Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Nurre, Henry 1814 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com March 8, 2012, 9:31 pm Source: Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa Author: Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa, Volume 2, page 720 HENRY NURRE, farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Brown's Station; he was born in Oldenburg, Germany in 1814; emigrated to America in 1836; arrived in Baltimore in June; went from there to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Pittsburg and Cincinnati; he came to Clinton County, Iowa in 1840 and has been a resident of Waterford Township the greater part of the time since. He was a member of the County Board of Supervisors five years, and was elected Chairman of the body in 1878; he is Justice of the Peace, which office he has held fourteen consecutive years; he has also held various township and school offices. Mr. Nurre has been married three times; he married Mary Fehring in 1844 in Cincinnati, Ohio; she died August 24, 1855. Second wife was Anna A. Aldehirt, a native of Germany; she died in 1860. Present wife, Elizabeth Finke; she had three children by a former marriage-John, Mary(now Mrs. Joseph G. Nurre) and Elizabeth. Mr. Nurre's children are Joseph G. and Katherine(now Mrs. John Reiff). Mr. Nurre and wife are members of the Catholic Church; he is a Democrat. He owns 440 acres of land, and is one of the first farmers of Waterford Township. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/nurre274gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb