Joseph Nienberg

As printed in 1896

OSEPH NIENBERG, one of the leading merchants of Glandorf, Putnam county, Ohio, has been a resident < the place since 1858, having ck> ne here when a lad of fifteen years. He was born 11 Minster, Auglaize county, Ohio, September 13, 1843, a son of B. Id. and Angela (Sprehe Nienberg, who were natives of Germany, were married in Minster, Ohio, where the father was a dry-goods and general march it, and where he died at the age of about sixty years and his wife in 1892, when upwards f seventy-nine years old. They were the parents of six children, viz: Mary, widow of Henry

Luckman; Joseph, our subject; William, a merchant of Minster; Annie, deceased wife o: August Stechschulte: Agnes, decease:! wife of William Rampe; of Ottawa, and Bernardina, deceased wife of Barnard Miners.

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' ' ' \f: with Mr. Stechschulte in the manufacture of furniture and operated a foundry for about four years, when Mr. Neinberg re-embarked in the tinner's trade until 1875, when he opened a general merchandise store, but still continued to operate his tin shop. In March, 1893, he formed a partnership with Joseph Thome in the hardware and tinware business combined, under the firm name of Joseph Thome N Co., but still retained his general store, where his stock is replete with everything usually found in similar establishments, while the immense hardware concern is the only store of that character in the town. In his politics Mr. Nienberg is a democrat. He was the first postmaster of Glandorf, and held ! the office for fourteen years; he is the present treasurer and a member of the school board; also treasurer of Glandorf corporation; is vice-president of the Glandorf Building & Loan association, of which he was one of the founders, and has always been a live wide-awake citizen, quick to discern what was for the public good, and prompt to carry into effect any measure that his financial contributions could promote.

Mr. Nienberg has been twice married; first, in 1865, in Glandorf, to Miss Anna Kemper, who was born in the town, and died in 1880; secondly, he married, in 1881, Miss Veronica Thome, who is also a native of Glandorf, and to this union have been born six children, viz.: Bernard A., Harry H., Joseph F., Edward, Oscar and Mary. The parents are members of Saint John's Catholic church, and socially are much respected. Mr. Nienberg is a self-made man, in the sense in which the term is usually used, having been a close applicant to business ever since he began at the bottom of the ladder; he has always been quick to perceive opportunities for advancing his interests as they presented themselves, and these good qualities of the business man have been fully recognized by an appreciative public.

aHARLES C. NUTTER, a native-born farmer of Putnam county, Ohio, and one of the most enterprising young business men of Leipsic, is the fourth son in the family born to Clement and Cordelia (Hitchcock) Nutter. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Nutter, w'as a native of Delaware, of Irish-parentage, and died at his home near Dover, the capital of the state.

Clement Nutter, father of our subject, was born in Delaware, near Dover, in 1813, wras reared on the home farm, and in 1834 came to Ohio, and settled in Fairfield county, wffiere he resided until 1844, when he came to Putnam county, selected eighty acres in Blanchard township for a homestead, and subsequently purchased lands until his acreage reached 1,000 acres; of this he cleared and placed under cultivation about 500 acres, and was one of the most enterprising and wide-awake agri- ! culturists the country ever knew. He was a I whig and then a republican in politics, but was never an office seeker on any occasion. He died in peace and tranquility on his homestead in Blanchard township in 1877. an honored citizen and a deeply mourned husband and father. His wife, whom he had married in Fairfield county, became the mother of the following children: William H., Sarah A.

(Mrs. David Worden), Blythe G., John W., Charles G. (our subject), Ansel (deceased), Jane (deceased), Rebecca C. (Mrs. Isaac Baker) and Elvira (Mrs. Louis Clark).

Charles C. Nutter, the subject of this sketch, was born on the homestead in Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio, May 1 1, 1850; was educated in the common schools, and was reared to farming, inheriting the homestead at his father’s death. To this farm he added ten acres and continued the cultivation of the ninety acres until 1878, when he purchased I his present farm of 100 acres in Van Buren ] township, which he has cleared, ditched and

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In 1895 Mr. Nutter was the chief factor in establishing the Leipsic Creamery company, of which he was the president; an office he still holds, the other officers and stockholders being as follows: I). A. Fouck, secretary; Isaac

Levarson, treasurer; William Hasselman, Fred Schroder, B. F. Myer, Eli Buckland, H. D. Mack and A. Newmier, directors. The building is 45 x 50 feet and the machinery is com- I piece in every detail, operated by a six-horsepower engine with a twelve-horse boiler, and a capacity of 20,000 pounds milk daily, giving constant employment to two men.

Mr. Nutter was most happily married November 23, 1871, to Miss Elmira E., daughter of Joseph Oren, of Blanchard township, and this union has been blessed with the following children: Bertha G. (deceased), Oren C.,

Putnam C., Leroy D., Charles E. and Dean Me. In politics Mr. Nutter is a republican and has filled the office of township trustee. With his wife he is a member of the Protestant Methodist church of Blanchard township, and the social standing of the family is with the best people of the township and county. Although a comparatively young man, Mr. Nutter has manifested amazing business qualifications that have led to an undeniable success in all his undertakings, and he is a citizen well worthy of the high esteem in which he is held throughout Blanchard and surrounding townships.

As printed in A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Putnam counties, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all th (1896). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.