Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 428
Nathan Derby, was a native of Massachusetts, and the family is of old New England stock, being descended from two brothers of that name who emigrated to America long years prior to the Revolutionary War.
Nathan Derby was twice married, his first union, which was celebrated in Massachusetts, being with BETSY THOMAS. After his marriage he removed from his native State, settling in the town of Andover, Vt., where a few years later his wife died, leaving three children:
Mrs. Elmira Peabody, who died in November, 1839;Mrs. Eliza Sherwin, who died in 1848; and Francis T., who is now living in Galesburg, Ill.
Mr. Derby's second marriage was with Betsy Balch, by whom he had nine children, six sons and three daughters, of which number four sons and two daughters are yet living. The father, who was born in 1793, died in Andover in 1881, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, while his wife departed this life in 1871.
Parents:
Francis Thomas ( 1770 - July 5, 1837) and Elizabeth Gragg Thomas (1770 - December 19, 1837); married November 1, 1795. Both died in Rindge, New Hampshire.
Nathan Derby, was a native of Massachusetts, and the family is of old New England stock, being descended from two brothers of that name who emigrated to America long years prior to the Revolutionary War.
Nathan Derby was twice married, his first union, which was celebrated in Massachusetts, being with BETSY THOMAS. After his marriage he removed from his native State, settling in the town of Andover, Vt., where a few years later his wife died, leaving three children:
Mrs. Elmira Peabody, who died in November, 1839;Mrs. Eliza Sherwin, who died in 1848; and Francis T., who is now living in Galesburg, Ill.
Mr. Derby's second marriage was with Betsy Balch, by whom he had nine children, six sons and three daughters, of which number four sons and two daughters are yet living. The father, who was born in 1793, died in Andover in 1881, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, while his wife departed this life in 1871.
Parents:
Francis Thomas ( 1770 - July 5, 1837) and Elizabeth Gragg Thomas (1770 - December 19, 1837); married November 1, 1795. Both died in Rindge, New Hampshire.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 428
Nathan Derby, was a native of Massachusetts, and the family is of old New England stock, being descended from two brothers of that name who emigrated to America long years prior to the Revolutionary War.
Nathan Derby was twice married, his first union, which was celebrated in Massachusetts, being with BETSY THOMAS. After his marriage he removed from his native State, settling in the town of Andover, Vt., where a few years later his wife died, leaving three children:
Mrs. Elmira Peabody, who died in November, 1839;Mrs. Eliza Sherwin, who died in 1848; and Francis T., who is now living in Galesburg, Ill.
Mr. Derby's second marriage was with Betsy Balch, by whom he had nine children, six sons and three daughters, of which number four sons and two daughters are yet living. The father, who was born in 1793, died in Andover in 1881, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, while his wife departed this life in 1871.
Parents:
Francis Thomas ( 1770 - July 5, 1837) and Elizabeth Gragg Thomas (1770 - December 19, 1837); married November 1, 1795. Both died in Rindge, New Hampshire.
Nathan Derby, was a native of Massachusetts, and the family is of old New England stock, being descended from two brothers of that name who emigrated to America long years prior to the Revolutionary War.
Nathan Derby was twice married, his first union, which was celebrated in Massachusetts, being with BETSY THOMAS. After his marriage he removed from his native State, settling in the town of Andover, Vt., where a few years later his wife died, leaving three children:
Mrs. Elmira Peabody, who died in November, 1839;Mrs. Eliza Sherwin, who died in 1848; and Francis T., who is now living in Galesburg, Ill.
Mr. Derby's second marriage was with Betsy Balch, by whom he had nine children, six sons and three daughters, of which number four sons and two daughters are yet living. The father, who was born in 1793, died in Andover in 1881, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, while his wife departed this life in 1871.
Parents:
Francis Thomas ( 1770 - July 5, 1837) and Elizabeth Gragg Thomas (1770 - December 19, 1837); married November 1, 1795. Both died in Rindge, New Hampshire.
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