John Nutt

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John Nutt

m. by 1831, Ohio
Anna Philhower

Children with Anna Philhower:

  • Nancy (1831-1886) married Mathias Hoffman
  • Effie Ann (1833-1913) married Jefferson Hoffman
  • Phillip (1835-1917)
  • Linda (b. 1836) married Pleasant Gibson
  • Robert (1837-1918)
  • John, Jr. (b. 1838)
  • Elizabeth (1840-1914) married Thomas J. Gildea
  • Mary (1841-1904) married Tyler Boone
  • Sarah (1846-1920) married (1) Harrison Boone, (2) Cyrus Davis

John and Anna may have immigrated to Putnam County, Indiana, along with the Squire Boone family from Harrison County, Indiana, or may have followed the Boone family a year or two later. Then, in 1853 the Nutt family emigrated from Indiana to Douglas Township, Boone County, Iowa. The Nutts and Boones were very close friends and neighbors in the 1800’s and still are today, with many still living in the same townships in Boone County, Iowa. Anna Philhower’s father had brought his family by waterway on a raft from New Jersey to Ohio, where Anna married John Nutt by 1831. About 1836, when Anna and John had four children, they loaded the family into a covered wagon and moved to southern Indiana.

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Lorraine Van Dolah
Wichita KS

Nancy Emily Norton

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Nancy Emily Norton
b. 4 March 1811, Ohio, to Thoda and Lucinda (Sample) Norton
d. 17 October 1902, Crawford County, Illinois

m. 23 September 1827, Clark County, Ohio
George Donaldson
b. about 1802, Virginia

Children with George Donaldson:

  • Emeline (b. 1830)
  • Thomas (b. 1835)
  • Margaret (b. 1841) married Solomon Luke
  • Elizabeth (1843-1919) married Thomas Shaw
  • Charles (b. 1846)
  • Asa (b. 1848)

The family came to Lexington,, Lagrange County, Indiana, before 1832. During the Black Hawk War in 1832, there was a fake Indian attack on Lexington. The families in the neighborhood gathered at the blacksmith shop of George Donaldson. Women and children were put into the shop while the men felled trees and cut logs to hastily build a fort. This was afterwards known as Fort Donaldson. The Norton family traveled by covered wagon to Montgomery Township, Crawford County, Illinois, in 1853. There were eight children altogether in the family.

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Sharon Howell
Greenwood IN
E-mail: sshowell@indy.net

Stephen Norman

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Stephen Norman
b. 6 January 1806, Virginia, to James and Margaret Norman
d. 28 July 1879, Sewal, Wayne County, Iowa

m. 12 December 1822, Lewis County, Virginia
Francis Elenora Pritchett
b. 6 April 1801, Virginia
d. 10 April 1868

Children with Francis Elenora Pritchett:

  • James
  • Sarah Ann
  • George
  • Elizabeth
  • Susannah
  • Joseph
  • Lemual Marshall
  • Jane
  • Eliza
  • Mariah
  • Saul
  • Mary C.
  • Martha W.
  • Stephen
  • Samuel Asa
  • Nancy Lenory
  • Enos W.

Stephen emigrated late in the 1850’s or early 1860’s from Indiana to Sewal, Wayne County, Iowa. He was a Methodist minister. Five of his sons served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.

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Selma L. Burch
Yuma AZ

Samuel Edward Nill

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Samuel Edward Nill
b. 5 August 1869, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, to George Conrad and Anna (Stevens) Nill
d. 7 January 1921, Centerville, Fresno County, California

m. 15 November 1906, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Ellen Dodds McInnes
b. 23 September 1879, Fergus, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
d. 31 July 1914, Clovis, Fresno County, California

Children with Ellen Dodds McInnes:

  • Malcolm Stevens Nill

Samuel emigrated from Indiana to Fresno County, California, in 1906.

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Marya D. Nill
San Carlos CA

George Conrad Nill

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George Conrad Nill
b. 16 July 1837, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, to Conrad and Barbara (Pfeiffer) Nill
d. 29 October 1889, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio

m. 16 January 1866, Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana
Anna Sophia Stevens
b. 24 July 1843, Huron County, Ohio
d. 30 August 1922, Fresno, Fresno County, California

Children with Anna Sophia Stevens:

George resided in Fort Wayne, Allen County, and Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana. He moved to Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, in 1872.

