BIO:  NUGENT, Martin, s/o Charles and Mary Nugent - Shelby Co, KY

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Contributed by: Phyllis Hill "phill@redrock.net"
September 27, 1998
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BIO:  NUGENT, Martin, s/o Charles & Mary Nugent

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net  (Phyllis Hill)

NUGENT   JOHNSON

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Elmore Twp., page 909

MARTIN NUGENT was born in Parke County, Ind., February 11, 1831, and is a son
of Charles and Mary Nugent, who were born in Shelby County, Ky., in 1800. The
father was a farmer.  He married in his native State, and came to Parke
County, Ind., and located on an eighty-acre tract given him by his father-
in-law.  In 1845 he took a trip to the Southern States, and the next year died
in Arkansas.  After the death of her husband the mother made her home with her
son Thomas.  She died in 1875.  Subject attended the subscription and free
schools about three months during the year.  He lived with his mother until
fourteen years old, and when fifteen years old, hired out as a farm hand to a
widow lady until he attained his majority.  At the expiration of that time he
remained six years longer as a renter.  When twenty years old he began
teaching school, which occupation he followed three winter terms, meeting with
good success.  March 2, 1859, he married Eliza C. Johnson, who was born in
Knox County, Ind., September 6, 1833.  To their union five children were born,
these three living:  Eugenia, Mary Elizabeth and Thomas. In 1859 Mr. Nugent
located on his 240-acre farm.  He now owns 400 acres of land, about 260 of
which being under cultivation.  As a farmer he is enter- prising and
successful, and as a citizen is highly esteemed by all who know him.  In
politics he is a stanch Republican, and cast his first vote for Fillmore.
September 8, 1874, his wife died, and since that time his daughter Eugenia has
kept house for him.

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