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Adam O. Nigh (3001)

Father: George Nigh
Mother: Susannah Knode

b. September 12, 1812 in Ohio [Nigh]

d. June 11, 1874 in Spickard, Grundy County, Missouri, buried in Groff Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri [Nigh]

m. November 29, 1833 in Pike County, Ohio [1:216Nigh], Martha Jane Cook, b. May 31, 1812 in New York, d. December 11, 1878 in Spickard, Grundy County, Missouri, buried in Groff Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri

Issue: [Nigh]

daughter, b. 1834-1840, d. before 1850

Samuel C. Nigh, b. May 31, 1835 in Pike County, Ohio, d. December 27, 1906

January 31, 1857 in Mercer County, Misouri, Martha Ann Rector [LDS]

Jonathan Cook Nigh, b. May 29, 1837 in Fairfield, Ohio, d. July 10, 1916 in Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma

m. April 1858 in Mercer County, Missouri, Martha Ann Williams, b. August 20, 1841 in Grundy County, Missouri, d. September 29, 1931 in Grundy County, Missouri.

daughter, b. 1935-1840, d. before 1850

Elija Ewing Nigh, twin, b. February 13, 1842 in Piketon, Pike County, Ohio, d. May 29, 1928 in Grundy County, Missouri

Elisha Peters Nigh, twin, b. February 13, 1842 in Piketon, Pi;e County, Ohio, d. September 29, 1933 in Lincoln Township, Atchison County, Missouri

George Washington Nigh (nigh4001), b. August 12, 1844, d. June 12, 1933

Sarah F. Nigh, bc. 1847 in Pike County, Ohio

Winfield James Nigh, b. April 1849 in Pike County, Ohio

Millard Fillmore Nigh, b. November 16, 1851 in Pike County, Ohio, d. February 15, 1916 in Watonga, Blaine County, Oklahoma.

Information:

1840:
Adam, Martha and their four young children were living in Seal Township, Pike County, Ohio. [census-OH]

1850:
The family was farming in Camp Creek Township, Pike County, Ohio.

1860:
The family was farming in Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri.

September 17, 1861:
Adam enlisted at Modena, Missouri as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company F in the Mercer County Battalion Six Months Militia. He was elected Major of the Battalion on the 25 or 26 of September 1861. [Nigh]

1863-1866:
Adam served as Justice of the Peace in Mercer County, Missouri. [Nigh]

1870:
Adam, Martha Jane, Winfield, and Millard were living and farming in Madison township, Mercer County, Missouri

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