Etta O. Hickcox, who was born in 1858, in Medina Co.; they have two children - Grace, who was born Sept. 29, 1877, and Arthur, who was born Jan. 2, 1879.  Mr. Niman resides on the same farm on which he was born, and has resided all his life.  His son Gaylord resides on the same farm.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 820