Nathaniel Henterly
Farmer
BIRTH
THURSDAY
02 MAR 1837
Pickerington, Violet Township,
Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
DEATH
TUESDAY
22 JAN 1895
Lancaster,
Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
Joe McFarland
The Far-Land Legacy
The Publishing Legacy Company
Friday, February 9, 2024
BIOGRAPHY
HOCKING TOWNSHIP – With a birth record in Pickerington, Ohio, the third generation American and citizen of Fairfield County, Nathaniel Henterly, was born to Jacob Henderlick II and Rachael Andereck on Thursday, March 2, 1837. His parents later married that year on Sunday, December 17. Nathaniel’s grandfather, Jacob Henderlain I, immigrated from Bern, Switzerland, prior to the 1810 U.S. Census, to Middlesex Hundred, an early division within Baltimore County, Maryland. The last name went through several shifts in spelling from Henderlain to Henderlick, and then to Henterly. Nathaniel’s children would later adopt a “d” in place of the “t” resulting in the spelling Henderly. His grandfather served as a corporal during the War of 1812 and relocated the family later to Clearcreek Township prior to the August 7, 1820 U.S. Census. Nathaniel’s father was under seven years old when the family made the trek to settle in Fairfield County.
Three weeks after Nathaniel’s sixth birthday his father left his mother a widow as his body was interred in the Saint Michaels cemetery in Liberty Township, after only living to the age of thirty. His mother remarried soon after his father’s untimely death to John Daniel Graver, before the 1850 U.S. Census was recorded on August 23rd. At that time Nathaniel was listed as still attending school within the Liberty Township area and the family later relocated to Hocking Township by 1860, when Nathaniel was 23. While living on his step-father’s farm, he served as a farm laborer. As of July 24, 1860, he owned $1,060 worth of real estate and accumulated $100 of his own wealth.
Nathaniel served in two different units on the Union side of the American Civil War as a Private, both in Company A, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In between service to his country, he married his bride, Susan Bailor on January 7, 1862 in Fairfield County.
When the Civil War broke out on April 12, 1861, Nathaniel first served as a Private in Company A, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry enlisting on Monday, April 22. The regiment organized in Lancaster between April 16 and 27, and Nathaniel became one of those who quickly responded to the call to fight for the Union in Ohio. He enlisted in Company A on April 22 and officially mustered in on April 27. The captain of the newly formed regiment reported to Camp Anderson in Lancaster. There the regiment traveled through Benwood, Ohio and continued on to Parkersburg, West Virginia (formerly western Virginia until 1863) with orders to escort supply trains, hunt down southern guerrillas, and engage in several reconnaissance missions. The commanding officer, J. M. Connell, of the 17th Regiment issued the following report on July 8, 1861:
REPORT
Buckhannon, VA, July 8, 1861, 15:00 (3 p.m.)
GENERAL:
My scout Edwards, just in, effected his escape through the enemy’s lines at Glenville about two hours after the fight began yesterday. Thirty-five men first attacked and fired upon our pickets without injuring them. They returned the fire effectually, and got safely into camp. All of our pickets got safely in during the night. The advance of the enemy was composed of about 160 well-armed and disciplined men, and dark last night our little force was surrounded, the enemy covering the three roads leading past the Court-House.
He brings no definite information as to number of enemy; thinks at least 2,500, 1,000 of whom are an Eastern Virginia regiment, well-armed and equipped and disciplined, the militia.
Irregular firing was kept up during the night. At daybreak, in the language of the scout, “Both sides were firing like hell,” our men holding good their position. Tyler’s two companies stopped last night ten miles this side of Glenville, for what reason God only knows. But the delay has probably occasioned the cutting off my brave boys.
Col. Tyler himself at 10 o’clock [this] morning was not a mile and a half from Weston. If our men at Glenville cannot hold out till tomorrow morning Tyler and Lytle will not reach Wise at all.
The scout reports that our men are behaving nobly, determined to hold their position.
Respectfully,
J. M. CONNELL
August 3, 1861 brought the order to the 17th Regiment to travel to Camp Goddard in Zanesville, Ohio. The soldiers began their trek and arrived on Tuesday, August 13 and two days later 1st Lieutenant R. B. Hull of the 18th U.S. Infantry mustered the soldiers out of duty from their service. Casualties suffered from the service resulted in two men who died from disease and one who drowned in Virginia.
Nathaniel later served again when he enlisted in Company A, 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on Friday, September 23, 1864 and mustered out on Saturday, June 10, 1865.
After the war, Nathaniel settled back into civilian life as a farmer in Hocking Township and cultivated the property now sectioned off and designated as 536 and 584 Hamburg Road SW in Township 14, Range 19, Section 13 in the northwest quarter. His property was located in the southeastern part of the quarter.
By the time Nathaniel was 33, he had accumulated $2,200 worth of real estate and held $700 in personal assets. Both combined converted to 2024’s dollars which amassed to $70,600.27, not taking in other economic factors currently contributing to inflation.
Nathaniel’s wife, Susan, listed as Susie A., filed for his pension on Saturday, February 15, 1890, and again at his death in 1895.
Private Henterly passed away on Tuesday, January 22, 1895, in Lancaster, just prior to his 58th birthday and was honored with a burial in the Forest Rose cemetery. His tombstone may be found in Section C-1, Lot 18E, Grave 3, situated on the right rear part of the section.
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BURIAL
FOREST ROSE CEMETERY – Nathaniel lies buried next to his wife, Susan, in the Forest Rose Cemetery. The tombstone stands in Section C-1, toward the entrance of the cemetery, positioned in the right rear corner. He lies in Lot 18E, Grave 3.
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THE REFERENCES
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“Nathaniel Henterly,” Find A Grave, last modified April 20, 2007, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19029495/nathaniel-henterly.
National Park Service. “Union Ohio Volunteers, 17th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 Months, 1861).” Accessed February 8, 2024. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UOH0017RI02.
Ohio Civil War Central. “17th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Three Months Service).” Accessed February 8, 2024. https://www.ohiocivilwarcentral.com/17th-regiment-ohio-volunteer-infantry-three-months-service/.
“Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016,” database, FamilySearch, last modified October 18, 2023, Nathaniel Henterly and Susanne Bailor, 07 JAN 1862, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZBY-KSX.
Spirit of ’61. “17th Ohio Infantry Regiment (3 Months).” Accessed February 8, 2024. https://spirit61.info/units/army-of-the-west-union/17th-ohio-3-mo/.
“The Draft in Fairfield County,” The Weekly Lancaster Gazette, Thursday, September 29, 1864, 3.
“The Fairfield Volunters [sic],” The Weekly Lancaster Gazette, Thursday, May 2, 1861, 1.
“United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865,” database, FamilySearch, last modified August 25, 2021, Nathaniel Henterly, 1861-1865, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS61-ZJH.
“United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865,” database, FamilySearch, last modified August 25, 2021, Nathaniel Henterly, 1861-1865, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS9Q-NY8.
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