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Michael S. Nachtrieb, born in 1835 in Wooster, Ohio, was a civil war veteran and talented portrait painter. Though his father, Jonas Nachtreib a hat merchant, tried to get his son to continue the family business, Michael had aspirations to be an artist from his youth. In 1859 he opened a Wooster portrait studio in the public square. However, when the Civil War broke out Nachtrieb spent some time in Pennsylvania militia before he enlisted in the 9<sup>th</sup> Ohio Calvary. He served from January 1864 until October of the next year, under General Sherman. According to the Wooster Daily Record, Nachtrieb was part of Sherman’s famous march through the state of Georgia.
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Michael S. Nachtrieb, born in 1835 in Wooster, Ohio, was a civil war veteran and talented portrait painter. Though his father, Jonas Nachtreib a hat merchant, tried to get his son to continue the family business, Michael had aspirations to be an artist from his youth. Michael Nachtrieb traveled to New York City for his art education where he studied under former Wayne County resident and famous American artist, Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, and took classes at the New York School of Design and later the Academy of Fine Arts at Philadelphia. In 1859 he opened a Wooster portrait studio in the public square. However, when the Civil War broke out Nachtrieb spent some time in Pennsylvania militia before he enlisted in the 9<sup>th</sup> Ohio Calvary. He served from January 1864 until October of the next year, under General Sherman. According to the Wooster Daily Record, Nachtrieb was part of Sherman’s famous march through the state of Georgia.
  
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After returning to Ohio in the 1860s and 70s, Nachtrieb did work painting panels to decorate steamboat cabins that traveled up and down the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Most of these examples of Nachtrieb’s art have not been found. His portraits, though probably all based on photographs of their subject, rather than a living model have been widely recognized as some of the finest in the nation. In particular his painting of the Confederate General, Robert E. Lee, was praised as incredibly accurate, able to show the personality of the General in a striking likeness. Copies of Nachtrieb’s portraits are now distributed as postcards at Strafford Hall, and the likeness was once used on the cover of Life magazine.
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After returning to Ohio in the 1860s and 70s, Nachtrieb did work painting panels to decorate steamboat cabins that traveled up and down the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Most of these examples of Nachtrieb’s art have not been found. His portraits, though probably all based on photographs of their subject, rather than a living model have been widely recognized as some of the finest in the nation. In particular his painting of the Confederate General, Robert E. Lee, was praised as incredibly accurate, able to show the personality of the General in a striking likeness. Copies of Nachtrieb’s portraits are now distributed as postcards at Stratford Hall Plantation, and the likeness was once used on the cover of Life magazine.
  
