William N. / Nathan C. Trueblood Home
Nathan C. Trueblood was the son of William N. and Isabel Albertson Trueblood. He was born March 1st 1846 and died suddenly of heart trouble on January 3rd 1911 at the age of 64 years. Nathan had always been a member of the Blue River Quaker Community.
The two-story, red-brick house not far from the Blue River Friends Orthodox church was built by William Trueblood in 1829 as a wedding gift for his son, Nathan, and his bride Maria Ellen Huston. The gift included 160 acres of farm land as well. The house is just two miles northeast of the “Old Lone Cypress Tree”, where the Truebloods had made their home in 1815 when they first arrived in Washington County.
In 1901, the homeplace was bought by Noble Trueblood, a Quaker minister and great grandson of Nathan C. Trueblood. Noble Trueblood lived in the home after retiring and stayed in the home until his death.
Bricks for the house were made on site, and many features of the home are just as they have always been. The stone foundation and faultless brick work show the craftsmanship of the home construction. This house is set back from the road and overlooks a large pond and an expanse of fields.
As a young man Nathan assisted his father in the operation of the flour and sawmill near Canton, which was the oldest water and steam mill in the county. One of Nathan’s duties at the mill was to deliver a wagon load of flour to the merchants of Salem once a week.
Nathan along with some other men watched the old mill during the war, when it was feared Morgan’s Raiders were going to burn it down. He stood as a witness at his father’s barn when Morgan’s men took every horse, log teams and all, and left them without a single horse. Nathan followed after Morgan’s Raiders into Ohio and after Morgan’s capture, Nathan brought back all the horses he could recognize.
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William Nathan Trueblood's home……Nathan Trueblood’s son, who took over his father’s farming, milling and UGRR operations…..employed George Washington Parker, a free black man, born in Seymour, who was widely recognized as a conductor on the UGRR, working in conjunction with Levi Thompson. Built in 1815??
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