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Language
English
Abstract
Papers of the Nathan Ochs family of Shelby and Jefferson County, Kentucky, document the family history from the late nineteenth
century to the early twentieth century and chiefly concern his children. Letters from siblings Simon, Nathan Jr., and Sallie
Ochs are written from Kentucky to their brother, Charles, in California between 1884 and the early 1900s. Topics chiefly include
the weather, their farms (crops, animals, and farm workers), family news, and their mother's illness and death. Genealogical
records document the history of the family beginning with Nathan Ochs, who was born in Germany in the 1820s. These materials
include naturalization papers for Nathan Ochs, genealogical charts for his descendants, and a narrative history of the family
written by Shirley A. Ochs Cocke in 1970.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Nathan Ochs Family Papers, A&M 2163, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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