Charles Franklin Nesselrodt

Brief Life History of Charles Franklin

When Charles Franklin Nesselrodt was born on 14 February 1857, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, his father, Frederick Naselrodt III, was 31 and his mother, Mary Ann Smith, was 31. He married Amanda Jane Snyder on 15 March 1878, in Hardy, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fairfax, Grant, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Great Cacapon, Morgan, West Virginia, United States in 1930. He died on 16 August 1932, in Morgan, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Woodrow Church Cemetery, Paw Paw, Morgan, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Franklin Nesselrodt
1857–1932
Amanda Jane Snyder
1856–1930
Marriage: 15 March 1878
Martha Parker Nesselrodt
1878–
John B. Nesselrodt
1887–1974
Edward Daniel Nesselrodt
1889–1970
David Moses Nesselrodt
1891–1977
Myrtle Nesselrodt
1892–1991
Nesselrodt
1893–1893
May Violet Nesselrodt
1898–1973

Sources (28)

  • Charles Nazlerod, "United States, Census, 1870"
  • Charles Nesselrodt, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Charles Franklin Nazelrod, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

German: topographic name denoting a clearing where nettles grew, from Middle High German nezzel ‘nettle’ + riuten, roten ‘to clear land (for cultivation or settlement)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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