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Though some museums fail to credit Nachtrieb, he also painted famous portraits of President Abraham Lincoln that are held in Washington D.C. Three are hung in the Lincoln Museum in the Ford Theatre, and one at the Lincoln Memorial. A copy of one of the Lincoln portraits can be seen at the Wayne County Historical Society, along with other Nachtrieb portraits of famous Wooster residents, such as the judges of the Wooster Court House. These paintings are a testament to the talent that rose from the town of Wooster and gained national fame.
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Though some museums fail to credit Nachtrieb, he also painted famous portraits of President Abraham Lincoln that are held in Washington D.C. Three are hung in the Lincoln Museum in the Ford Theatre, and one at the Lincoln Memorial. A copy of one of the Lincoln portraits can be seen at the Wayne County Historical Society, along with other Nachtrieb portraits of famous Wooster residents, such as the judges of the Wooster Court House. These paintings are a testament to the talent that rose from the town of Wooster.
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==List of Known Works of Art==
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! Type || Date ||  Subject || Reference Source
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|| Portrait || 1900  || Hon. Isaac Johnson || Wooster Republican, 1900-MAY-23 p.6
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|| Portrait || 1881 || Pres. A.A.E. Taylor || Wooster Republican, 1881-FEB-03 p.1
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|| Portrait || 1878 || Daniel Bates || Wooster Republican, 1878-APR-18 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1895 || Bishop A. B. Leonard || Wooster Republican, 1895-MAR-08 p.4
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|| Portrait || 1897 || Dr. J. G. Black || Wooster Republican, 1897-MAR-31 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1888 || Hon. Edward S. Dowell || Wooster Republican, 1888-DEC-20 p.1
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|| Portrait || 1881 || Hon. Joseph H. Downing || Wooster Republican, 1881-MAR-03 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1895 || Hon. Thomas Ford, 1st Lieut. Gov. || Wooster Republican, 1895-JAN-02 p.4
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|| Portrait || NA || Col. William Given || Jacksonian, 1895-FEB-28 p.3
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|| Portrait || NA || Capt. John H. Kauke || Jacksonian, 1895-FEB-28 p.3
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|| Portrait || NA || Jacob Frick || Jacksonian, 1895-FEB-28 p.3
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|| Portrait || NA || R. R. Donnelly || Jacksonian, 1895-FEB-28 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1881 || John Geitgey || Wayne County Democrat, 1881-AUG-24 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1897 || Joseph Hawkins || Wayne County Democrat, 1897-NOV-10 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1887 || Hon. John D. Nicholas || Wooster Republican, 1887-NOV-10 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1896 || F. E. Hoover || Wooster Republican, 1896-JUN-17 p.6
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|| Portrait || 1886 || Rev. Thomas Griffith Jones || Wayne County Democrat, 1886-AUG-04 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1895  || Samuel Bell Sr. || Wayne County Democrat, 1895-MAR-27 p.1
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|| Portrait || 1885  || Mrs. Thomas B. Keating || Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
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|| Portrait || NA  || Gov. Gray, Indiana || Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1875  || Hon. Martin Welker || Wooster Republican, 1875-SEP-09 p.4
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|| Portrait || NA  || Simon Cameron || Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
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|| Portrait || NA  || Salmon P. Chase || Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
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|| Portrait || NA  || Henry Packer || Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
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|| Portrait || NA  || Dr. McMasters, Miami University || Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
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|| Portrait || NA  || Dr. David A. Wallace || Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1887 || Gen. John A. Logan || Jacksonian, 1887-FEB-24 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1870  || Pres. Rev. Dr. Willis Lord, Wooster University || Wooster Republican, 1870-NOV-24 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1897 || Hon. John T. Maxwell || Wooster Republican, 1897-DEC-22 p.1
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|| Portrait || 1888  || Hon. John K. McBride || Wayne County Democrat, 1888-MAR-07 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1891  || Albert McFadden || Wooster Republican, 1891-MAR-16 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1890  || Karl Merz || Wooster Republican, 1890-MAR-19 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1875  || Hon C. C. Parsons Sr. || Wooster Republican, 1875-DEC-16 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1873  || Ephraim Quinby Jr. || Wayne County Democrat, 1873-NOV-12 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1884  || Rev. Dr. D. A. Wallace || Wayne County Democrat, 1884-OCT-08 p.3
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|| Portrait || 1905  || Peter Stair || Wayne County Democrat, 1905-DEC-13 p.2
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|| Portrait || 1897  || Gen. Anthony Wayne || Wayne County Democrat, 1897-MAR-24 p.5
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|| Portrait || 1897  || Gen. David Wooster || Wayne County Democrat, 1897-MAR-24 p.5
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|| Portrait || 1895  || Col. John F. DeCourcey || Wayne County Democrat, 1895-JUL-31 p.3
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|| Portrait || NA  || Mrs. Eliza Zellers || Potomack Online Auction Catalog, 2016-NOV-01 p.166
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|| Portrait || NA  || Williamina Quinby || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || George Quinby || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Sarah E. Wright || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || James Mullins || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Dr. Joseph H. Todd || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Angus McDonald || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || 1892  || Dr. David Firestone Jr. || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  ||Emeline Firestone || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || 1885  || John Long Jr. || Wooster Republican, 1885-JAN-22 p.3
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|| Tinted Photograph || NA  || Sarah McFadden || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || John S. Caskey || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Margaret Hanna || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || William W. Hanna || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Miniature Portrait || NA  || Col. John Sloane || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Elizabeth Frick || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Michael Miller|| Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Hannah (Kauke) Miller || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || John Stevens || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || 1889 || Amelia A. Rotthaus || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Harrison O. McClarran || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Isaiah N. Kieffer || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Martin L. Smyser || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Samuel B. Eason || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || 1900 || Abraham Lincoln, Shown as Facial Portrait || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA || Abraham Lincoln, Shown as Young Lawyer of 1842^ || Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
