Nicholas Scharf, deceased, was born in Germany in 1832, and emigrated to America in 1854, settling in Franklin County, Ohio.  He was a life-long farmer by occupation, a Catholic in religious belief, and a Democrat in politics.  He was married in France, in 1840, to Magleine, Frund, a daughter of Frank Frund, a prominent German farmer of Franklin County.  This union was blessed with an issue of nine children, viz.: George, Annie M., Marianna, John A., Maggie J., Joseph Frank, Katie E., Clara V. and Louise M.  They are members of the Catholic Church.  Mr. Scharf died in 1879.  Mrs. Scharf came to Union County in 1879, and settled in Claibourne Township, where she owns a farm of fifty-four acres of good land.  She is a careful manager, and with the aid of her son George, who stays at home to work for her, she is conducting her farm in a most prosperous manner.