~~ Prudence Elizabeth (Wells) Nusbaumer ~~
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Prudence Elizabeth Wells was born to the parents of Bunyan J. Wells, a Union Civil War veteran and Sarah Jane Dawson in Blackford County, Indiana in 1867. She had five siblings; Geneva E. "Nevie", John W., Carrie B., George A., and Wellington "Web".
She married Franklin Nusbaumer on August 10, 1889 in Indiana and they had two daughters together; Goldie A. and Leah E.
Her husband, Franklin, died in 1904 of TB. Leah was almost 3 years old and her sister Goldie was 11 when their father died. Prudence moved back in with her parents and she never remarried.
Prudence taught school in Blackford County for many years, in a one room school house. After she retired from teaching she lived with her daughter Leah and her husband Nelson Todd Collins on their family farm near the town of Van Buren, Indiana. She lived with her daugther for 30 years and was a member of Van Buren Methodist Church.
She died on her daughter's farm in Grant County, Indiana, near the town Van Buren on September 20th, 1961 at the age of 93. She is buried beside her husband at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Blackford County, Montpelier, Indiana near the Nusbaumer family plot.
Her Children and Grand Children:
Goldie A. Nusbaumer married Charles Haines and they had 7 children:
Mary Ester, Harold E., Kenneth A. (Killed in WWII), Joseph, Garth N., Elbert D., Jesse E.
Leah E. Nusbaumer married 1st. Herbert Rhoten and they had a daughter, Ethelene Elizabeth Rhoton. Both daughter and husband died and she remarried; 2nd Nelson Todd Collins and they had 8 children.
Emily, Franklin, Elizabeth, Fredrick, Corrinne, Bennie, Marvin, Michael.
Prudence had three step grandchildren; Mildred, Nelson K., Richard as Nelson T. Collins had them with his 1st wife who had died.
She was a great great niece to Samuel Wilson of Troy, New York who was declared by the US Government in 1961 to be the official "Uncle Sam." The Marion Chronicle-Tribune Newspaper did a news article of the story Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson and her relationship back in 1961.
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Quotes from family about Prudence Elizabeth:
"…Grandma Nusbaumer moved back in with her parents and taught school in a one room school house. She told stories of her father driving her to school (to teach) in a horse and buggy. Grandma Nusbaumer had lots of home remedies and was a wonderful cook and candy maker. She was a very slender little lady that worked harder than anyone I'd had ever seen. She was very witty, well-read, loved her family. …I still miss her." ~ Loretta Houseman Sperling
"I remember the home made bread & butter. I also remember the home made candy canes." ~ Frank Collins, Jr.
"I remember us kids getting to pull the taffy when she made the candy canes!!!!" ~ Loretta Houseman Sperling
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Prudence Elizabeth Wells was born to the parents of Bunyan J. Wells, a Union Civil War veteran and Sarah Jane Dawson in Blackford County, Indiana in 1867. She had five siblings; Geneva E. "Nevie", John W., Carrie B., George A., and Wellington "Web".
She married Franklin Nusbaumer on August 10, 1889 in Indiana and they had two daughters together; Goldie A. and Leah E.
Her husband, Franklin, died in 1904 of TB. Leah was almost 3 years old and her sister Goldie was 11 when their father died. Prudence moved back in with her parents and she never remarried.
Prudence taught school in Blackford County for many years, in a one room school house. After she retired from teaching she lived with her daughter Leah and her husband Nelson Todd Collins on their family farm near the town of Van Buren, Indiana. She lived with her daugther for 30 years and was a member of Van Buren Methodist Church.
She died on her daughter's farm in Grant County, Indiana, near the town Van Buren on September 20th, 1961 at the age of 93. She is buried beside her husband at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Blackford County, Montpelier, Indiana near the Nusbaumer family plot.
Her Children and Grand Children:
Goldie A. Nusbaumer married Charles Haines and they had 7 children:
Mary Ester, Harold E., Kenneth A. (Killed in WWII), Joseph, Garth N., Elbert D., Jesse E.
Leah E. Nusbaumer married 1st. Herbert Rhoten and they had a daughter, Ethelene Elizabeth Rhoton. Both daughter and husband died and she remarried; 2nd Nelson Todd Collins and they had 8 children.
Emily, Franklin, Elizabeth, Fredrick, Corrinne, Bennie, Marvin, Michael.
Prudence had three step grandchildren; Mildred, Nelson K., Richard as Nelson T. Collins had them with his 1st wife who had died.
She was a great great niece to Samuel Wilson of Troy, New York who was declared by the US Government in 1961 to be the official "Uncle Sam." The Marion Chronicle-Tribune Newspaper did a news article of the story Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson and her relationship back in 1961.
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Quotes from family about Prudence Elizabeth:
"…Grandma Nusbaumer moved back in with her parents and taught school in a one room school house. She told stories of her father driving her to school (to teach) in a horse and buggy. Grandma Nusbaumer had lots of home remedies and was a wonderful cook and candy maker. She was a very slender little lady that worked harder than anyone I'd had ever seen. She was very witty, well-read, loved her family. …I still miss her." ~ Loretta Houseman Sperling
"I remember the home made bread & butter. I also remember the home made candy canes." ~ Frank Collins, Jr.
