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, Samuel (1847-1932 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pages 864-865, SAMUEL NEDROW. A goodly number of people now living in Preston county are descendants of first families, who came from Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in pioneer days. Among these were Peter Nedrow and his wife, formerly a Miss Penroid, who visited their son, Jonathan, then living in Preston county, when the father was seventy years of age, the parents coming on foot, and, after a three-months' stay, walked back home again. Peter Nedrow died there in the sixties, ninety years of age. His son, Jonathan, with his wife, formerly Lydia Haines, moved from Somerset county to Preston county in 1846, and located on a farm of two or three hundred acres near Bruceton. His two brothers, John and Jacob, moved West. Jonathan was killed when raising a house for one of his neighbors, being at that time forty years of age. His wife died in 1878, nearly sixty years old. Seven children were born to this union, as follows: (1) Samuel, born September 13, 1847. (2) Harriet, now dead. (3) John S., the well- known physician, with residence and offices in Bruceton Mills. (4) Peter V., born October 7, 1854. (5) Lizzie, who married Luther Selby, and lives in Clarksburg. (6) Jonathan, who died in Somerset county, Pennsylvania. Samuel Nedrow, the eldest member of the family, is a resident of Brandonville. He was raised a farmer, and having made that avocation in life a study, has become a scientific one in fact as well as in name. He has also had much to do in the coal lands for Elkins, owner of the M. & K. roads. In 1885 he purchased of Junior Brown a farm of 205 acres, called the Jackson and Jeffers farm. He also bought a farm of Ridenour, and in 1910 came to Brandonville and located here on seven lots, where he expects to spend the remainder of his days. In 1863 Mr. Nedrow enlisted in the 3rd Md. Vol. Inf. and was honorably discharged after the war was over. His service in the field was mainly in discharge of guard duty, but he was also in some of the engagements, notably at Monocacy Junction, Leesburg, and at Winchester. After his return from the war he did carpentering as well as farming until fifteen years ago, having contracted and built in the meantime a number of public and private dwellings in the county. At one time also he was in the grocery business. August 1, 1870, he was married to Mary Ellen Lenhart, sister to James A. Lenhart, merchant at Kingwood. She was born February 5, 1853. Their children are as follows: (1) Elma, born June 12, 1871; (2) Oliver Frankin, March 18, 1872; (3) Callie Ann, September 4, 1874, died September 9, 1888; (4) Birdie Catherine, September 4, 1877; (5) Mary Ettie, January 30, 1880; (6) William Arthur, March 21, 1882; (7) Jennie Bell, July 7, 1883; (8) Ella Pearl, April 30, 1888; (9) John Aaron, July 12, 1890; (10) James Samuel, December 26, 1892; (11) Walter Herbert, July 16, 1895. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #4142 FULL-NAME: Samuel Nedrow BIRTH-DATE: September 13, 1847 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: March 30, 1932 DEATH-PLACE: Pleasant District, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Jonathan Nedrow (born in Pa.) MOTHER: _____ Haines CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Influenza BURIAL: Brandonville Cemetery There are tombstones in the Brandonville Cemetery, Preston County, WV Samuel A. Nedrow (1846-1932) Mary E., wife of Samuel Nedrow (1853-1916) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------