Civil War Information
Name: Nelson B Lafferty
Enlistment Date: 13 June 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1850 1850
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 June 1861 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company D, 24th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 June 1861.
Received a disability discharge Company D, 24th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 October 1862 in Nashville, TN
Regiment: 24th Infantry Regiment OH
Date Mustered: 24 July 1864
Regiment Type: Infantry
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 6 Regimental History
Civil War Information
Nelson B Lafferty
Enlistment Date: 10 November 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1718 1718
Service Record: Enlisted as a Assistant Surgeon on 10 November 1863 at the age of 24
Commission in Company S, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Ohio on 10 November 1863.
Resigned Company S, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Ohio on 09 January 1865
Regiment: 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment OH
Date Mustered: 25 July 1865
Regiment Type: Heavy Artillery
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 6
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 62
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2
"The News-Herald" Hillsboro, Ohio
November 13, 1913, Image 1
Death of Dr. Lafferty
Prominent Citizen Passes Away at His Home Here on Sunday---Funeral Tuesday
Dr. N. B. Lafferty died at his home on W. Walnut street Sunday morning. While he had been a sufferer with asthma for many years, he had only been confined to the house for a couple of weeks.
Death was due to asthma with complications of heart trouble.
The funeral services were held at the late residence Tuesday morning, conducted by the Masonic Order, Dr. W. H. Shields assisting. Interment was made at High Top Cemetery near Samantha.
The following sketch of the life of Nelson B. Lafferty, written for the History of Adams County, by his life long friend, the late Capt. Nelson B. Evans, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was read at the funeral:
Nelson Barrere Lafferty was born in West Union, Ohio, January 6, 1840. He was the son of Joseph West Lafferty and Elizabeth Burwell Lafferty.
The writer became acquainted with Dr. Lafferty when he was seven years of age, and if he was ever a boy after that date, the writer has no recollection of it. He always wanted to be with men, to listen to their conversation, and to learn all he could.
While he enjoyed the sports of boyhood, his consuming ambition, and one which was always gratified was to be with men and learn of them.
He received a common school education prior to 1858, and in that year began to read medicine in the offices of Drs. Coleman & Coates, in West Union, Ohio.
He read for two years and a half and attended his first course of Lectures at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in the winter of 1860 and 1861.
When he returned home in the spring of 1861, the tocsin of war had sounded and he enlisted in Company D, 24th O.V.I. on May 27, 1861, and on June 27, 1861, was mustered into U.S. service for three years.
As the result afterwards demonstrated, he could not stand the hardships of service, but he never stopped to consider this. It was a question of patriotism only with him, if the Government would take him he was bound to go, and did go. Company D, 24th O.V.I. was the first offering of Adams County in the Civil War, and to have been a member in that Company is, in Adams County, better than a patent of mobility.
After something over a year's service he came home on account of his health, resumed his medical studies, took his second course of Lectures at the Starling Medical College and was graduated in the spring of 1863.
He at once determined to re-enter the army as a medical officer as soon as his health would permit. In August 1863, he passed the necessary medical examination required for a Surgeon in the Volunteers.
November 10th, 1863, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the First Ohio Heavy Artillery for three years and served as such until Janary 9th, 1865, when he resigned on account of ill health and started for home. On his way home, he stopped in Nashville where he unexpectedly met the Medical Director of the Army of the Cumberland, who insisted on him entering the Hospital Service and on February 3, 1865, he again entered the service as an Assistant Surgeon of the Army and continued as such to the close of the war.
In May 1865, he returned home and located in North Liberty, Ohio, in the practice of his profession, and there continued to practice for twenty-one years.
On February 4, 1880, he was married to Miss Catharine Holmes of Hillsboro, Ohio. There are three children to this marriage, Louise, Fred and Alice.
In 1886, he removed from North Liberty to Hillsboro, Ohio and retired from active practice on account of physical infirmities.
