Lorin A. Vandervort

As printed in 1915

LORIN A. VANDERVORT.

It Is an axiom demonstrated by human experience that si man gets out of this life what be puts Into It with a reasonable Interest on his investment. The individual who Inherits a large estate and adds nothing to his fortune cannot be called a successful man. The man who starts in the world unaided and by sheer force of his will, forces ahead and at length attains a position of honor among his fellow citizens, is a success which can hardly 1* appreciated. To a considerable extent Lorin A. Vandervort Is a creditable example of the man who has succeeded by his own unaided efforts.

Lorin A. Vandervort was born on December 14. 1800. In Greene township. Clinton county. Ohio, and Is the son of Thaddeus H. and Minerva (Noble) Vandervort. the former of whom was born on October 30. 1KJ0, In Greene township, near New Antioeh. and died on July,". 1000. and the latter of whom was born In 1836. In Greene township, and died in June. 1011. Thaddeiis II. Vandervort was the son of Nicholas and Nancy Vandervort. Nicholas Vandervort was I torn at Columbia, near Cincinnati, in 1803, and his wife was born In Warren county. Ohio. Nicholas Vandervort was six years of age when brought to Clinton county. Ohio, where he grew to manhood and married. He was an earnest worker in the Christian church and lived a most useful life, at his death having been a resident of Clinton county for sixty-four years. He passed away on June 23. 1*70. and his wife on January 11, 1873. They had seven children besides Tbaddeus II.. the father of Lorin A., as follow: James M.. John M., Nicholas W.. Jonah S.. Paul C. William V. and one unnamed. Paul C. and William V. were soldiers In the Civil War. having been members of the Company R. Fortieth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The former dbtl of typhoid fever at Catlettsburg. Kentucky. February 8. 1802. The latter became a drummer boy and served throughout the war. being discharged at Atlanta. Georgia, In December. 1804. He came home, was married and died on April 14. 1880.

The ancestry of the Vandervort family goes back to Michael Paul us Van Der Voort. who came from East Flanders, the region of Deudermonde. prior to 1040 and located In New Amsterdam, now New York. The records show that Michael Paulus Van Der Voort whs married to Marie Rapalye on November 1S. 1040. and their marriage Is the fifth recorded In New Amsterdam. Among their children Is one son. Paul, who was baptized on January 3, 1648. He married Lysbetb Paul us Deickson and they bad one son, who was called I'aul and who was born at Bedford, Long I Bland, and baptized In 1GS1. He married Nultze Staats and they bad a son, Nicholas, born at Bedford, Long Island. Subsequently, the family moved to Orange county, New York, where Nicholas married Abigail Halstead and they bad six children: John, Martha, Paul, Peter, William and Jonah.

Jonah settled In Clinton county and sat on the first Jury impaneled in Clinton county in 1SH). He was born at Shopberdstown. Virginia, May UO. 17tf!4. was married to Jane Tihbs, March 52>, 175X1. and moved to the Northwest Territory in 1800. locating at Colunibin, now within the city limits of Cluelnnnti. He died at New Antloch in 1N42 and she died in 1S4&. Jonah bad eleven children, six sons and five daughters, among whom was Nicholas, the father of Tbaddeus nd grandfather of Lorin A. The descendants of Jonah now number about four hundred souls scattered over eight different states.

Mr. Vandervorfs maternal grandfather, Klisba Noble, who married a Miss Matthews, was one of the contractors who assisted in the erection of the present court house at Wilmington, about 1S3*. He lived on a farm near New Vienna. In Green township. Minerva Noble was one of eight children born to her parents: Klisba and John M.. the two eldest, now deceased; Mrs. Vandervort: Mrs., Melinda Elliot: Mrx. Emily Slocum: Mrs. Spear; Mrs. Williams. nd Mrs. Bowers, When a child Minerva Noble made her home with Doctor Kunnells at New Antloch ami was living with them at the time of her marriage to Tbaddeus II. Vnndervort.

Tbaddeus II. Vnndervort grew up on a farm in <Jrceu township and attended the public schools at New Antloch. After his marriage he drove a huckster wagon for Wilson's store at New Antioch. but subsequently rented a farm at Snow Hill. Later he purchased a farm two and one-half miles north of New Antloch In Green township, where he lived until his death. He added to his farm from time to time until he owned two hundred acres. He was a Republican and served several years as township trustee. He was well known in Clinton county as a hoe raiser. Mr. and Mrs., Tbaddeus II. Vandervort belonged to the Christian church at New Antioch. They had eight children: Andrew T. who married Mice Devers and lives on a farm in Washington township; William, who lives in Trumbull county. Ohio, where he Is a farmer; Lorin A., the subject of this sketch; Nannie J., who married It. It. Vandervort, a distant cousin, and lives near Jamestown. Ohio, where he is a fruit grower: Mary E.. wl'o married Frank Hare, and lives on a farm In Jefferson township; E. Bert, who lives on his father's place, In Green township: James S.. who Is a farmer In Trumbull.-county. Ohio; ami Nettie, who married Samuel Trntim, a minister in the Christian church at Meadvltle. Pennsylvania.

Lorin A. Vandervort was educated In the public schools of Green township, assisting Ids father on the farm until he was twenty-one years old. at which time he was married. After his marriage be lived on his father In law's farm in Colon township for ten years, and. in 1*02. purchased one hundred acres of land from the Catherine Glass farm. Since that time he has added fitly-our acres, the farm now consisting of one hundred and fifty-one acres altogether. The bouse In which Mr. and Mrs. Vandervort live was built In 1*'.H.

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Mr. and Mrs. Vandervort belong to the Walnut Street Christian church in Wilmington, where Mr. Vandervort has served as a deacon. Mr. Vandervort is a Republican.

As printed in History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.