"I remember us kids getting to pull the taffy when she made the candy canes!!!!" ~ Loretta Houseman Sperling
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~~ Prudence Elizabeth (Wells) Nusbaumer ~~
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Prudence Elizabeth Wells was born to the parents of Bunyan J. Wells, a Union Civil War veteran and Sarah Jane Dawson in Blackford County, Indiana in 1867. She had five siblings; Geneva E. "Nevie", John W., Carrie B., George A., and Wellington "Web".
She married Franklin Nusbaumer on August 10, 1889 in Indiana and they had two daughters together; Goldie A. and Leah E.
Her husband, Franklin, died in 1904 of TB. Leah was almost 3 years old and her sister Goldie was 11 when their father died. Prudence moved back in with her parents and she never remarried.
Prudence taught school in Blackford County for many years, in a one room school house. After she retired from teaching she lived with her daughter Leah and her husband Nelson Todd Collins on their family farm near the town of Van Buren, Indiana. She lived with her daugther for 30 years and was a member of Van Buren Methodist Church.
She died on her daughter's farm in Grant County, Indiana, near the town Van Buren on September 20th, 1961 at the age of 93. She is buried beside her husband at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Blackford County, Montpelier, Indiana near the Nusbaumer family plot.
Her Children and Grand Children:
Goldie A. Nusbaumer married Charles Haines and they had 7 children:
Mary Ester, Harold E., Kenneth A. (Killed in WWII), Joseph, Garth N., Elbert D., Jesse E.
Leah E. Nusbaumer married 1st. Herbert Rhoten and they had a daughter, Ethelene Elizabeth Rhoton. Both daughter and husband died and she remarried; 2nd Nelson Todd Collins and they had 8 children.
Emily, Franklin, Elizabeth, Fredrick, Corrinne, Bennie, Marvin, Michael.
Prudence had three step grandchildren; Mildred, Nelson K., Richard as Nelson T. Collins had them with his 1st wife who had died.
She was a great great niece to Samuel Wilson of Troy, New York who was declared by the US Government in 1961 to be the official "Uncle Sam." The Marion Chronicle-Tribune Newspaper did a news article of the story Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson and her relationship back in 1961.
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Quotes from family about Prudence Elizabeth:
"…Grandma Nusbaumer moved back in with her parents and taught school in a one room school house. She told stories of her father driving her to school (to teach) in a horse and buggy. Grandma Nusbaumer had lots of home remedies and was a wonderful cook and candy maker. She was a very slender little lady that worked harder than anyone I'd had ever seen. She was very witty, well-read, loved her family. …I still miss her." ~ Loretta Houseman Sperling
"I remember the home made bread & butter. I also remember the home made candy canes." ~ Frank Collins, Jr.
"I remember us kids getting to pull the taffy when she made the candy canes!!!!" ~ Loretta Houseman Sperling
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Prudence Elizabeth Wells was born to the parents of Bunyan J. Wells, a Union Civil War veteran and Sarah Jane Dawson in Blackford County, Indiana in 1867. She had five siblings; Geneva E. "Nevie", John W., Carrie B., George A., and Wellington "Web".
She married Franklin Nusbaumer on August 10, 1889 in Indiana and they had two daughters together; Goldie A. and Leah E.
Her husband, Franklin, died in 1904 of TB. Leah was almost 3 years old and her sister Goldie was 11 when their father died. Prudence moved back in with her parents and she never remarried.
Prudence taught school in Blackford County for many years, in a one room school house. After she retired from teaching she lived with her daughter Leah and her husband Nelson Todd Collins on their family farm near the town of Van Buren, Indiana. She lived with her daugther for 30 years and was a member of Van Buren Methodist Church.
She died on her daughter's farm in Grant County, Indiana, near the town Van Buren on September 20th, 1961 at the age of 93. She is buried beside her husband at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Blackford County, Montpelier, Indiana near the Nusbaumer family plot.
Her Children and Grand Children:
Goldie A. Nusbaumer married Charles Haines and they had 7 children:
Mary Ester, Harold E., Kenneth A. (Killed in WWII), Joseph, Garth N., Elbert D., Jesse E.
Leah E. Nusbaumer married 1st. Herbert Rhoten and they had a daughter, Ethelene Elizabeth Rhoton. Both daughter and husband died and she remarried; 2nd Nelson Todd Collins and they had 8 children.
Emily, Franklin, Elizabeth, Fredrick, Corrinne, Bennie, Marvin, Michael.
Prudence had three step grandchildren; Mildred, Nelson K., Richard as Nelson T. Collins had them with his 1st wife who had died.
She was a great great niece to Samuel Wilson of Troy, New York who was declared by the US Government in 1961 to be the official "Uncle Sam." The Marion Chronicle-Tribune Newspaper did a news article of the story Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson and her relationship back in 1961.
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Quotes from family about Prudence Elizabeth:
"…Grandma Nusbaumer moved back in with her parents and taught school in a one room school house. She told stories of her father driving her to school (to teach) in a horse and buggy. Grandma Nusbaumer had lots of home remedies and was a wonderful cook and candy maker. She was a very slender little lady that worked harder than anyone I'd had ever seen. She was very witty, well-read, loved her family. …I still miss her." ~ Loretta Houseman Sperling
"I remember the home made bread & butter. I also remember the home made candy canes." ~ Frank Collins, Jr.
"I remember us kids getting to pull the taffy when she made the candy canes!!!!" ~ Loretta Houseman Sperling
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Mother
P. Elizabeth Nusbaumer
1867 - 1961
Father
Frank Nusbaumer
1966 - 1904
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