As a physician Dr. Lafferty was thoroughly read, and was among the leaders of his profession. In medical ethics he was fully informed and he believed in and maintained the highest standing for his profession.
In whatever he undertook he was an enthusiast and was bound to his friends by hooks of steel. He was in favor of high standing in every avocation of life. His interest in the affairs of County and State were always as intense as on that May day when, as a youth, he went into the Army and he ever believed in that pure and good manhood to which he so early aspired in childhood.
As to his religious convictions he was a firm believer in the Bible and trusted along in the gospel plan for salvation.
"The Hillsboro Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio November 14, 1913
Death of Dr. N. B. Lafferty
Dr. N. B. Lafferty died at his home in this city at about noon last Sunday after an illness of only a short duration. Dr. Lafferty was born in Adams county in 1840 and resided there until 1886 when he removed to this city from North Liberty.
During the Civil War he was a member of Co. D 24th O.V.I. and served with that organization until the close of hostile ties.
He is survived by his wife and three children, two daughters and one son.
The funeral services were held at his late residence on West Walnut Street last Tuesday morning, conducted by Dr. W. H. Shields, of the Presbyterian Church. The Masonic Lodge, of which he had been a member, also conducted the services of that Order at the house after which the remains were taken to the Quaker Hill Cemetery, near Samantha, for interment.
"The Hillsboro Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio
December 12, 1913
Resolutions of Respect
In the infinite wisdom of the Grand Master of the Universe. He has seen fit to call from among us our comrade, Nelson B. Lafferty.
Therefore be it resolved, by John M. Barrere Post No. 205, Dept. of Ohio, G. A. R. that in the death of comrade Lafferty we deplore the loss of a good and useful comrade, a brave soldier, a true citizen and a kind-hearted neighbor; to the wife, a loving husband, the children, a kind and cherished father whose presence will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Resolved, that our sympathies be tendered to the family and friends of the deceased in this their sad bereavement.
Gilbert Holmes, John Winegardner, Jacob Grove, Committee
Name: Nelson B Lafferty
Enlistment Date: 13 June 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1850 1850
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 June 1861 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company D, 24th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 June 1861.
Received a disability discharge Company D, 24th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 October 1862 in Nashville, TN
Regiment: 24th Infantry Regiment OH
Date Mustered: 24 July 1864
Regiment Type: Infantry
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 6 Regimental History
Civil War Information
Nelson B Lafferty
Enlistment Date: 10 November 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1718 1718
Service Record: Enlisted as a Assistant Surgeon on 10 November 1863 at the age of 24
Commission in Company S, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Ohio on 10 November 1863.
Resigned Company S, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Ohio on 09 January 1865
Regiment: 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment OH
Date Mustered: 25 July 1865
Regiment Type: Heavy Artillery
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 6
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 62
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2
"The News-Herald" Hillsboro, Ohio
November 13, 1913, Image 1
Death of Dr. Lafferty
Prominent Citizen Passes Away at His Home Here on Sunday---Funeral Tuesday
Dr. N. B. Lafferty died at his home on W. Walnut street Sunday morning. While he had been a sufferer with asthma for many years, he had only been confined to the house for a couple of weeks.
Death was due to asthma with complications of heart trouble.
The funeral services were held at the late residence Tuesday morning, conducted by the Masonic Order, Dr. W. H. Shields assisting. Interment was made at High Top Cemetery near Samantha.
The following sketch of the life of Nelson B. Lafferty, written for the History of Adams County, by his life long friend, the late Capt. Nelson B. Evans, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was read at the funeral:
Nelson Barrere Lafferty was born in West Union, Ohio, January 6, 1840. He was the son of Joseph West Lafferty and Elizabeth Burwell Lafferty.
The writer became acquainted with Dr. Lafferty when he was seven years of age, and if he was ever a boy after that date, the writer has no recollection of it. He always wanted to be with men, to listen to their conversation, and to learn all he could.
