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John H. Nebergall, one of
the oldest and most popular conductors
on the Wabash Railroad
and the president of the Moberly Steam Laundry
Company, was born in
Ross County, Ohio, June 24, 1854, the son of James
and Mary (Parker)
Nebergall. They were the parents of four boys:James, deceased;
John, the subject of this
review; Adam, of Carroll
County, Mo.; and George
Franklin of St. Louis. The father was descended
from a long line of
Pennsylvania ancestors. He was a farmer there, later
he went to Ohio and then
to Illinois, where he became prosperous as a
farmer. Soon after the
close of the Civil War he came to Missouri, locat-
ing on a farm in Carroll
County, Dec. 25, 1867. He became one of the
recognized agriculturists
of central Missouri and lived there until he re-
tired when he moved to
Chillicothe, and died in 1886 at the age of 74
years Mrs. Nebergall was
born near Indianapolis, Ind., and died 1868,
aged 55 years..
John H. Nebergall was
reared on a farm and attended the district
school. When only 18
years old, Mr. Nebergall secured a position with the
construction company
which was building one of the new lines of railroad
through this section. He
was willing to do anything to make a start and
for a short time carried
water and did anything he was called upon to do.
With headquarters in
Moberly, he early became acquainted with this city
which since has been the
scene of his financial successes. In 1873, Mr.
Nebergall became a
brakeman on the Wabash Railroad. In 1875 he was
promoted to freight
conductor and in 1884 he was promoted to passenger
conductor and today
holds one of the important passenger runs on the
Wabash system from
Moberly to Des Moines. Not confining all his
energies to one vocation,
Mr. Nebergall studied the financial situation and
in 1890 invested in a
laundry business in Moberly in association with R. J.
Gee. This partnership was
dissolved in August, 1918 and Mr. Nebergall
in association with R. J.
Gee incorporated the laundry with a capital stock
of $40,000. The business
ran the first week about $55. Under their able
management this has been
increased until it is a slack season when the
books do not show a turn
over of more than $1,000 for each week of the
year. Today the Moberly
Steam Laundry has one of the largest plants in
central Missouri. An up-
to-date dry cleaning department is one of the
features of the business
and gives excellent service.
Mr. Nebergall operates
one of the finest cattle, horse and stock
ranches in Wallace
County, Kan., which is incorporated with paid up capital
of $50,000. In addition to
this place, Mr. Nebergall owns two sections of
valuable wheat and grazing
land in Edwards County, Kan., where he raises
grain and carries on
extensive dairying operations. He is also a stock-
holder in the Durbin
Malleable Foundry Company, of St. Louis, which is
capitalized at $500,000
and being a patriotic citizen Mr. Nebergall has not
neglected the home
industries as he is a stockholder in the Moberly Trust
Company. He is regarded
as one of the substantial financiers of central
Missouri.
On Dec. 7, 1876, Mr.
Nebergall was married to Miss Nellie Shumate,
Jackson County, Ohio,
and to them four children have been born: Charles
C., in partnership with his
father in the Gates Half Sole Tires and a bat-
tery service station,
Moberly; Jeanette, married W. G. Price, of Des
Moines; Bessie, who
married J. W. Faessler, of Moberly, and Lewis L., a
bookkeeper in Omaha.
Mr. Nebergall belongs to
the Masonic Lodge and the Order of Railroad
Conductors. He and his
wife are members of the Baptist church, and he
Is a Republican.
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