Nancy Coleman b. Abt 20 Feb 1802 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 8 Aug 1879 Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States: Tangled Roots

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Name	Nancy Coleman
Born	Abt 20 Feb 1802	Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States [2, 3]
Gender	Female
Census	1840	Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States [4]
Census	1850	Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States [5]
Census	as Nancy Hormel, head of household
Census	1860	Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States [6]
Census	as Nancy Hormel, in the household of Joel Hormel
Buried	Aug 1879	Warren County, Ohio, United States [7, 8, 9]
Buried	Address: Kirby/Turtlecreek Cemetery
Will	5 Aug 1879	Warren County, Ohio, United States [10]
Died	8 Aug 1879	Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States [11]
Died	Cause: of flux
Probate	30 Aug 1879	Warren County, Ohio, United States [10]
Person ID	I7074	TangledRoots
Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

Family Joseph Hormel, b. Feb 1800, Warren County, Ohio, United States , d. 19 May 1838, Warren County, Ohio, United States (Age 38 years)

Married 20 Jul 1822 Warren County, Ohio, United States [1, 12]

Children

	1. Jarius H. Hormel, b. 6 Aug 1824, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States , d. 3 Oct 1857, Clarksville, Green County, Ohio, United States (Age 33 years)
	2. Louisa Hormel, b. 1828, d. 25 Dec 1898 (Age 70 years)
	3. Sarah Lucinda Hormel, b. Abt 1830, Harveysburg, Warren County, Ohio, United States , d. 25 Jan 1870 (Age 40 years)
	4. George W. Hormel, b. 6 Dec 1833, Ohio, United States , d. 25 Sep 1875, Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States (Age 41 years)
	5. Joel Hormel, b. 27 Dec 1834, Warren County, Ohio, United States , d. 2 Jun 1906, Huntington County, Indiana, United States (Age 71 years)
	6. Joseph Hormel, b. Abt 8 Apr 1837, Warren County, Ohio, United States , d. 14 Jun 1839, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States (Age 2 years)

Last Modified 16 Jan 2022

Family ID F2831 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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]

Sources

[S1396] Book: Chronicles of a Griffis Family, 929.273 G875as., pg. 139 (Info0001).
Joseph, born 1800, died 1836, married Nancy Coleman on July 20, 1822
[S1396] Book: Chronicles of a Griffis Family, 929.273 G875as., pg. 143 (Info0001).
When Nancy Hormel passed away on August 18, 1879, at the age of 77, she left the following will....
[S980] Book: Warren County, Ohio Cemetery Records, 977.1763 B853wa., pg. 57.
calculated on age at death, Hormel, Nancy, wife of Joseph; d Aug. 18, 1879, age 77-5-29
[S1295] 1840 Federal Census: Ohio, Warren County, p127 Turtlecreek Township.
Nancy Hormell
2 males age 5 to10 (Joel and George)
1 male age 15 tp 20 (Jarius)
1 female age 5 to 10 (Sarah)
1 female age 10 to 15 Louisa)
1 female age 30 to 40 (Nancy)

Joel Hormell
1 male under age 5
1 male age 15 to 20
1 male age 20 to 30
1 male age 40 to 50 (Joel)
2 females age 5 to 10
2 females age 10 to 15
2 females age 15 to 20
3 females age 20 to 30
Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio p127
[S1292] 1850 Federal Census: Ohio, Warren County, FHL#444730., Turtlecreek Township, p277.
DW 2023-2024
...line 40 - Nancy Hormel, age 48, female, born Pennsylvania
...line 41 - Lucinda Hormel, age 19, female, born Ohio
...line 42 - George Hormel, age 17, male, farmer, born Ohio
Turtle Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio p277
[S634] 1860 Federal Census: Ohio, Warren County, Clearcreek Township, p12.
DW 79-79
...line 5 - John Merritt, age 23, male, white, farmer, born Ohio, married within the year
...line 6 - Martha I. Meritt, age 22, farmer, white, born Ohio, married within the year

DW 80-80
...line 7 - Abraham Merritt, age 65 male, farmer and potter, born Penna
...line 8 - Rebecca Merritt, age 66 female born Penn
...line 9 - Matilda Roach, age 28 female, born Ohio
...line 10 - Elwood C Roach, age 9, male, born Ohio
...line 11 - Emma Roach, age 6 female, born Ohio

DW 81-81
...line 12 - William Sellers, age 65 male, farmer, born Virginia
...line 13 - Elizabeth Sellers, age 63 female, born
...line 14 - Nancy M. Sellers, age 18 female, born Ohio

DW 82-82
...line 15 - Joel Hormel, age 23 male, carpenter, born Ohio
...line 16 - Nancy Hormel, age 58 female, born Ohio
...line 17 - W. Spencer Hormel, age 3 male, born Ohioborn Ohio
...line 18 - Benj. Howard Hormel, age 1 male, born Iowa

DW 86-86
...line 28 - William W. Sellers, age 28 male, farmer, born Ohio
...line 29 - Carrie Sellers, age 21 female, born Ohio
...line 30 - Laura Sellers, age 8/12
Clear Creek Township Warren County, Ohio p12
[S980] Book: Warren County, Ohio Cemetery Records, 977.1763 B853wa., pg. 57.
Hormel, Nancy, wife of Joseph; d Aug. 18, 1879, age 77-5-29
[S961] Book: Record of the Descendants of John Hormell, Family 9.
buried Kirby Grave Yard
[S1888] Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial# 79626907 - Nancy Hormel.
Nancy Hormel
Birth: unknown
Death: Aug. 18, 1879
Burial: Turtlecreek Cemetery, Warren County, Ohio, USA
Created by: Michael Harrison
Record added: Oct 31, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 79626907
Warren County, Ohio
Nancy Coleman Hormell 1802-1879
[S1483] Ohio: Warren County Probate Records, v21R; p258; Nancy Hormell will and probate; Film #384231.
Warren County, Ohio
Dated: 5 August 1879
Recorded: 30 August 1879
Mentioned in the will: My two granddaughters Eva Donaldson and Katy Newport, son Joel Hormell, granddaughter Jenny Newport, grandson Walter Newport
Executors: Amos Crane
Witnesses: David S. Parlett and Emily N. Crane
Warren County, Ohio
5 Aug 1879
[S1730] Ohio: Warren County Death Records, vol. 1, pg. 142, record 3310 Nancy Coleman Hormell.
Nancy Hormel, 1879 Aug 8, widow, age 79, place of death C. Ck. Tp., place of birth Warren County, Ohio, white, cause of death Flux, residence Ohio Warren County
Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio
8 August 1879
[S516] Ohio: County Marriages, 1789-2013 - Family Seardh, v1, p207 #1869 - Joseph Hormell and Nancy Coleman.
State of Ohio, Warren County
Joseph Hormal to Nancy Coleman married 20 July 1822 by J. M. Howt?, J.P.
Warren County, Ohio
20 July 1822

Nancy Coleman[1]

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