U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nedrow, Peter V. (1854-1922) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Page 865, PETER V. NEDROW. The old home where Peter V. Nedrow was born and raised was about three miles west of Bruceton. (For history of the family see sketch of Samuel Nedrow.) Peter was born October 7, 1854, and after the death of his father, in 1859, he lived with James Harvey about six years, then with John Spurgeon until the age of manhood, when he went home to take care of his mother, his oldest brother having gone into the army. Mr. Nedrow's first venture was a trip to Bureau county, in Illinois. He stayed there two years, then returned to Bruceton and entered the mill, and here he remained three years. His trade as a miller was completed in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and there is where he got his start in life. He was next employed at $100 per month in Fayette and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania, and from there came to Somerfield and bought a half interest in a mill owned and operated by Jacobs, and here he remained eight years. This mill had a capacity of 50 barrels a day, and they made a specialty of buckwheat flour. Besides dealing extensively in the wholesale market, they also did a large custom business, their annual product averaging about 12,000 bushels. Mr. Nedrow then drifted into the saw mill business in Somerset county Pennsylvania, but in 1909, on the 16th of April of that year, he purchased a valuable farm of Frankhouser, near Brandonville, since which time his attentions have been devoted to expert agricultural pursuits. In April, 1890, Mr. Nedrow was married to Venie May Bird, daughter of Basil Bird, a well-known citizen of Somerset county, Pennsylvania. After this marriage the couple moved to Somerfield, where they built a residence and where they still live. Of this marriage two daughters were born to bless the union, the eldest being Eunice Catherine, born in 1891. She is now in the last year of her musical studies at the College of Mount Pleasant Institute, Westmoreland county. The youngest daughter is Mary Ethel, born October 22, 1896. --------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a double-tombstone in the Addison Cemetery, Somerset Co., PA NEDROW Peter V. Venie M. 1854-1922 1864-1946 --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------