Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameNathan Allen Van Osdal 
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132Birth25 May 1813, , Fayette Co, PA
Death10 Dec 1887, Allensville, Ohio Co., IN132
FatherBenjamin Vanosdal (1771-1848)
MotherRebecca Reese (1779-1844)
Misc. Notes
SOURCE- Book- History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana, 1885. (Compiled and contributed by Richard Weightman: I extracted only those names that appeared to connect with families that I was following)
p 590- Samuel HANNA, died 1858, aged 83
Elizabeth, wife of Samuel HANNA, died 1843, aged 71
- New Hope Methodist Episcopal Church, organized 1839- members:
VANOSDAL, Nathan and wife, Elizabeth
VANOSDAL, John and wife, Nancy
p 590- Samuel HANNA, died 1858, aged 83
Elizabeth, wife of Samuel HANNA, died 1843, aged 71
- New Hope Methodist Episcopal Church, organized 1839- members:
VANOSDAL, Nathan and wife, Elizabeth
VANOSDAL, John and wife, Nancy
Misc. Notes
Nathan Allen Van Osdol, Ohio County, IN ca. 1885
Posted by John Krall <jakrall@aol.com> on Thu, 01 Jul 1999
Surname: Van Osdol, Crowley, Mulford, Sedam, Richmond
Nathan Allen VAN OSDOL, farmer, Cass Township [Ohio County, IN], born in Fayette County, Penn., May 25, 1813, is a son of Benjamin and Rebecca VAN OSDOL, natives of Pennsylvania, who removed to Indiana in 1816, coming down the river in a flat-boat to Rising Sun, where they landed in th summer of that year and located about three miles west of Rising Sun. Mr. VAN OSDOL was a carpenter and mill-wright by trade, which occupation he followed the greater portion of his life. He was a true type of the pioneer — an honest, hard working man. They brought four children with them from Pennsylvania, of whom Nathan Allen was the youngest, and is the only one now living [1885]. Mr. VAN OSDOL [Benjamin] died September 12, 1848, aged seventy-one years. His widow died March 5, 1844, aged sixty-five years. Nathan Allen, who was a child of three years of age when brought to this then wilderness, grew to manhood, fully acquainted with pioneer life, and has remained a citizen of Ohio County through his entire life. For several years, in his early life, he followed boating on the river, then settled upon a farm, and his since made farming his principal business. He started out in life, when sixteen years of age, with a capital consisting of one calf, which he sold for $1. He worked by the month, for which he was paid $3.50, and the highest wages he ever obtained was $8.00 per month. In the harvest field he could sometimes get 50 cents for reaping hard all day. Through all these experiences Mr. VAN OSDOL has passed, and by industry and economy has accumulated a competency, now owning a farm of 155 acres, with good improvements. He was married June 30, 1836; to Elizabeth CROWLEY, a daughter of James and Elizabeth CROWLEY, natives of Virginia. Mr. CROWLEY drowned in the river, in his native State, in 1817. Subsequently Mrs. CROWLEY
married David MULFORD, and in 1820 removed to Indiana and settled near Dillsborough, and there and in Ohio County spent the balance of her life. She died February 6, 1868, aged seventy-seven years. By her first husband she had one son and three daughters; two now survive, Van S. and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. VAN OSDOL are parents of twelve children, seven now survive: Melissa, wife of Peter RICHMOND; Boston W., John, William Wesley, Charles L., Mary Elizabeth, wife of Andrew SEDAM, and Benjamin Franklin. Of these John and Charles L. are practicing physicians in Allensville, Switzerland Co., Ind. Of those deceased, three died young, two grew to womanhood: Margaret Ann and Nancy Jane; the former died, aged twenty-seven years, the latter at nineteen years of age. Mr. VAN OSDOL and wife have been active members of the New Hope Methodist Epicopal Church for forty-five years, in which he has been a pillar, doing much for the best interests of the society.
from:
History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, F. E. Weakley & Co., Publishers, Chicago, 1885, pages 956-7.
Posted by John Krall <jakrall@aol.com> on Thu, 01 Jul 1999
Surname: Van Osdol, Crowley, Mulford, Sedam, Richmond
Nathan Allen VAN OSDOL, farmer, Cass Township [Ohio County, IN], born in Fayette County, Penn., May 25, 1813, is a son of Benjamin and Rebecca VAN OSDOL, natives of Pennsylvania, who removed to Indiana in 1816, coming down the river in a flat-boat to Rising Sun, where they landed in th summer of that year and located about three miles west of Rising Sun. Mr. VAN OSDOL was a carpenter and mill-wright by trade, which occupation he followed the greater portion of his life. He was a true type of the pioneer — an honest, hard working man. They brought four children with them from Pennsylvania, of whom Nathan Allen was the youngest, and is the only one now living [1885]. Mr. VAN OSDOL [Benjamin] died September 12, 1848, aged seventy-one years. His widow died March 5, 1844, aged sixty-five years. Nathan Allen, who was a child of three years of age when brought to this then wilderness, grew to manhood, fully acquainted with pioneer life, and has remained a citizen of Ohio County through his entire life. For several years, in his early life, he followed boating on the river, then settled upon a farm, and his since made farming his principal business. He started out in life, when sixteen years of age, with a capital consisting of one calf, which he sold for $1. He worked by the month, for which he was paid $3.50, and the highest wages he ever obtained was $8.00 per month. In the harvest field he could sometimes get 50 cents for reaping hard all day. Through all these experiences Mr. VAN OSDOL has passed, and by industry and economy has accumulated a competency, now owning a farm of 155 acres, with good improvements. He was married June 30, 1836; to Elizabeth CROWLEY, a daughter of James and Elizabeth CROWLEY, natives of Virginia. Mr. CROWLEY drowned in the river, in his native State, in 1817. Subsequently Mrs. CROWLEY
married David MULFORD, and in 1820 removed to Indiana and settled near Dillsborough, and there and in Ohio County spent the balance of her life. She died February 6, 1868, aged seventy-seven years. By her first husband she had one son and three daughters; two now survive, Van S. and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. VAN OSDOL are parents of twelve children, seven now survive: Melissa, wife of Peter RICHMOND; Boston W., John, William Wesley, Charles L., Mary Elizabeth, wife of Andrew SEDAM, and Benjamin Franklin. Of these John and Charles L. are practicing physicians in Allensville, Switzerland Co., Ind. Of those deceased, three died young, two grew to womanhood: Margaret Ann and Nancy Jane; the former died, aged twenty-seven years, the latter at nineteen years of age. Mr. VAN OSDOL and wife have been active members of the New Hope Methodist Epicopal Church for forty-five years, in which he has been a pillar, doing much for the best interests of the society.
from:
History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, F. E. Weakley & Co., Publishers, Chicago, 1885, pages 956-7.