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|| Portrait || NA || Abraham Lincoln, Shown as Congressman of 1842^ || Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
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|| Portrait || NA || Abraham Lincoln, Shown as President of 1861^ || Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
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|| Portrait || NA || Abraham Lincoln, Shown with Son, Tad^^ || Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
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|| Portrait || 1885  || James G. Rittenhouse || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Rachel A. (Wagoner) Rittenhouse || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || David Freedlander || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || David Nice || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Alice (Taylor) Nice || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Mary (Nice) Lovett || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Mary (Nice) Shreve || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Aaron K. Nice || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || David Robison Jr. || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Ann (Jacobs) Robison || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || David Myers || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Lyman R. Critchfield Sr. || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Adelaide Critchfield || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Angus McDonald, age 39 || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Katharine McDonald || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || c.1855  || Isaac N. Jones || Jones Family History, book
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|| Portrait || c.1855  || Susan (Gillespie) Jones || Jones Family History, book
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|| Portrait || NA  || Cyrus Bowman || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Dr. Hugh A. Hart || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Wayne Hart || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Kate (Imgard) Hart || Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || President McKinley || Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
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|| Portrait || NA  || Edwin Thomas Booth || Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
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|| Portrait || NA  || Robert Downing, Actor || Xerox Copy of Local Newspaper, undated
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|| Portrait || NA  || Gen. Robert E. Lee || Wooster Daily Record, 1953-APR-22
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|| Portrait || NA || Col. William Henry Morgan of Alliance, OH^^^ || Xerox Copy of Local Newspaper, undated
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|| Portrait || NA || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Passavant Dr. Rev. William A. Passavant] || Xerox Copy of Letter from Laura R. Grabman, undated
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|| Portrait || NA || Jonas Nachtrieb || Wooster Daily Record, 1978-JUN-12 p.23
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|| Portrait || NA || Nancy (Punghes) Nachtrieb || Wooster Daily Record, 1978-JUN-12 p.23
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|| Still Life || 1906 || Peaches || Signed & Dated, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Still Life || 1904 || Peaches & Apples || Signed & Dated, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Animal Portrait || NA || Study of 3 Horses Heads || Wooster Daily Record, 1978-JUN-12 p.23
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^ Note: In 1918 the owner of these portraits was listed as in the collection of Anton Heitmuller. Later one was reported to have gone to the Corcoran Art Gallery.<br/>
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^^ Note: In 2018, Gallaudet University reports they have in their possession the portrait of Lincoln with son Tad.
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^^^ Note: The portrait of Col. William H. Morgan was reportedly given to President McKinley.
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=== List of Works of Art Attributed to Nachtrieb ===
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|| Portrait || NA  || Jacob "Herr" Driesbach || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Capt. Benjamin Jones || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || James Keys || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Mary (Bell/Beall) Keys || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Col. John Sloane, large oil || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || John C. McClarran || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Jessie McClarran || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Lizzie (Deer) McClarran || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Matthias Rittenhouse || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Catharine Rittenhouse || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Curtis Rittenhouse || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Anna Barbara (Kantzer) Rittenhouse || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Robert J. Smith, Former Mayor of Wooster || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Elizabeth H. (Pollock) Smith || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Ambrose M. Fombelle || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Hon. Celsus Pomerene || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Unidentified Male Subject || Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
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|| Portrait || NA  || Catherine Rockey || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Clarance C. Childs || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || James Findley || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Eliza Findley || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || William Childs || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Mrs. Martha Manson Turner || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Thomas McConkey || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Elizabeth (Hague) McConkey || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || August Imgard || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Jeanette (Nold) Imgard || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || William Nold || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Josiah Milbourn || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Eunice (Pratt) Milbourn || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Capt. James B. Taylor || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Emilie B. (Emmitt) Taylor || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || John McSweeney || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || William M. Orr || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Hanna (Matlack) Scovel || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Portrait || NA  || Dr. Sylvester F. Scovel || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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|| Landscape || NA || Winter Landscape || 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
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File:NachtriebStudio-WaCoDem1863MAY28Pg05.png|Nachtrieb opens art studio in Wooster in 1863.
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File:NachtriebMarries-WaCoDem1876MAR08P03.png|Nachtrieb marries Mary Bentel in 1876.
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File:NachtriebsRuined-1895-OCT-12Pg4.png|Portrait of Dr. W. W. Firestone destroyed in 1895.
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[[CATEGORY:Surnames]]
 
