| BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
of
Washington County, Pennsylvania
containing
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens and of many of the Early Settled Families
- ILLUSTRATED -
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1893.
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ROBERT D. NESBIT
is a son of Robert Nesbit, whose parents John and
Martha (Donaldson) Nesbit, came from Cecil county, Md.,
to Washington county, Penn. John Nesbit was
accompanied by three brothers one of whom soon after
returned to Maryland, while the others located upon a tract
of land which lies upon the boundaries of Chartiers and
Canton townships. John settled on 119 acres of
land, and children were born to these pioneers, but in the
winter of 1837 a deadly fever raged in the neighborhood.
Before spring the father and three of the children —John,
Margaret and Jane —had died. Of the once
happy family now remained a widowed wife and bereaved
mother, who clung closely to her one remaining son,
Robert. The Death Angel soon called her to join
the loved ones gone before, and on April 26, 1843, she too
died.
Robert Nesbit was born in 1800, in Canton
township, on his father’s farm. On June 12, 1828, he
was married to Mary Ann Anderson, a
native of Chartiers township, this county, and three
children were born to them, namely: John A., Sarah (Mrs.
Edward H. Daugherty), and Martha (deceased wife
of William Stewart). Mrs.
Nesbit died September 27, 1837, and he was afterward
married to Margaret Shaw, a native of Ireland,
who came with her parents to America when but a . child.
They were married in Washington county, and settled upon the
farm where their only son Robert D., is now living.
Mr. Nesbit took an active interest in
political matters, and in church relation was many years an
elder and leading member of the United Presbyterian Church.
He died in 1861, and was followed by his wife in 1863.
Robert D. Nesbit was born March 25, 1841, on the
old home farm in Chartiers township, receiving his education
in the district schools. In 1862 he enlisted in an
independent cavalry company for a term of three years, or
until the close of the war. This company was afterward
organized into the Twenty-second Pennsylvania Regiment, and
then became a part of the Ringgold Battalion. Mr.
Nesbit took part in the battles of Winchester,
Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek. In 1865 he received an
honorable discharge at Wheeling, W. Va., after which he
returned to Chartiers township. On August 26, 1868, he
was married to Miss Lizzie Lee, a
native of Chartiers township, daughter of David and Maria
(McLaughlin) Lee. They had emigrated from England
to Maryland, finally locating in Washington county, Penn.,
where the remainder of their lives was passed. After
his marriage Mr. Nesbit settled on the farm
which is now his home. The land is not only valuable
for its agricultural properties, but also for gas which has
been developed thereon. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.
Nesbit the following children have been born: David
H., Robert, Maggie, Bertha and
Lizzie (twins). Mr. Nesbit is
actively interested in the Republican party, and has served
as a member of the school board and judge of inspection.
He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian
Church and are ever ready to lend a helping hand to further
any worthy enterprise
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Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington Co., PA -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893. |
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