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Nicholas AREND, farmer, P.O.
Berwick, was born in Belgium, November 6, 1814. His parents, Nicholas and Mary
A.. Arend, were also natives of Belgium, where they married and lived and died.
Our subject married, May 4, 1857, Anna Pethe, who was born in Belgium in
November, 1832, daughter of Andrew and Margaret Pethe, of same nativity and who
remained in their native land until death. Our subject and wife immigrated to
America, coming direct to Big Spring Township, this county, in 1857, where they
have remained ever since. They are the parents of eight children, seven now
living: Nicholas, John, Anna (wife of Peter M. Reinhart),
Dominic, Peter, Mary and Andrew; Nicholas is deceased. Our subject now
owns eighty acres of fine land, whereon he and his family reside. They are all
faithful members of the Catholic Church at St. Nicholas.
Source : History of Seneca County, Ohio. Containing a history of the County, its
Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc,; Portraits of
early settlers and prominent men; Biographies; History of the Northwest
Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc,, etc.
illustrated chicago: Warner, Beers & co., 1886.