Nathan Darrow was born in 1828 in Farmington, Trumbull County Ohio and passed away on May 1 1891 in Rialto, San Bernardino County California. Nathan Darrow enlisted in the Union Army at Sandusky, Ohio, 27 Apr 1864, and was captured by the Confederates on 11 Jun 1864. He was discharged 20 Aug 1864. He was born 1828 in Bristol (Farmington), Trumbull, Ohio, to J. Jedediah Darrow and Laura Wade.
According to an affidavit in Nathan's military pension file and family tradition, he married Elizabeth "Betsy" Shepler, daughter of William Shepler and Susanna "Susan" Forney, on 22 Apr 1852, at Trumbull Co., Ohio. They had at least six children. They were:
1) Willie J. Darrow, b. abt 1854, d. 28 Feb 1862 in Kinsman, Trumbull Co., OH (He is buried in the Trumbull Co., OH Cemetery - Find a Grave Memorial #74353177
2) Lily Darrow, b. abt 1856
3) Clyde Herbert Darrow, b. 22 Mar 1858, Kinsman, Trumbull Co., OH; d. abt 1930., Highland, San Bernardino Co., CA (buried in Hermosa Cemetery, Colton, San Bernardino, CA)
4) Nellie Darrow, b. abt 1853, Ohio
5) Frank S. Darrow, b. 1872, PA; d. 1906 (buried at German Reformed Cemetery, Southington. Trumbull Co., OH - Find a Grave Memorial l# 64928942)
6) John Darrow, b. abt 1880, prob. in Morris Co., Kansas
Nathan and Betsy moved their family from Ohio to Erie Co., PA in 1865. In 1879, they moved to Council Grove, Morris Co., Kansas. In 1887, they came to Riverside, and later to Rialto, San Bernardino Co., CA. He considered himself a "painter by trade, farmer by occupation."
Nathan died in Rialto, San Bernardino Co., CA on 1 May 1891, and was buried Hermosa Cemetery, block 1, lot 73, space A (next to his son, Clyde Darrow, who died about 1930).
The above is based on family information, Nathan Darrow's military pension file (WC 424211, National Archives; the 1870 census for Lee Boeuf Township (Mill Village P.O.), Erie, Pennsylvania; the 1880 census for District 139, Valley, Morris Co., Kansas; and for his wife, the 1900 census for Trumbull Co., Ohio.
Thanks to Virginia Sholin/Smallwood for compiling this information
