Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 595
SAMUEL S. NUZUM

Samuel S. NUZUM, one of the enterprising farmers of Allen Township, living on section 13, came to Harrison County, in 1884, and first located on forty acres of partly improved land which he purchased. He built a house 14x20 feet, one story and one-half high; built a stable, cribs, shedding, dug a well and set out an orchard of one hundred and fifty trees. He came to the county a poor man, but is now surrounded with a comfortable home. His farm now comprises one hundred and sixty acres, seventy acres of which are under cultivation and the balance in pasture and meadow land.

Our subject was born in Delaware County, Iowa, in November, 1858. He is the son of George and Eliza NUZUM, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia. They reared a family of seven children, who were born in the following order: Linzy G., John W., Madison, (deceased), Thomas J., Caleb M., Samuel S., Willis, (deceased). The father was a farmer and Samuel S. lived with him until he reached his majority, his educational advantages being quite limited. He went from Delaware County, with the family to Pennsylvania and then to Warren County, Iowa, from there to Council Bluffs, in the vicinity of which he worked out for four years and then came to Harrison County.

Mr. NUZUM, was married in January, 1883, to Rachel E. CARTE, the daughter of Zachariah and Rachel CARTER, the father being a native of Illinois and the mother of Ohio. They had a family of six children, our subject's wife being next to the youngest. They were in the following order: Jane A., Betsy E., John W., Charles E., (deceased), Rachel E., and Florence E. All of the living ones are residents of Harrison County. Our subject and his wife are the parents of three children--Walter F., William R. and Samuel S.

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