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[[CATEGORY:Individuals with Nachtreib Surname]]
 
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[[CATEGORY:Veterans of Wayne County]]

Latest revision as of 16:42, 8 February 2023

Michael S. Nachtreib
NachtriebMichaelPic.jpg
Born Aug. 25, 1835
Wooster, Ohio
Died Dec. 28, 1916
Wooster, Ohio
Resting place
 Wooster Cemetery
Known for Known mostly as a painter of portraits, still lifes, & landscapes
Parents Jonas Nachtrieb & Nancy (Ponges) Nachtrieb

Spelling Variation in the Given Name

Biographical Sketches

Michael S. Nachtrieb, born in 1835 in Wooster, Ohio, was a civil war veteran and talented portrait painter. Though his father, Jonas Nachtreib a hat merchant, tried to get his son to continue the family business, Michael had aspirations to be an artist from his youth. Michael Nachtrieb traveled to New York City for his art education where he studied under former Wayne County resident and famous American artist, Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, and took classes at the New York School of Design and later the Academy of Fine Arts at Philadelphia. In 1859 he opened a Wooster portrait studio in the public square. However, when the Civil War broke out Nachtrieb spent some time in Pennsylvania militia before he enlisted in the 9th Ohio Calvary. He served from January 1864 until October of the next year, under General Sherman. According to the Wooster Daily Record, Nachtrieb was part of Sherman’s famous march through the state of Georgia.

After returning to Ohio in the 1860s and 70s, Nachtrieb did work painting panels to decorate steamboat cabins that traveled up and down the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Most of these examples of Nachtrieb’s art have not been found. His portraits, though probably all based on photographs of their subject, rather than a living model have been widely recognized as some of the finest in the nation. In particular his painting of the Confederate General, Robert E. Lee, was praised as incredibly accurate, able to show the personality of the General in a striking likeness. Copies of Nachtrieb’s portraits are now distributed as postcards at Stratford Hall Plantation, and the likeness was once used on the cover of Life magazine.

Though some museums fail to credit Nachtrieb, he also painted famous portraits of President Abraham Lincoln that are held in Washington D.C. Three are hung in the Lincoln Museum in the Ford Theatre, and one at the Lincoln Memorial. A copy of one of the Lincoln portraits can be seen at the Wayne County Historical Society, along with other Nachtrieb portraits of famous Wooster residents, such as the judges of the Wooster Court House. These paintings are a testament to the talent that rose from the town of Wooster.