While he enjoyed the sports of boyhood, his consuming ambition, and one which was always gratified was to be with men and learn of them.
He received a common school education prior to 1858, and in that year began to read medicine in the offices of Drs. Coleman & Coates, in West Union, Ohio.
He read for two years and a half and attended his first course of Lectures at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in the winter of 1860 and 1861.
When he returned home in the spring of 1861, the tocsin of war had sounded and he enlisted in Company D, 24th O.V.I. on May 27, 1861, and on June 27, 1861, was mustered into U.S. service for three years.
As the result afterwards demonstrated, he could not stand the hardships of service, but he never stopped to consider this. It was a question of patriotism only with him, if the Government would take him he was bound to go, and did go. Company D, 24th O.V.I. was the first offering of Adams County in the Civil War, and to have been a member in that Company is, in Adams County, better than a patent of mobility.
After something over a year's service he came home on account of his health, resumed his medical studies, took his second course of Lectures at the Starling Medical College and was graduated in the spring of 1863.
He at once determined to re-enter the army as a medical officer as soon as his health would permit. In August 1863, he passed the necessary medical examination required for a Surgeon in the Volunteers.
November 10th, 1863, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the First Ohio Heavy Artillery for three years and served as such until Janary 9th, 1865, when he resigned on account of ill health and started for home. On his way home, he stopped in Nashville where he unexpectedly met the Medical Director of the Army of the Cumberland, who insisted on him entering the Hospital Service and on February 3, 1865, he again entered the service as an Assistant Surgeon of the Army and continued as such to the close of the war.
In May 1865, he returned home and located in North Liberty, Ohio, in the practice of his profession, and there continued to practice for twenty-one years.
On February 4, 1880, he was married to Miss Catharine Holmes of Hillsboro, Ohio. There are three children to this marriage, Louise, Fred and Alice.
In 1886, he removed from North Liberty to Hillsboro, Ohio and retired from active practice on account of physical infirmities.
As a physician Dr. Lafferty was thoroughly read, and was among the leaders of his profession. In medical ethics he was fully informed and he believed in and maintained the highest standing for his profession.
In whatever he undertook he was an enthusiast and was bound to his friends by hooks of steel. He was in favor of high standing in every avocation of life. His interest in the affairs of County and State were always as intense as on that May day when, as a youth, he went into the Army and he ever believed in that pure and good manhood to which he so early aspired in childhood.
As to his religious convictions he was a firm believer in the Bible and trusted along in the gospel plan for salvation.
"The Hillsboro Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio November 14, 1913
Death of Dr. N. B. Lafferty
Dr. N. B. Lafferty died at his home in this city at about noon last Sunday after an illness of only a short duration. Dr. Lafferty was born in Adams county in 1840 and resided there until 1886 when he removed to this city from North Liberty.
During the Civil War he was a member of Co. D 24th O.V.I. and served with that organization until the close of hostile ties.
He is survived by his wife and three children, two daughters and one son.
The funeral services were held at his late residence on West Walnut Street last Tuesday morning, conducted by Dr. W. H. Shields, of the Presbyterian Church. The Masonic Lodge, of which he had been a member, also conducted the services of that Order at the house after which the remains were taken to the Quaker Hill Cemetery, near Samantha, for interment.
"The Hillsboro Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio
December 12, 1913
Resolutions of Respect
In the infinite wisdom of the Grand Master of the Universe. He has seen fit to call from among us our comrade, Nelson B. Lafferty.
Therefore be it resolved, by John M. Barrere Post No. 205, Dept. of Ohio, G. A. R. that in the death of comrade Lafferty we deplore the loss of a good and useful comrade, a brave soldier, a true citizen and a kind-hearted neighbor; to the wife, a loving husband, the children, a kind and cherished father whose presence will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Resolved, that our sympathies be tendered to the family and friends of the deceased in this their sad bereavement.
