Nading Family

Matthaeus Nading (sometimes spelled Nöthing, Noeding Noding Noeting) ) was born 24 Dec 1756 at Bergheim, Hesse-Cassel, Germany. He was impressed into the Prussian Army and he entered America as Hessian mercenary soldier fighting for the British. He landed at Staten Island but was captured by American Troops. He was freed from captivity four years later in Charlotte, North Carolina. He eventually joinined the Moravian Community at Salem, North Carolina in 1780. In 1783 he married Eva Catharine Volz (Foltz) (1762-1845) at Friedberg, Stokes Co., NC. Matthaeus died 30 Apr 1807 at Salem, Stokes Co., NC.

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First Generation

Children of Matthaeus Nading (1756-1807) and Eva Catharine Volz
George Nading (1784-1866) m. Anna Maria Sauers (Moved to West Salem, IL Moravian community in 1840 where they died)
Johannes (John) Nading (1787-1870) m. Hannah Burk (1789-1871) (lived in Forsyth Co, NC)
Simeon (Simon) Nading (1790-1853) m. Catherine (Polly) Sutlive (1792-1856) (moved to Bartholomew Co, IN)
Anna Rosina Nading (1793-1794)
Christian Nading (1796-1880) m. Nancy Anna Ledford (1801-1865) (lived in Forsyth Co, NC)
Martin Nading (1798-1844) m. 1) Johanna Salome Miller (1802-1824); 2) Emily Ledford (After 1855, Emily moved to Ray Co, MO)
Joseph Nading (1802-1883) m. 1) Elisabeth Fischel (1804-1830) m. 2) Anna Johanna Spach (1805-1834) and m. 3) Elisabeth Schott (Betsy Shutt) (1810-1891) (lived in Forsyth Co, NC)

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Second Generation:

Children of Johannes (John) Nading and Hannah Burk
Catharina Nading (1809-1885) m. John Nathaniel Blum (1811-1874)
Alexander Nading (1812-1903) m. Sarah Miller (1814-1892), probably d/o Hermannus Miller and Salome Schauss
Dulcina Nading (b. & d. 1820)
Phoebe Elisabeth Nading (1821-1889) m. Thomas J. Boner (1803-1876)
Sarah Belinda Nading (1825-1828)
Antoinette Nading (1829-1889) m. Augustus Nathaniel Reich (1823-1895)

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Children of Christian Nading and Nancy Anna Ledford (lived in Forsyth Co, NC)
Emily Nading (1824-1861) m. Samuel Christian Ruede (1817-1895) (moved to Hope, Bartholomew, IN)
Biddy Nading (1828-?) m. Nerva Van Neman Hauser (1828-1864)
William A. Nading (1833-1892) m. Ameilia Catherine (Kate) Mock (1849-1907) (lived in Yadkin Co, NC)
Henry A. Nading (1837-1906) m. 1) Cynthia Jane Hall (1836-1888) m. 2) Anna Bryant (1864-1940), d/o John Bryant and Charity Swaim
Mary Ann Nading (1838-1915) m. Dr. Newell Williams Glenn (b. 1837)
Sanford H. Nading (1841-1929) m. Mary C. Hauser (1854-1914). Who were her parents?
Lucinda Nading (1842-?) m. R. E. Parish??

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Children of Martin Nading and Emily Ledford
William Emanuel Nading (1826-1911) m. 1) Ernestine Eleanor Spach (1835-1858);
2) Catherine Elizabeth Hayworth (1827-1870); 3) Minerva Hayworth (1836-1874)
Alfred Nading (1829-?) m. Almarinda (Alma) S. Dail (b. 1835) (lived in Ray Co, MO)
Ransom A. Nading (1831-?) m. Susan unknown (lived in Indiana)
Thomas A. Nading (1833-1903) m. 1) Sarah Christina Shoaf (1834-1860) m. 2) Elizabeth Ryan (b. 1857)
Sarah Elizabeth Nading (1835-1922) m. George Lee Davidson Charles (1825-1896)
James Matthew Nading (1837-1904) (moved to Ray Co, MO., possibly after Civil War)
Mary Emmtha Nading (1840-?) m. unknown Ebert
Samuel Martin Nading (1843-1865) m. Emma unknown (b. 1846) (moved to Ray Co., MO before 1860)

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Children of Joseph Nading and 1) Elisabeth Fischel
Matthew Nading (1827-1865) m. Mary Ann Fishel (1834-1898), d/o David Adam Fishel and Polly Cheatham. (Mary moved to Edwards Co IL after Matthew's death and remarried William J. Hoeszel [1839-1916])
Anna Maria Nading (1829-1907) m. Jacob M. Thomas (1827-1890), son of Hezekiah Thomas and Maria Magdalena Rothrock
stillborn Nading (1830)

Children of Joseph Nading and 2) Anna Johanna Spach
Troudel (Gertrude) Lisette Nading (b. 1832) m. Rev. Alfred L. Swaim (1834-1908)
unnamed male infant (1834)

Children of Joseph Nading and 3) Elisabeth Schott
Catharine Lucinda Nading (1838-1922) m. David Shoaf (1829-1917)
Francis Samuel Nading (1841-1877) m. Mary Catherine McCrary (1845-1912) (lived in Davidson Co, NC)
d/o William McCrary and Susanna Leonard of Forsyth County, NC
Rosina Elisabeth Nading (1848-?) m. Christian A. Spaugh/Spach (b. 1855), s/o John Solomon Spach and Anna Green

