M. V. NUSSBAUM
M.V. Nussbaum, wagon maker, was born in Richland county, Ohio, July 7, 1841. He is a son of Isaac and Juliana (Mellinger) Nussbaum. When he was quite young the family moved to Putnam county of the same State. In 1847 they came to Iowa and settled in Polk county on a farm, where they remained till 1862 when they sold the farm and moved into Polk City. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools and taught school prior to his enlistment, August 1, 1861, in company A, of the Tenth Iowa Infantry. He served till the spring of 1862, when he was discharged on account of disability. He participated in a number of engagements, among them were New Madrid, Fort Pillow, Iuka and Corinth; at the latter place he was taken sick and sent to the hospital at Keokuk, where he remained seven months. He was mustered into the service at Iowa City and discharged at Keokuk. He returned to Polk City and staid a short time. August 18, 1864 he was married to Nancy E. McCain, a native of Pennsylvania, and daughter of Samuel W. McCain. Mr. and Mrs. Nussbaum have had eight children, four of whom are living...Julia V., Franklin W., Martin V. and Robert B. In the spring of 1865 Mr. Nussbaum moved to Monona county, where he operated a saw mill until 1872. he then returned to Polk county and remaind two years, after which he went to Des Moines and engaged in working at the carpenter trade, eighteen months. He next went to Van Meter where he worked at putting in a coal shaft, thence to DeSoto and staid one winter, thence to Exira, Audubon county. He remained in Exira till 1881, at which time he came to Marne and went to work at carpentering, which he continued until 1883. In that year he opened a wagon shop which he now runs. Mr. Nussbaum is a member of the G.A.R.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 615.
