Person:George Nusbaumer (1)

GEORGE NUSBAUMER, farmer, Nottingham Township, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, August 11, 1842, son of Joseph and Barbara (Schwaller) Nusbaumer. His father was born in Sollatown, Switzerland, where he was reared to mechanical pursuits. He was married in Switzerland, and all of his children were born in that country except George. In 1842 the family immigrated to America, and at once located in Wayne County, Ohio. There the father followed farming and grocery keeping until 1863, when he removed to this county and settled in Nottingham Township, where his son, John J., bought a piece of land, and there the father died in September, 1865, and the mother in October, 1876. Both are buried in McDaniel’s cemetery. George was reared in his native county and resided there permanently until 1862, when he enlisted in the civil war for three years. While in the service his parents removed to Wells County, Indiana, where he also came in 1865 and bought forty acres of land where he now resides. About fifteen acres were cleared, but there were no improvements. Two years later he bought forty acres more, upon which had been built a log cabin, and there he removed his family. He built his present brick residence in 1875. Mr. Nusbaumer now owns 120 acres of land, of which seventy acres are cleared, He was married in Wayne County, Ohio, January 27, 1866, to Miss Catherine Hunsinger, a native of that county and daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Hunsinger. Her father was born in Baden, Germany, and was a weaver by trade. Her mother was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and from there removed to Wayne County, Ohio, where she was married. Both are living a retired life, the father at the age of eighty-six, and the mother seventy-seven. Mr. and Mrs. Nusbaumer have had ten children, of whom three, John F., Clark and Willie, are deceased. The living are—Elizabeth, Alpha Albertus, Barbara Ann, George Raymond, Phebe May, Vedie Zell and Jessie Lee. In August, 1862, Mr. Nusbaumer enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Infantry, the regiment rendezvousing at Cleveland. Thence they went to Covington, Kentucky, thence to Camp Delaware, Ohio, thence to Alexandria, Virginia, joining the Eleventh Army Corps, under General Franz Sigel. His first general engagement was at Chancellorsville. At that battle the bugler was killed, and Mr. Nusbaumer supplied his place, At the celebrated battle of Gettysburg he carried the right guide, and his regiment was one of the supports of Pickett's battery when they were attacked by the Louisiana Tigers, in the second day’s fight. Mr. Nusbaumer carried from the field the colors of the Eighth Louisiana Regiment, captured in the hand-to-hand fight over the guns. He next took part in the engagement at Fort Wagner, one of the defenses of Charleston, his division becoming a part of the Army of the Gulf. He took part in all the movements of his regiment until, in Florida, he was made a member of the regimental band, and during the last six months of the service he served in that capacity. He was discharged at Charleston, South Carolina, July 10, 1865, and returned home by way of New York to Cleveland; thence to Wayne County, Ohio; thence to Wells County three weeks later. He was a brave soldier, never shirking any duty, however arduous. In politics he is a Democrat. Himself and wife are members of the Christian church.