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Third Generation

Children of Alexander Nading and Sarah Miller
Nathaniel Webster Nading (1838-1912) m. Demaris Van Hoy (1840-1910)
Francis A. Nading (1840-1902) m. Martha J. Fulp (1838-1904)
John Henry Nading (1842-1881) Confederate Veteran, did not marry

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Children of William A. Nading and Amelia (Kate) Catherine Mock
Mary N. Nading (1878-1883)
Amelia Z. Nading (1885-1888)
Martha R. Nading (b. 1889)

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Children of Henry A. Nading and Anna Bryant Nading
Mary L. Nading (1890-1909) m. W. C. Smith
Biddie/Bittie Nading (1893-1971) m. Roscoe F. Dorse (1897-1924)

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Children of Mary Ann Nading and Dr. Newell William Glenn
Dora L. Glenn (1865)

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Children of Emanuel Nading and Ernestine Eleanor Spach
Granville Rudolphus Nading (1858-1936) m. 1) Victoria Lillian Hicks (1858-1938); 2) Louise Hensley Clarke (1884-1981)

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Children of William Emanuel Nading and Catherine Elizabeth Hayworth
John Henry Shelton Nading (1863-1936) m. Dorsey Elizabeth Thornton (1865-1945)

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Children of William Emanuel Nading and Minerva Hayworth
Emmtha Alice Nading (1875-1937) m. George F. Sink (1873-1900)

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Children of Alfred Nading and Almarinda S. Dail
Anna M. Nading (1859)
William H. Nading (1860)
Shellie (1864) m. Monroe Bales
Ida L. Nading (1868) m. A. D. Cantwell
Biddie Nading (1871)
Eugene M. Nading (1873-1947) m. Ada M. Frederick (1879-1946)
James O. Nading (1877)

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Children of Ransom A. Nading and Susan
Alice Nading (1855)
Emily J. Nading (1858)
William A. Nading (1859) m. Pauline (1860)
James O. Nading (1861-1932) lived in Indiana

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Children of Thomas A. Nading and Elizabeth Ryan
Carl Nading (1879)

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Children of Sarah Elizabeth Nading and George Lee Davidson Charles
William Eugene Charles (1854-1854)
Almarinda Charles (1856) m. David James Burke (1857-1889)
Richardson Clingman Charles (1858-1867)
Sarah Emeline Charles (1865)

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Children of Samuel Martin Nading and Emma
Arthur Nading (1868) m. Mary (1865)
Henry C. Nading (1870)
James A. Nading (1871-1956) m. Dora B. (1882-1960) (lived in Ray Co., MO)
Augustus Nading (1880)
Thomas Nading (1883)

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Children of Matthew Nading and Mary Ann Fishel
Mahlon Nading (1853-1886) did not marry, died in Edwards Co, IL
Eliza Eumestina Lucresta Nading (1856) m. Charles Marcelous Hocking (1856)
Landon C. Nading (1858)
Sarah A. Nading (1860)
Rezena Nading (1863-1865) buried in NC
Lydia S. Nading (1864) m. George Reever (1861)

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Children of Anna Maria Nading and Jacob M. Thomas
Mary C. E. Thomas (1849)
Lews D. Thomas (1850) m. Mary (1865)
Ella Thomas (1864)
Emma Thomas (1867)

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Catharina (Katie) Lucinda Nading and David Shoaf
Lewis Henderson Shoaf (1860-1937) m. Amanda C. Smith (b. 1862-1951)
David Franklin Shoaf (1862-1941) m. Rebecca A. Stewart (1853-1924)
Flora Catherine Shoaf (1864-1944) m. Alfred Sides (b. 1858-1921)
Anna Marian Shoaf (1868-1940) m. Charles Albert Jones (1866-1940)
Mary Rosa Elma Shoaf (1871-1958)
Infant Shoaf (1876-1876)
Lilly Maria Josephine Shoaf (1879-1905) m. George F. Knouse (1874-1947)

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Children of Francis Samuel Nading and Mary Catherine McCrary
Joseph G. W. Nading (1864-1879)
Mary E. Nading (1866-1892) m. Daniel Jones (1866), s/o David Jones and Lucy Stewart
Drucilla A. Nading (1868-1945) m. Hezekiah K. Jones (1864-1936), s/o David Jones and Lucy Stewart
John Francis Nading (1870-1922) m. Phoebe Jane Jones (1862-1958),
s/o David Jones and Lucy Stewart
Cicero Samuel Nading (1877-1920) did not marry

After Francis Nading's death his widow, Mary Catherine, married Jonathan Philip Jones.

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Children of Elisabeth Nading and Christian A. Spach
Carrie Daisy Spach (1891)

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This page was updated on March 4, 2001 and on March 30, 2004.

Sources

Forsyth County, North Carolina Cemetery index books
Davidson County, North Carolina Cemetery index books
Yadkin County, North Carolina Cemetery index books
Bartholomew County, Indiana Cemetery index books
Labette County, Kansas Cemetery index books
U.S. Censuses 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
Moravian Archives
Edwards County, Illinois Moravian Church Cemetery records
numerous county historical societies
published marriage records and marriage records (county) read off microfilm at LDS
Family History library in Salt Lake City, Utah
numerous personel histories mailed to me
Greene County, Missouri cemetery and marriage records

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Many, many thanks to Dan Stevenson for contributing this material for the Nading Family Page. For more detailed information on the above families contact: Dan_Stevenson@sparta.com
(home phone (760) 942-3754)

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