CARROLL COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: NIBLICK, JESSE (Lewis Publishing, 1887)

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887
Page 522-523

        JESSE NIBLICK, senior member of the firm of Niblick, Crawford &
Sons, of Decatur, is a native of Ohio, born in what is now Carroll County,
August 12, 1826, a son of James and Anna (Carter) Niblick. His father was a
native of Ireland, born January 19, 1803, and brought to America by his
parents, and was reared in New York City and Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He
was a cooper by trade, which he followed until coming to Adams County,
Indiana, in November, 1836, when he engaged in farming in Washington
Township, near Decatur. In 1869 he removed to Warrensburg, Missouri, where
he died a few weeks afterward at the age of sixty-nine years. He was a
consistent Christian and at his death a member of the Presbyterian church.
In politics he affiliated with the Democratic party, and at different times
filled minor offices. The mother of our subject was of English ancestry,
born in the State of Maryland, and reared in Carroll County, Ohio, where
she married to Mr. Niblick. She died near Decatur, August 12, 1838. She was
an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of the eight children
born to the parents four still survive -Robert, a farmer of Kirkland
Township; Jesse, our subject; Adaline, wife of James Daily, of Wells
County, Indiana; Mary Jane, wife of Sigmond Openheim, of Bluffton. Jesse
Niblick was but ten years of age when brought by his parents to Adams
County, and here he has since lived with the exception of one year which he
spent in Fremont, Ohio, attending school, and here he received the
rudiments of his education. In his youth he learned the shoemaker's trade,
and in 1846 engaged in the boot and shoe business for himself. October 16,
1851, he was married at Decatur, to Miss Catherine Closs, who was brought
from her native country (Germany) by her parents, John and Catherine
(Sougadiffer) Closs, in her girlhood. Eight children have been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Niblick, seven of whom are yet living -William, cashier of the
Adams County Bank; John, a member of the firm of Niblick, Crawford & Sons;
James K., clerking in a mercantile establishment; Mary; Amelia; Charles, a
bookkeeper in the Adams County Bank, and Daniel, attending school at
Decatur. Mr. Niblick dealt in boots and shoes until 1866, when he engaged
in general merchandising with John Crawford, under the firm name being
changed to Niblick, Crawford & Sons, a son of each having been admitted as
partners. In 1871 Mr. Niblick, in company with J.D. Nutman, engaged in a
private banking business in the name of the Adams County Bank, Niblick &
Nutman, bankers. David Studabaker and R.B. Allison afterward became
associated with them, when the bank was duly organized under the State
laws, and Mr. Niblick was elected a director and its first president. He
was succeeded by R.B. Allison as president. Being one of the organizers and
a stockholder in the Eagle Manufacturing Company of Decatur, Mr. Niblick
was elected one of its directors. Politically Mr. Niblick cast his suffrage
with the Democratic party. In 1848 he was elected clerk of Washington
Township, and from that year until 1865 he was either clerk or trustee of
that township, and sometimes held both offices at the same time. In the
fall of 1865 he was elected treasurer of Adams County, and re-elected in
1867, serving in that office four years to the entire satisfaction of his
constitutes, and since 1870 has held the office of village trustee or
councilman. He is one of the prominent and public-spirited citizens of
Decatur, and is always ready to aid in any enterprise which he deems of
benefit to his town or county. Mrs. Niblick and her children, with the
exception of William, are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Decatur.


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