Armstrong County PA Archives Biographies.....Nolf, Conrad 1790 - May 12, 1883
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Source: History of Butler County, 1883 published by Waterson Watkins and Co.  Biographical  Sketches
Author: Robert W.  Smith

Conrad Nolf, son of George and Susanna Nolf, was born in 
Northampton County,  Pennsylvania in 1790, and there grew to 
maturity. His mother dying when he was quite young, he was 
adopted by Christian Stenninger, with whom he remained until 
manhood. In 1813 he married Susannah George, of Northampton 
county, who became the mother of 14 children, ten of whom 
grew to maturity, viz: Farion, who married Susannah Toomas; 
Fayette, who married Daniel Brocius; Aaron who married Sarah 
King, Susannah, who married Mathew Humphrey; William, who 
married Angelina Bohlen; Anthony, who married Martha Roland; 
Elizabeth, who married William Rowley; Emma, who married 
Michael Truby; Christina, who married Lewis Foster, and  
Sarah, who married Emil Wickenhagen. All are now deceased 
except Aaron, William, and Anthony. In 1815 Mr. Nolf 
purchased 200 acres of land in Jefferson County, upon which 
he remained twenty-eight years, and then located at 
Freeport, where he carried on the hotel and lumber business 
for two years, then removed to! Cook county, Illinois, and 
two years later returned to Freeport. His wife died in 1869. 
He finally took up his residence with his son William in 
Buffalo Township, Butler County, where he died May 12, 1883. 
He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and filled the 
offices of elder and deacon in that society. Politically, he 
was a republican, and served as a school director and 
supervisor.

William Nolf, son of Conrad and Susannah Nolf, was born in 
Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, January 18, 1826. He was 
reared on the farm, and followed lumbering with his father.  
In 1843 he located at Freeport,  where he married Angelina 
Bohlen a daughter of Edward Bohlen, December 16, 1852.  Five 
children were born to his union, four of whom are living, 
viz: Mary E. Margaret B, William R., and Angie L.  In 1862 
Mr Nolf purchased his father's saw mill at Freeport,  and in 
1868 he bought the Buckley farm in Buffalo Township, Butler 
County, containing 120 acres, upon which he now resides, and 
dealt extensively in grain and hay for a number of years.  
He is a member of the Lutheran church, in which he is a 
rustee and member of the council, and has served as deacon 
for ten years.  In politics, he is a Republican, and has 
filled the offices of school director, collector and 
assessor.


Additional Comments:
John, Casper, George, and Adam were brothers

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