Nathan Poling ^{2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1840 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 40 on the 1880 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Ada, OH on 18 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 147D, District 101, Dwelling 369, Family 384, Roll 1031
Ada, Hardin County, Ohio
Nathan Poling..Self..40..OH..Grocer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Oct 1838, then his age should have been 41 instead of 40.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Ada, OH on 7 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 95, Dwelling 215, Family 228
Ada, Hardin County, Ohio
Home owned, with mortgage
Nathan Poling..Head..Oct 1838..61..widower..Blacksmithing
John R. Poling..Son..Oct 1871..28..OH..Druggist, Clerk
Anna Gill..Daughter...May 1868..32..OH..married 9 yrs..1 child
Pansy S. Gill..Granddaughter..Feb 1892..8..IL..At School
John R. Gill..Son-in-Law..Jan 1865..35..OH..Clerk, Hardware

(Nathan was widowed and living with 2 children, 1 granddaughter, and 1 son-in-law.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Ada, OH on 16 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 109, Family 60, Roll 1187
Ada, Hardin County, Ohio
307 South Johnson Street; Home owned, with mortgage
Nathan Poling..Head..71..OH..Widowed..Assessor of Village
Anna S. Gill..Daughter..41..OH..1/1..Married 19 years
Panzie d. Gill..Granddaughter..18...IL
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• He was buried on 27 April 1912 in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Ada, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #61571507
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• His obituary was published in the Lima News on 27 April 1912 in Lima, OH.

⁵ Yesterday, Nathan Poling, an old war veteran and highly respected citizen of this town, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anna Gill-Poling.

Deceased was 72 years of age and had been a life long resident of Ada. Mr. Poling had for some time retired into private life. Funeral arrangements await the arrival of a son who is in the west.

(Source: Lima News, 27 Apr 1912)
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Nathan married Elizabeth Welty on 5 October 1865 in , Perry County, OH.^{1 2} (Elizabeth Welty was born in 1842 in Ohio,^{2 6} died in 1891 ⁶ and was buried in 1891 in Ada, OH ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Ada, OH on 18 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 147D, District 101, Dwelling 369, Family 384, Roll 1031
Ada, Hardin County, Ohio
Nathan Poling..Self..40..OH..Grocer
Elizabeth Poling..Wife..38..OH..Keeping House
William S. Poling..Son..13..OH..At School
Annie S. Poling..Dau..12..OH..At School
John C. Poling..Son..10..OH..At School
Mary J. Poling..Dau..6..OH..At School
Clara Poling..Dau..2..OH
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