Joseph Nicolet
Marion Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio
Joseph Nicolet
was born in France, June 25, 1826. March 27, 1846, he left his native country, and after a voyage of forty-six days, landed in New York. He came direct to Ohio and located in Tuscarawas County, where he worked at farming two years, and then began working at the wagon-maker's trade, serving an apprenticeship of two years. He worked as a journeyman a year and a half, and then bought the business of his old employer at Bolivar, and remained there eight years. In 1860 he came to Scioto County and bought the farm where he now resides. He has 100 acres of fine land, which he cultivates in connection with working at his trade. He was married April 05, 1853 to Adaline St. Warner, a native of France. They have had six children, four now living - Jane, Frank, Louis and Leona. Charles and Emily died in childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Nicolet are members of the Catholic Church. August 12, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, One-Hundred Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and served till September 1865.
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
Published by the Scioto County Genealogy Society
Pike Co. Genealogy Society a Chapter of O.G.S.
P. O. Box 224,
Waverly, Ohio 45690
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