Gilbert Holmes, John Winegardner, Jacob Grove, Committee
Civil War Information
Name: Nelson B Lafferty
Enlistment Date: 13 June 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1850 1850
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 June 1861 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company D, 24th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 June 1861.
Received a disability discharge Company D, 24th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 October 1862 in Nashville, TN
Regiment: 24th Infantry Regiment OH
Date Mustered: 24 July 1864
Regiment Type: Infantry
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 6 Regimental History
Civil War Information
Nelson B Lafferty
Enlistment Date: 10 November 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1718 1718
Service Record: Enlisted as a Assistant Surgeon on 10 November 1863 at the age of 24
Commission in Company S, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Ohio on 10 November 1863.
Resigned Company S, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Ohio on 09 January 1865
Regiment: 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment OH
Date Mustered: 25 July 1865
Regiment Type: Heavy Artillery
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 6
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 62
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2
"The News-Herald" Hillsboro, Ohio
November 13, 1913, Image 1
Death of Dr. Lafferty
Prominent Citizen Passes Away at His Home Here on Sunday---Funeral Tuesday
Dr. N. B. Lafferty died at his home on W. Walnut street Sunday morning. While he had been a sufferer with asthma for many years, he had only been confined to the house for a couple of weeks.
Death was due to asthma with complications of heart trouble.
The funeral services were held at the late residence Tuesday morning, conducted by the Masonic Order, Dr. W. H. Shields assisting. Interment was made at High Top Cemetery near Samantha.
The following sketch of the life of Nelson B. Lafferty, written for the History of Adams County, by his life long friend, the late Capt. Nelson B. Evans, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was read at the funeral:
Nelson Barrere Lafferty was born in West Union, Ohio, January 6, 1840. He was the son of Joseph West Lafferty and Elizabeth Burwell Lafferty.
The writer became acquainted with Dr. Lafferty when he was seven years of age, and if he was ever a boy after that date, the writer has no recollection of it. He always wanted to be with men, to listen to their conversation, and to learn all he could.
While he enjoyed the sports of boyhood, his consuming ambition, and one which was always gratified was to be with men and learn of them.
He received a common school education prior to 1858, and in that year began to read medicine in the offices of Drs. Coleman & Coates, in West Union, Ohio.
He read for two years and a half and attended his first course of Lectures at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in the winter of 1860 and 1861.
When he returned home in the spring of 1861, the tocsin of war had sounded and he enlisted in Company D, 24th O.V.I. on May 27, 1861, and on June 27, 1861, was mustered into U.S. service for three years.
As the result afterwards demonstrated, he could not stand the hardships of service, but he never stopped to consider this. It was a question of patriotism only with him, if the Government would take him he was bound to go, and did go. Company D, 24th O.V.I. was the first offering of Adams County in the Civil War, and to have been a member in that Company is, in Adams County, better than a patent of mobility.
After something over a year's service he came home on account of his health, resumed his medical studies, took his second course of Lectures at the Starling Medical College and was graduated in the spring of 1863.
He at once determined to re-enter the army as a medical officer as soon as his health would permit. In August 1863, he passed the necessary medical examination required for a Surgeon in the Volunteers.
November 10th, 1863, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the First Ohio Heavy Artillery for three years and served as such until Janary 9th, 1865, when he resigned on account of ill health and started for home. On his way home, he stopped in Nashville where he unexpectedly met the Medical Director of the Army of the Cumberland, who insisted on him entering the Hospital Service and on February 3, 1865, he again entered the service as an Assistant Surgeon of the Army and continued as such to the close of the war.
In May 1865, he returned home and located in North Liberty, Ohio, in the practice of his profession, and there continued to practice for twenty-one years.
On February 4, 1880, he was married to Miss Catharine Holmes of Hillsboro, Ohio. There are three children to this marriage, Louise, Fred and Alice.
In 1886, he removed from North Liberty to Hillsboro, Ohio and retired from active practice on account of physical infirmities.