List of Known Works of Art

Type Date Subject Reference Source
Portrait 1900 Hon. Isaac Johnson Wooster Republican, 1900-MAY-23 p.6
Portrait 1881 Pres. A.A.E. Taylor Wooster Republican, 1881-FEB-03 p.1
Portrait 1878 Daniel Bates Wooster Republican, 1878-APR-18 p.3
Portrait 1895 Bishop A. B. Leonard Wooster Republican, 1895-MAR-08 p.4
Portrait 1897 Dr. J. G. Black Wooster Republican, 1897-MAR-31 p.3
Portrait 1888 Hon. Edward S. Dowell Wooster Republican, 1888-DEC-20 p.1
Portrait 1881 Hon. Joseph H. Downing Wooster Republican, 1881-MAR-03 p.3
Portrait 1895 Hon. Thomas Ford, 1st Lieut. Gov. Wooster Republican, 1895-JAN-02 p.4
Portrait NA Col. William Given Jacksonian, 1895-FEB-28 p.3
Portrait NA Capt. John H. Kauke Jacksonian, 1895-FEB-28 p.3
Portrait NA Jacob Frick Jacksonian, 1895-FEB-28 p.3
Portrait NA R. R. Donnelly Jacksonian, 1895-FEB-28 p.3
Portrait 1881 John Geitgey Wayne County Democrat, 1881-AUG-24 p.3
Portrait 1897 Joseph Hawkins Wayne County Democrat, 1897-NOV-10 p.3
Portrait 1887 Hon. John D. Nicholas Wooster Republican, 1887-NOV-10 p.3
Portrait 1896 F. E. Hoover Wooster Republican, 1896-JUN-17 p.6
Portrait 1886 Rev. Thomas Griffith Jones Wayne County Democrat, 1886-AUG-04 p.3
Portrait 1895 Samuel Bell Sr. Wayne County Democrat, 1895-MAR-27 p.1
Portrait 1885 Mrs. Thomas B. Keating Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
Portrait NA Gov. Gray, Indiana Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
Portrait 1875 Hon. Martin Welker Wooster Republican, 1875-SEP-09 p.4
Portrait NA Simon Cameron Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
Portrait NA Salmon P. Chase Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
Portrait NA Henry Packer Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
Portrait NA Dr. McMasters, Miami University Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
Portrait NA Dr. David A. Wallace Wooster Republican, 1885-JUL-23 p.3
Portrait 1887 Gen. John A. Logan Jacksonian, 1887-FEB-24 p.3
Portrait 1870 Pres. Rev. Dr. Willis Lord, Wooster University Wooster Republican, 1870-NOV-24 p.3
Portrait 1897 Hon. John T. Maxwell Wooster Republican, 1897-DEC-22 p.1
Portrait 1888 Hon. John K. McBride Wayne County Democrat, 1888-MAR-07 p.3
Portrait 1891 Albert McFadden Wooster Republican, 1891-MAR-16 p.3
Portrait 1890 Karl Merz Wooster Republican, 1890-MAR-19 p.3
Portrait 1875 Hon C. C. Parsons Sr. Wooster Republican, 1875-DEC-16 p.3
Portrait 1873 Ephraim Quinby Jr. Wayne County Democrat, 1873-NOV-12 p.3
Portrait 1884 Rev. Dr. D. A. Wallace Wayne County Democrat, 1884-OCT-08 p.3
Portrait 1905 Peter Stair Wayne County Democrat, 1905-DEC-13 p.2
Portrait 1897 Gen. Anthony Wayne Wayne County Democrat, 1897-MAR-24 p.5
Portrait 1897 Gen. David Wooster Wayne County Democrat, 1897-MAR-24 p.5
Portrait 1895 Col. John F. DeCourcey Wayne County Democrat, 1895-JUL-31 p.3
Portrait NA Mrs. Eliza Zellers Potomack Online Auction Catalog, 2016-NOV-01 p.166
Portrait NA Williamina Quinby Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA George Quinby Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Sarah E. Wright Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA James Mullins Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Dr. Joseph H. Todd Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Angus McDonald Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait 1892 Dr. David Firestone Jr. Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Emeline Firestone Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait 1885 John Long Jr. Wooster Republican, 1885-JAN-22 p.3
Tinted Photograph NA Sarah McFadden Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA John S. Caskey Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Margaret Hanna Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA William W. Hanna Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Miniature Portrait NA Col. John Sloane Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Elizabeth Frick Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Michael Miller Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Hannah (Kauke) Miller Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA John Stevens Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait 1889 Amelia A. Rotthaus Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Harrison O. McClarran Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Isaiah N. Kieffer Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Martin L. Smyser Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Samuel B. Eason Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait 1900 Abraham Lincoln, Shown as Facial Portrait Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Abraham Lincoln, Shown as Young Lawyer of 1842^ Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
Portrait NA Abraham Lincoln, Shown as Congressman of 1842^ Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
Portrait NA Abraham Lincoln, Shown as President of 1861^ Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
Portrait NA Abraham Lincoln, Shown with Son, Tad^^ Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
Portrait 1885 James G. Rittenhouse Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Rachel A. (Wagoner) Rittenhouse Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA David Freedlander Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA David Nice Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Alice (Taylor) Nice Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Mary (Nice) Lovett Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Mary (Nice) Shreve Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Aaron K. Nice Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA David Robison Jr. Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Ann (Jacobs) Robison Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA David Myers Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Lyman R. Critchfield Sr. Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Adelaide Critchfield Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Angus McDonald, age 39 Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Katharine McDonald Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait c.1855 Isaac N. Jones Jones Family History, book
Portrait c.1855 Susan (Gillespie) Jones Jones Family History, book
Portrait NA Cyrus Bowman Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Dr. Hugh A. Hart Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Wayne Hart Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Kate (Imgard) Hart Deed of Gift, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA President McKinley Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
Portrait NA Edwin Thomas Booth Wooster Daily Republican, 1918-APR-08 p.5
Portrait NA Robert Downing, Actor Xerox Copy of Local Newspaper, undated
Portrait NA Gen. Robert E. Lee Wooster Daily Record, 1953-APR-22
Portrait NA Col. William Henry Morgan of Alliance, OH^^^ Xerox Copy of Local Newspaper, undated
Portrait NA Dr. Rev. William A. Passavant Xerox Copy of Letter from Laura R. Grabman, undated
Portrait NA Jonas Nachtrieb Wooster Daily Record, 1978-JUN-12 p.23
Portrait NA Nancy (Punghes) Nachtrieb Wooster Daily Record, 1978-JUN-12 p.23
Still Life 1906 Peaches Signed & Dated, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Still Life 1904 Peaches & Apples Signed & Dated, Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Animal Portrait NA Study of 3 Horses Heads Wooster Daily Record, 1978-JUN-12 p.23