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Marya D. Nill
San Carlos CA

William Nicholson

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William Nicholson
b. about 1780, Virginia, to Benjamin and Jemima (Darnell) Nicholson
d. 8 May 1856

m/1.
Elizabeth [–?–]
d. 18 September 1839, Washington County, Indiana

m/2.
[–?–]

Children with Elizabeth [–?–]:

  • Carter T.
  • Nancy
  • Jemima
  • Thomas M.
  • Peter James
  • Martha
  • Millicent
  • John B.

William served in the War of 1812 from Kentucky. William and Elizabeth had two other daughters. After his first wife Elizabeth, a cousin, died, he married again and had two or three more children. Although his second family moved with his son Peter James Nicholson and others to Iowa, William did not stay there. He returned to Washington County, Indiana, where he had relatives and died there. His second wife then returned to Iowa.

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Bethel L. Marshall
Boise ID

Peter James Nicholson

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Peter James Nicholson
b. 22 January 1800, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, to William and Elizabeth [–?–] Nicholson
d. 31 October 1896, Mineralridge, Boone County, Indiana

m. 30 April 1833, Putnam County, Indiana
Elizabeth Frances Staughan
b. 1813, Shelby County, Kentucky
d. 30 October 1886, Polk County, Iowa

Children with Elizabeth Frances Staughan:

  • Stark Dupey
  • John William
  • Francis Marion
  • Nathaniel Stanford
  • Elizabeth Catherine
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Martha Ann
  • Aaron Calvin
  • Alsy
  • Peter
  • Silas
  • [–?–]

Peter Nicholson immigrated to Washington County, Indiana, from Kentucky in 1819 with
his parents. He was one of the leaders of a group of his relatives and friends who emigrated from Putnam County, Indiana, to Fraser, Boone County, Iowa, about 1848 after Iowa had opened for settlement. The town of Fraser sprang up around his pioneer home in Iowa.

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Bethel L. Marshall
Boise ID

Elizabeth Catherine Nicholson

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Elizabeth Catherine Nicholson
b. 8 September 1841, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, to Peter James and Elizabeth (Staughan) Nicholson
d. 17 March 1922, Fromberg, Carbon County, Montana

m/1. about 1861, perhaps in Iowa
Bartlett Lapham
b. about 1840
d. about 1869

m/2. 1872, Iowa
Abraham Messersmith
b. 18 August 1839, Johnson County, Indiana, to Andrew and Charlotte (Sells) Messersmith

Children with Bartlett Lapham:

  • Grace Alice
  • Peter James
  • Martha Ann
  • Eulalie “Lou”

Elizabeth Catherine (Nicholson) and Abraham Messerssmith had eight children, all born in Iowa. They lived for some time in Colorado, where they probably prospected for gold, but left the Cripple Creek area just before the big gold strike. They were pioneers of Oklahoma but left there and moved to Montana, where Elizabeth died. Abraham later returned to Iowa, where he died. Abraham was a widower when he married Elizabeth.

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Bethel L. Marshall
Boise ID

Valentine C Nice

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Valentine C Nice
b. 6 June 1818, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Mary “Polly” (Clemmer) Nice
d. 22 February 1912, Neutral, Cherokee County, Kansas

m. 1846, Summit County, Ohio
Sarah Elizabeth Miller
b. 19 January 1828, Northampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
d. 16 February 1908, Neutral, Cherokee County, Kansas

Children with Sarah Elizabeth Miller:

  • William Henry
  • Rosanna married [–?–] Walker
  • Norman
  • David M.
  • Joseph F.
  • Owen
  • Milton M.
  • Lucy Ann married [–?–] Brouse
  • John
  • Emanuel M.
  • Albert L.
  • Cora Ann

Valentine and family immigrated to Indiana in 1860 from Montville Township, Medina County, Ohio. They then emigrated from Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana, to Neutral, Cherokee County, Kansas, in 1881.

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Hazel Nice Hassan
Glendale AZ

Elizabeth Rachel Nice

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Elizabeth Rachel Nice
b. 3 April 1846, possibly White County, Indiana, to William and Sarah (Beard) Nice
d. 8 February 1893, Maroa, Macon County, Illinois

m. 10 March 1869, Carroll County, Indiana
George Groves
b. 10 December 1839, Oxford, England
d. 25 February 1912, Macon County, Illinois

Children with George Groves:

  • Aura (b. 1870)
  • William (b. 1872)
  • Charles (b. 1875)
  • George (b. 1878)
  • Nellie (b. 1880)
  • Harley (b. 1885)

Elizabeth moved to Macon County, Illinois, in 1869.

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Judith E. Svoboda
Longmont CO
E-mail: jzsvoboda@earthlink.net