Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Nye, George L. 1845 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

GEORGE L. NYE.

George L. Nye, who for sixteen and a half years has been postmaster at Agency
and for twenty years has been on the soldiers' relief committee, stands for all
that is progressive in citizenship and his public-spirited devotion to the
general welfare has had many tangible evidences. He was born in Cass township,
Wapello county, on the 28th of September, 1845. There is scarcely a native-born
resident of the county older than he yet living. His father, W. A. Nye, was born
in Germany in 1825 and when a lad of eight years was brought by his parents to
the new world, the family home being established in Waverly, Ohio. He married
Rebecca Wicker and in the year 1845 became a resident of Iowa, taking up his
abode upon a farm in Cass township, Wapello county. Some years later he removed
to Ottumwa, where he spent two years, filling the office of county treasurer
during that period and for two years thereafter. His political allegiance was
given to the republican party, and he was frequently called upon to fill
township offices, the duties of which he discharged with promptness and
fidelity. To him and his wife were born five children: George L., John W.,
William A., Samuel A. and Mary.

The birthplace of George L. Nye was a log cabin, and he was reared amid the wild
scenes and environments of pioneer life. In his youthful days he aided in the
arduous task of developing a new farm, and he continued his residence in Cass
township until after the outbreak of the Civil war. In 1863 he responded to the
country's call for aid, joining Company B, Seventh Regiment of Iowa Infantry as
a private. He remained with that command until the close of the war and was on
active duty in the Indian country in Kansas and Nebraska. That was at a time
when the buffaloes roamed over the western prairies, and he saw thousands of
those animals.

When the country no longer needed his military aid, Mr. Nye returned to his home
and continued a resident of Cass township until 1869, when he removed to Agency
township, with the agricultural interests of which he has since been identified.
He owns valuable land which is highly cultivated and well improved, and he has
given demonstration of his ability as an enterprising, progressive
agriculturist. On the 15th of November, 1897, he received appointment to the
position of postmaster at Agency city and reappointment has continued him in the
office to the present time.

Mr. Nye was married in 1868 to Miss Sarah J. Dudley, who was born in a log cabin
in Agency township in 1847. They have become parents of six children: Charles
M., Minnie L., A. M., Fannie, William D. and Russell G. The name of Nye has long
figured in connection with the development and upbuilding of this section of the
state and has ever been a synonym for loyalty in citizenship and progress in
business. Mr. Nye has voted with the republican party since age conferred upon
him the right of franchise and in addition to the office which he is now
filling, he has been both trustee and clerk of his township. He was also a
member of the school board for a number of years and has ever been interested in
the cause of education. He belongs to Winslow Post, No. 107, G. A. R., and for
twenty years has been on the soldiers' relief committee, in which connection he
has done important work in behalf of his old army comrades who wore the blue
uniform during the darkest hour in the history of the republic. The family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church. For almost three score years and ten
Mr. Nye has been an interested witness of the changes which have occurred in his
part of the county and has first-hand knowledge of events which are to others
matters of history. He can speak authoritatively upon many questions relating to
the annals of Wapello county, for he has seen it merge from pioneer conditions
and take on all the evidences of a modern and progressive civilization.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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