Nancy Coleman

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• Census: 1840, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1850, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Nancy Hormel, head of household
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Nancy Hormel, in the household of Joel Hormel
• Will: 5 Aug 1879, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 30 Aug 1879, Warren County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

1838 was doubly a sad year on Nancy because she not only lost her husband, but also her youngest son, two year old Joseph on August 20th.

After Joseph Hormel's death, his wife and six children were left to live from his estate. Since Nancy could neither read nor write well enough to take care of things, the children were put under the guardianship of Mr. Joel A. Stokes who took care of the financial affairs until each child became of age. It seems that at least some of the children were boarded out to help pay for their rearing. However, Nancy evidently continued to live on the farm that the children were to receive as their inheritance from their grandfather John Hormell, Jr.. Nancy had to sign for all money released which she did with her "X". Also in 1842, she authorized payment in June for $145.00 for boarding, washing, lodging and clothing for the preceding year, part of which time the children were in school, and part of which they were at home sick.

Thus Nancy lived out the rest of her life, raising her children as best she could by boarding them out where they worked for part of their keep and by share cropping the farm lands. In 1852, she sold 53 acres of her land along the Dayton-Lebanon Pike for $1,300.00 and by these various means, she made ends meet until her children were old enough to care for themselves and for her. By the 1850's, her children were grown, had received their inheritance, were getting married, and could fend for themselves.

Actually, Nancy Coleman had not had a very easy life down through the years. Her father, John Coleman, was descended from a German family, and her mother, Margaret Savage, was the daughter of a family from Wales. In 1821, the family left Pennsylvania and came down the Ohio River on a raft to Cincinnati, 497 miles from Pittsburgh. The Coleman's moved first to Lebanon where they lived for one year before settling north of town with their five children, Joseph, Nancy, John, Aza, and Josiah. We know from the type of materials and animals leased to John and Margaret Coleman in the Hormel estate inventory that they worked for John, Sr.. Perhaps they were a type of tenant farmer for the Hormell's. Nancy's parents were buried in the Kirby Cemetery. John died on July 12, 1830 at the age of 59 years, 9 months, and 20 days. Margaret died on July 18, 1855 at the age of 79 years, 10 months, and 24 days. [Source: Stanley Wright Aultz, "Chronicles of a Griffis Family". Miamisburg, Ohio: S. W. Aultz 1981]

Nancy married Joseph Hormel on 20 Jul 1822 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Joseph (son of John Hormell, Jr. and Rachel Blair) was born in Feb 1800 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 19 May 1838 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in May 1838 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jarius H. Hormel was born on 6 Aug 1824 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 3 Oct 1857 in Clarksville, Green County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Oct 1857 in Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States.
2. Louisa Hormel was born in 1828; died on 25 Dec 1898; was buried on 26 Dec 1898 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States.
3. Sarah Lucinda Hormel was born about 1830 in Harveysburg, Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 25 Jan 1870.
4. George W. Hormel was born on 6 Dec 1833 in Ohio, United States; died on 25 Sep 1875 in Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1875 in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
5. Joel Hormel was born on 27 Dec 1834 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 2 Jun 1906 in Huntington County, Indiana, United States; was buried in Jun 1906 in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
6. Joseph Hormel was born about 8 Apr 1837 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 14 Jun 1839 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Aug 1839 in Warren County, Ohio, United States.