Nicholas Dormire
Nicholas Dormire, Retired Farmer; P. O. Tawawa, O.
Mr. Dormire was born in France Nov. 20, 1808. He is a weaver by trade, and made weaving his principal vocation while in his native country. In 1830 he emigrated to America and located in Baltimore, remained a short time; from there he went to Philadelphia, Pa., stopped a few months, and from thence to Chambersburg, Pa., where he married Miss Dorothea Piper May 15, 1834. Miss Piper was born in Germany June 28, 1808, and emigrated to America in 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Dormire settled near Chambersburg, Pa., remained until 1836, when they moved to Ohio and located in Montgomery County one year or until in the spring of 1837, when they came to Shelby County and settled on a tract of land in Perry Township, on which he made improvements and lived until 1850, when he purchased and moved on the farm in section 2, Green Township, where he has since resided. He erected his present brick residence on his farm in 1857. He reared a family of three children, Jacob, Margaret, and George. Margaret is now deceased.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883