^ Note: In 1918 the owner of these portraits was listed as in the collection of Anton Heitmuller. Later one was reported to have gone to the Corcoran Art Gallery.
^^ Note: In 2018, Gallaudet University reports they have in their possession the portrait of Lincoln with son Tad. ^^^ Note: The portrait of Col. William H. Morgan was reportedly given to President McKinley.

List of Works of Art Attributed to Nachtrieb

Type Date Subject Reference Source
Portrait NA Jacob "Herr" Driesbach Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Capt. Benjamin Jones Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA James Keys Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Mary (Bell/Beall) Keys Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Col. John Sloane, large oil Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA John C. McClarran Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Jessie McClarran Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Lizzie (Deer) McClarran Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Matthias Rittenhouse Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Catharine Rittenhouse Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Curtis Rittenhouse Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Anna Barbara (Kantzer) Rittenhouse Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Robert J. Smith, Former Mayor of Wooster Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Elizabeth H. (Pollock) Smith Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Ambrose M. Fombelle Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Hon. Celsus Pomerene Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Unidentified Male Subject Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio
Portrait NA Catherine Rockey 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Clarance C. Childs 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA James Findley 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Eliza Findley 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA William Childs 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Mrs. Martha Manson Turner 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Thomas McConkey 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Elizabeth (Hague) McConkey 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA August Imgard 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Jeanette (Nold) Imgard 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA William Nold 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Josiah Milbourn 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Eunice (Pratt) Milbourn 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Capt. James B. Taylor 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Emilie B. (Emmitt) Taylor 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA John McSweeney 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA William M. Orr 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Hanna (Matlack) Scovel 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Portrait NA Dr. Sylvester F. Scovel 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog
Landscape NA Winter Landscape 1964 Maida McIlroy's Independent Study Exhibit Catalog

Family

  • Husband: Michael S. Nachtrieb
  • Wife: Mary (Bentel) Nachtrieb
  • Children:
    • Rebecca "Reba" Nachtrieb, never married.

Vital Records

Birth

  • Aug. 25, 1835 in Wooster, Ohio

Marriage

  • March 1876 to Mary Bentel at her home in Zelienople, Butler Co., Pennsylvania.

Death

  • Dec. 28, 1916 in Wooster, Ohio

Burial

  • Buried on December 30, 1916 in Wooster Cemetery in Wayne County, Wooster, Ohio.

Census Records

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Places of Residence

  • Wooster, Ohio
  • New York City, NY c.1850s
  • Philadelphia, PA c.1850s
  • Coshocton, Ohio c.1866
  • Kentucky c.1869
  • Ironton, Ohio c.1873

Court Records

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Tax Records

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Land Records

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Military

  • Civil War veteran
    • Served in the Pennsylvania Militia as a corporal in the 1st battery light artillery. He took part in the battle of Antietam, where he was wounded when a musketball struck his right leg and passed through his kneecap. He was mustered out in 1863 because of his injuries.
    • After recovering, he re-enlisted on January 1, 1864 in Company E, 9th Ohio Volunteer cavalry. He served until the end of the war and was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio in 1865.

Occupations

  • Artist

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Newspaper articles

  • Nachtrieb opens art studio in Wooster in 1863.

  • Nachtrieb marries Mary Bentel in 1876.

  • Portrait of Dr. W. W. Firestone destroyed in 1895.

  • Nachtrieb art exhibited in 1979 at Wa. Co. Historical Society.

Newspaper ads

Historical Documents

  • 1964 Wayne County Art Exhibit Catalog

Notes

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References


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