As a physician Dr. Lafferty was thoroughly read, and was among the leaders of his profession. In medical ethics he was fully informed and he believed in and maintained the highest standing for his profession.
In whatever he undertook he was an enthusiast and was bound to his friends by hooks of steel. He was in favor of high standing in every avocation of life. His interest in the affairs of County and State were always as intense as on that May day when, as a youth, he went into the Army and he ever believed in that pure and good manhood to which he so early aspired in childhood.
As to his religious convictions he was a firm believer in the Bible and trusted along in the gospel plan for salvation.
"The Hillsboro Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio November 14, 1913
Death of Dr. N. B. Lafferty
Dr. N. B. Lafferty died at his home in this city at about noon last Sunday after an illness of only a short duration. Dr. Lafferty was born in Adams county in 1840 and resided there until 1886 when he removed to this city from North Liberty.
During the Civil War he was a member of Co. D 24th O.V.I. and served with that organization until the close of hostile ties.
He is survived by his wife and three children, two daughters and one son.
The funeral services were held at his late residence on West Walnut Street last Tuesday morning, conducted by Dr. W. H. Shields, of the Presbyterian Church. The Masonic Lodge, of which he had been a member, also conducted the services of that Order at the house after which the remains were taken to the Quaker Hill Cemetery, near Samantha, for interment.
"The Hillsboro Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio
December 12, 1913
Resolutions of Respect
In the infinite wisdom of the Grand Master of the Universe. He has seen fit to call from among us our comrade, Nelson B. Lafferty.
Therefore be it resolved, by John M. Barrere Post No. 205, Dept. of Ohio, G. A. R. that in the death of comrade Lafferty we deplore the loss of a good and useful comrade, a brave soldier, a true citizen and a kind-hearted neighbor; to the wife, a loving husband, the children, a kind and cherished father whose presence will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Resolved, that our sympathies be tendered to the family and friends of the deceased in this their sad bereavement.
Gilbert Holmes, John Winegardner, Jacob Grove, Committee
Name: Nelson B Lafferty
Enlistment Date: 13 June 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1850 1850
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 June 1861 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company D, 24th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 June 1861.
Received a disability discharge Company D, 24th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 13 October 1862 in Nashville, TN
Regiment: 24th Infantry Regiment OH
Date Mustered: 24 July 1864
Regiment Type: Infantry
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 6 Regimental History
Civil War Information
Nelson B Lafferty
Enlistment Date: 10 November 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1718 1718
Service Record: Enlisted as a Assistant Surgeon on 10 November 1863 at the age of 24
Commission in Company S, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Ohio on 10 November 1863.
Resigned Company S, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Ohio on 09 January 1865
Regiment: 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment OH
Date Mustered: 25 July 1865
Regiment Type: Heavy Artillery
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 6
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 62
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2
"The News-Herald" Hillsboro, Ohio
November 13, 1913, Image 1
Death of Dr. Lafferty
Prominent Citizen Passes Away at His Home Here on Sunday---Funeral Tuesday
Dr. N. B. Lafferty died at his home on W. Walnut street Sunday morning. While he had been a sufferer with asthma for many years, he had only been confined to the house for a couple of weeks.
Death was due to asthma with complications of heart trouble.
The funeral services were held at the late residence Tuesday morning, conducted by the Masonic Order, Dr. W. H. Shields assisting. Interment was made at High Top Cemetery near Samantha.
The following sketch of the life of Nelson B. Lafferty, written for the History of Adams County, by his life long friend, the late Capt. Nelson B. Evans, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was read at the funeral:
Nelson Barrere Lafferty was born in West Union, Ohio, January 6, 1840. He was the son of Joseph West Lafferty and Elizabeth Burwell Lafferty.
The writer became acquainted with Dr. Lafferty when he was seven years of age, and if he was ever a boy after that date, the writer has no recollection of it. He always wanted to be with men, to listen to their conversation, and to learn all he could.
