Nathaniel Simpson North and Nannie Lydic

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Husband Nathaniel Simpson North ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 17 Sep 1842 - Montgomery (later Canoe) Twp, Indiana Co, PA 4
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         Father: John North (1811-1886) 2 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Simpson (1812-1907) 2 5

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       Marriage: 17 Oct 1910 6

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   Other Spouse: Nancy Hamilton (1842-1894) 1 3 7 - 1867 6

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   Other Spouse: Hannah Ellwood (1849-1909) 6

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Wife Nannie Lydic ⁶

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           Born:  - Montgomery Twp, Indiana Co, PA
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         Father: Chapman Lydick (1832-1905) 8
         Mother: Maria Bostick (1838-1904) 8

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   Other Spouse: John Litzinger (      -1905) 6 - 1872 9

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Nathaniel Simpson North

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He attended school in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, until he was twelve years old and helped his father on the farm until he was eighteen years of age. In the meanwhile the Civil war began and he enlisted in the Federal army on Aug. 21, 1862, in Company A, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until the end of the war; he was mustered out July 3, 1865. He participated in a great many battles, including Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and in many skirmishes, was near Bull Run, and was near Fortress Monroe when the Confederates blew up Fort Hell. He was with General Burnside's command when it was mired in the mud at Kelly's Ford on the way to Chancellorsville.
When finally mustered out after his honorable discharge he started for Indiana County and, arriving home on July 15, 1865, was able to help his father through harvest and assist in putting away the crops. After his years of adventurous life the quiet of the farm grew so monotonous that he decided on traveling about for awhile before settling down, and went first to Pittsburgh, from there to Cincinnati and afterward to St. Louis, in each city finding much to interest him but not enough to make him wish to settle there. He went on to Macon City, Missouri, and there had an unpleasant experience, being recognized as a former Union soldier and as such almost mobbed by a crowd of Confederate sympathizers. He then returned home, but later went into the lumber camps in Clearfield County and worked until the spring of 1866. After his first marriage, in 1867, he settled on a farm in Canoe township.
In politics Mr. North was a Republican, and he took an active part in public matters and served in many township offices. He was supervisor three years. After serving for thirteen years as a school director he was once more reelected, but had to decline on account of holding another office at that time. He was tax collector two terms, and for two terms was township assessor. He held membership in the Indiana lodge of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and Washington Camp, P. O. S. of A., at Punxsutawney. At one time he belonged to the G. A. R. in that city and later was a member of the Union Veteran Legion of Punxsutawney. Reared in the Presbyterian faith, he was inclined toward the doctrines of that church.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 461.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1448, 1575.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1066.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1448.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 466.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1449.

7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1449, 1575.

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 511.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1450.