Carroll-Marion County IN Archives Biographies.....Nace, Jacob H. 1850 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JACOB H. NACE.

   Among the magnificent farms situated near Delphi, in Deer Creek township,
Carroll county, Indiana, are fifty-two and three-fourths acres of fine land
belonging to Jacob H. Nace, the land being situated at the north edge of Delphi.

   Jacob H. Nace is a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, born on December 21,
1850. He is the son of Eli and Temperance (Chidister) Nace, the former of whom
was born in Pennsylvania and the latter, born in Ohio. They were married in
Guernsey county, Ohio, and had six children, of whom only two are living. The
children are, Thomas, William F., Martha, Ann, Edward, and Jacob H., the subject
of this sketch. Thomas, who was born on December 21, 1840, was a member of
Company F, Forty-sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was killed in
the Civil War. His twin brother, William F., was also in Company F, and was
wounded in the same battle in which his brother was killed, that of Champion's
Hill. William F. Nace served three years and two months and after the war
returned to Delphi, where he married Sarah F. Tabler, on February 15, 1876. He
was engaged in farming and lived in this county until his death, in 1907. He was
a member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Delphi. Mrs. William F. Nace,
who survived her husband, is living at Brookston, White county. Of the other
children, Martha married J. S. Clyne and died in. March, 1914, at Patton,
Indiana; Edward, who served during the Civil War in an Indiana regiment, died in
January, 1913; Ann is the widow of John Bailey, and lives at Patton; Jacob H. is
the subject of this sketch.

   Eli and Temperance (Chidister) Nace removed from Guernsey county, Ohio, to
Marion, Indiana, in 1851. Eli Nace there engaged in farming, in butchering and
in the operation of a canal boat, which he ran for six years from Lafayette to
Lagro. He was also engaged in the hotel business at Lagro.

   Jacob H. Nace was reared in Carroll county, Indiana, having come here when a
lad of six or seven years with his parents. His father farmed for about one year
after selling his canal boat and passed away in 1858. Mr. Nace's mother died in
December, 1876. She was a member of the New Light church. Jacob H. Nace received
a common-school education and, on March 18, 1875, was married to Margaret A.
Tabler, a daughter of Peter H. and Belinda (Daily) Tabler, the former of whom
was born in Harrison county, Indiana, and spent his early days in that county,
while the latter also was born in Harrison county. They had six children, five
of whom are living. The children are, Priscilla Jane, Martha, Margaret A.,
Sarah, John and Laura. Priscilla Jane is the widow of Doctor Sampson, who lived
at Brookston until his death, in 1913. Mrs. Sampson is still living at
Brooks-ton. Martha was the wife of John Shaffer. They lived at Corydon, Indiana,
but both are now deceased. Margaret is the wife of Mr. Nace. Sarah is the widow
of Frank Nace. John died at the age of two. Laura is the wife of Jacob Metz, of
Evanston, Illinois.

   Mrs. Nace's father was a farmer, who also learned the cooper's trade -when a
young man. He operated a general store at Bridgeport, Indiana, for a number of
years and then sold out and purchased the farm, where he passed the remainder of
his days, being eighty-two years old at the time of his death in 1900. His wife
had died many years previously, on November 4, 1858. They were members of the
Baptist church.

   Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Nace have had four children, three of whom are living,
namely: Estella is the wife of R. E. Crockett, of Michigan City, Indiana, and
has four children, Renwick, Robert, Ruth A. and Paul; Pearl is the wife of
George Arnold, assistant postmaster at Delphi; one child died in infancy; Hazel
is the wife of Everett Hollon, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and has one daughter,
Margaret.

   Mrs. Jacob H. Nace is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Delphi:
Mr. Nace, who is a Republican in politics, takes an active interest in the
councils of his party, although he has never been a candidate for office. He is
popular in the community where he lives.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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