Lemuel Eversole
Lemuel Eversole was born in Perry County, October 30th, 1829, and came to this county in 1852. He married Sarah Nash, who was born in Allen County, July 11th, 1837. They have nine children--George W., Eliza J., Frank J., John E., Charles A., Elva E., Daniel B., Nettie B. and Lemuel N. Mr. E. is a son of Peter and Rebecca Eversole, and brother of Eliza, Catherine, Francis, Daniel and Rebecca. Mrs. Eversole's parents, Thomas and Rebecca Nash, came from Morgan County. Their children are Mary, Lucretia and Sarah.
From 1875 Historical Atlas of Allen County, Ohio, by H. H. Hardesty & Co. Publishers, Chicago.
Lemuel Eversole, a prominent agriculturist of Jackson township, residing on his farm in section 28, represents the sturdy, independent spirit of our American manhood which has overcome all obstacles encountered in the highways of life and has made our people honored and respected among the nations of the world. Left an orphan in early childhood, he has worked his way, unaided, to an independent position. He is one of the large land-owners of Allen County, having 360 acres of well improved land, upon which he makes his home. Mr. Eversole was born October 30, 1829, in Perry County, Ohio, and is a son of Peter and Rebecca (Snyder) Eversole, being one of seven children that grew to adult years, viz.: Eliza, Catherine, Francis, Nancy, Lemuel, Rebecca and Daniel.
When our subject was a child of two years, his parents moved to Sandusky County where they died four years later, in 1835, within a month of each other. Left alone in the world, Lemuel was taken into the home of his uncle, John Eversole, of Perry County, where he remained until he was 17. Educational opportunities were meager and consisted of a short term schooling each winter. He was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, and for the three years thus engaged was given his clothes and $30. Within three months after his time had expired, he was on his way to California to seek his fortune in the gold fields. During the two years spent in mining and gold-washing, he did not make a fortune and decided to return to his native State. In the spring of 1852 he come to Allen County where he purchased a tract of wild land and secured work for the winter in the cabinet-shop of Musser & Winn, of Lima. For another six years he worked at his trade in the eastern part of the county, living frugally and saving his earnings so that he was able, by selling his first purchase, to buy his present property. In 1872 he built a large, substantial bank barn, and three years later his pleasant brick home, one of the most attractive in the county.
He was married July 8, 1855, to Sarah Nash, who was born July 11, 1837, and was a daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Akins) Nash, early settlers of this county. They were the parents of 12 children, viz.: George W., Eliza J., wife of L. B. Harrod; Frank J., John E., Charles A., Elva C., Daniel B., Nettie B., Lemuel N., Aura D., Ralph and a child that died in infancy. Mr. Eversole is a member of the Christian Church. He is a Repubican and a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted as a 100 day man in May, 1864, in Company A, 151st Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under Captain King, of Delphos, with the rank of 2nd corporal. Mr. Eversole is a prominent Odd Fellow. He has served as township trustee and on the School Board and has never failed to put his shoulder to the wheel when the voice of duty called him.
From History of Allen County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, Part 2, Edited & Compiled by Charles C. Miller, Ph. D.; Richmond & Arnold, Publishers, Chicago, 1906