NOLD BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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NOLD, Joseph B. - b: 1868 Pilot Grove, Cooper Co, MO
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 458
residence: Bear Creek Twp

Joseph B. Nold. The section of country tributary to Montrose is one of the richest 
and most productive sections of Missouri and is noted for its fine farms and 
beautiful and well-kept homes. Combined with a rich soil, well watered, and 
which is highly productive, is an excellent class of industrious and ambitious 
farmers who are constantly endeavoring to improve their properties and to make 
the surroundings more attractive to the eye and more comfortable as places of 
residence. The farm of Joseph B. Nold of Bear Creek township just east of 
Montrose is a splendid example of what ambition and industry will accomplish in 
the course of a few years. This farm consists of 160 acres in the home place and 
100 acres which Mr. Nold has recently sold to his brother. The land has on it fifty 
acres of timber, bordering on Bear Creek, and is well watered at all seasons of 
the year. Mr. Nold has a fine farm residence, a large barn covered with iron 
sheeting, sixty by seventy-two feet, two silos twelve by thirty feet, one of 
which is built of glazed tile. Mr. Nold is a breeder and feeder of shorthorn cattle, 
and feeds large numbers of cattle and hogs. For a number of years he has been 
engaged in the buying and shipping of live stock and handles from 50 to 100 loads 
annually. Joseph B. Nold was born at Pilot Grove, Cooper County, Missouri, in 1868 
and is the son of Albert Nold, who was born in Germany in 1843 and accompanied 
his parents to America in 1850. The Nolds first settled at Cincinnati, Ohio and 
then moved to Illinois, making a settlement in Cooper County, Missouri, in 1868. 
Charles Nold, a brother, brought the first threshing outfit to Cooper County. 
Albert Nold has prospered as he deserved and accumulated a farm of 240 acres in 
Cooper County, near Pilot Grove. He also owned another tract of seventy-five 
acres, but has recently sold his Cooper County land and moved to Montrose, 
Missouri, in August, 1918. His wife was Catherine Felton; born in Germany in 
1847, the daughter of Bertram Felton, who came to America in 1850, and settled 
in Cooper County, Missouri, during the Civil War. Bushwhackers robbed him of 
everything that he owned during the war, and he had a very hard time of it for a 
number of years. There were eleven children born to Albert and Catherine Nold, as 
follows: Joseph B., Max, Edward, Albert, John, Lee, and William, all living in Henry 
County; Mrs. Lena Neckerman, Mrs. Katie Grotzinger, Mrs. Anna Stoecklein, living 
in Cooper County; Mrs. Freda Brzuchalski, Henry County, Missouri. In 1893 Joseph 
B. Nold began his own career in Cooper County, Missouri, and became owner of a 
farm in that county. He disposed of his holdings there in 1909 and came to 
Montrose, Henry County, and invested in 160 acres of land to which he added 100 
acres. He is of the opinion that there is no better section of country in Missouri 
than the Montrose neighborhood. Mr. Nold was married in 1893 to Miss Mary A. 
Neckerman, who was born in Cooper County, Missouri, the daughter of Andrew and 
Barbara Neckerman, natives of Germany, who were pioneer settlers of that 
county. Mr. and Mrs. Nold have five children: Albert A., aged eighteen years; Lena, 
aged sixteen years; Lovina, aged fourteen; Frank, twelve years old; and Theresia, 
aged ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Nold are also rearing an orphan girl, Christina, and 
have an adopted son, Andrew, aged twenty-eight years, now a private in the 
National Army, in France. The Republican party has always had the support of 
Joseph B. Nold, and he is now serving as trustee of Bear Creek township. He and 
his family are members of the Montrose Catholic Church. He is fraternally 
affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Knights of America, and 
takes a prominent and influential part in the deliberations of these bodies. Mr. 
Nold is universally recognized as a citizen of honor and integrity and his place 
among the really successful men of Henry County is well established.

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