William S. Nesbit
Born April 10, 1828 in Perry County, Pa. Died Nov. 20, 1904
Married twice. First wife, Harriet Kennedy, died in 1869. Of this union three sons and four daughters, with one son and three daughters still living at his death.
Married Adeline Horting February 4, 1874. Of this union were born four sons and one daughter. William Arthur, Walter F., Harry, Al, and Ella.
William "Doc" Nesbit was a Veterinarian in Biggsville, Illinois, who had "no enemy in the world" according to his obituary. in 1896 he apparently caught religion and joined the U.P. Church in Biggsville. He was buried in the Biggsville cemetary near the west end of the older part with his 2nd wife, Adeline, buried next to him.
Although we have no obituary for Adeline, by word of mouth, she was Pennsylvania Dutch. The name Horting substantiates this.
Sibling
- John A. of Phelps: assumed to be near Monmouth since Adeline and Ella attended the funeral. Word of mouth indicates that he had a farm and was well off.
Children
- Al Nesbit: had two sons named Leland and Merele. Al died at an early age. Leland became a telegrapher for the railroad in Oquawka, Ill. while Merele started out as a salesman for a paper company in Quincy, Ill., taking over a small cheese plant near Pittsfield and building up a milk-replacer for calves out of the by-products of the cheese industry and other surplus items from milk. The business grew, and he eventually sold it to Cudahey and retired.
- Harry Nesbit: had a farm near Albia, Iowa and had one son and one daughter
- Walter F. Nesbit: was a telegbrapher for the Burlington railroad. He married Helen Fuller, having three children named Darwin, Marion, and Grace. Never got laid off, even during the depths of the Depression. Helen's brother Warren was a vice-president of the Burlington. he inherited one farm through the Fuller connection and purchased more at Depression prices, one of which William A. Nesbit rented after moving from Colorado.
Helen shot herself in 1932. In 1938 he married a widow, Nellie Palmer. Walter died in January 1952. There was a fight over the will.
- William Arthur Nesbit
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