While he enjoyed the sports of boyhood, his consuming ambition, and one which was always gratified was to be with men and learn of them.
He received a common school education prior to 1858, and in that year began to read medicine in the offices of Drs. Coleman & Coates, in West Union, Ohio.
He read for two years and a half and attended his first course of Lectures at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in the winter of 1860 and 1861.
When he returned home in the spring of 1861, the tocsin of war had sounded and he enlisted in Company D, 24th O.V.I. on May 27, 1861, and on June 27, 1861, was mustered into U.S. service for three years.
As the result afterwards demonstrated, he could not stand the hardships of service, but he never stopped to consider this. It was a question of patriotism only with him, if the Government would take him he was bound to go, and did go. Company D, 24th O.V.I. was the first offering of Adams County in the Civil War, and to have been a member in that Company is, in Adams County, better than a patent of mobility.
After something over a year's service he came home on account of his health, resumed his medical studies, took his second course of Lectures at the Starling Medical College and was graduated in the spring of 1863.
He at once determined to re-enter the army as a medical officer as soon as his health would permit. In August 1863, he passed the necessary medical examination required for a Surgeon in the Volunteers.
November 10th, 1863, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the First Ohio Heavy Artillery for three years and served as such until Janary 9th, 1865, when he resigned on account of ill health and started for home. On his way home, he stopped in Nashville where he unexpectedly met the Medical Director of the Army of the Cumberland, who insisted on him entering the Hospital Service and on February 3, 1865, he again entered the service as an Assistant Surgeon of the Army and continued as such to the close of the war.
In May 1865, he returned home and located in North Liberty, Ohio, in the practice of his profession, and there continued to practice for twenty-one years.
On February 4, 1880, he was married to Miss Catharine Holmes of Hillsboro, Ohio. There are three children to this marriage, Louise, Fred and Alice.
In 1886, he removed from North Liberty to Hillsboro, Ohio and retired from active practice on account of physical infirmities.
As a physician Dr. Lafferty was thoroughly read, and was among the leaders of his profession. In medical ethics he was fully informed and he believed in and maintained the highest standing for his profession.
In whatever he undertook he was an enthusiast and was bound to his friends by hooks of steel. He was in favor of high standing in every avocation of life. His interest in the affairs of County and State were always as intense as on that May day when, as a youth, he went into the Army and he ever believed in that pure and good manhood to which he so early aspired in childhood.
As to his religious convictions he was a firm believer in the Bible and trusted along in the gospel plan for salvation.
"The Hillsboro Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio November 14, 1913
Death of Dr. N. B. Lafferty
Dr. N. B. Lafferty died at his home in this city at about noon last Sunday after an illness of only a short duration. Dr. Lafferty was born in Adams county in 1840 and resided there until 1886 when he removed to this city from North Liberty.
During the Civil War he was a member of Co. D 24th O.V.I. and served with that organization until the close of hostile ties.
He is survived by his wife and three children, two daughters and one son.
The funeral services were held at his late residence on West Walnut Street last Tuesday morning, conducted by Dr. W. H. Shields, of the Presbyterian Church. The Masonic Lodge, of which he had been a member, also conducted the services of that Order at the house after which the remains were taken to the Quaker Hill Cemetery, near Samantha, for interment.
"The Hillsboro Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio
December 12, 1913
Resolutions of Respect
In the infinite wisdom of the Grand Master of the Universe. He has seen fit to call from among us our comrade, Nelson B. Lafferty.
Therefore be it resolved, by John M. Barrere Post No. 205, Dept. of Ohio, G. A. R. that in the death of comrade Lafferty we deplore the loss of a good and useful comrade, a brave soldier, a true citizen and a kind-hearted neighbor; to the wife, a loving husband, the children, a kind and cherished father whose presence will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Resolved, that our sympathies be tendered to the family and friends of the deceased in this their sad bereavement.
Gilbert Holmes, John Winegardner, Jacob Grove, Committee
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