His home is now the Harman House Museum in Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois.
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Source: Past and Present of Pike County, Page 315-316
N. R. SHULTZ (Nathan Ramsey or Ransom Shultz)
N. R. Shultz, a leading business man and financier of Pleasant Hill, who for years was a prosperous farmer, stock-raiser and feeder of Pleasant Hill township, but is now engaged in the banking business, is numbered among the old settlers of this part of Pike county, where he has resided for a half century. He is a native of Ohio, having been born in Lancaster county, that state, January 17, 1850. His father, Solomon Shultz, was a native of Pennsylvania and when a young man went to Ohio, where he was married to Melvina Taylor, who was born near Columbus, that state. For a number of years Solomon Shultz followed farming in the Buckeye state and his children were born there. In 1856 he came westward to the Mississippi valley, first locating in Missouri, but later in the same year took up his abode in Pike county, Illinois. Here he first purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on the southern boundary line of the county and began to farm and further improve this property. Subsequently he purchased more land and became a prosperous agriculturist, carrying on business successfully for a number of years, or until his death, which occurred in July, 1867. His wife survived him for a number of years and passed away in 1885.
N. R. Shultz came to Pike county when a lad of six summers and was reared upon the old homestead farm, remaining with his mother and caring for her in her declining days. He is the youngest in a family of two sons and one daughter, his sister being Eliza Shultz, who resides in Los Angeles, California, and his brother, Thomas J., who is now living in San Antonio, Texas. The subject of this review early became familiar with farm labor and in his youth he attended the common schools, but he is largely a self-educated man, having greatly broadened his knowledge through experience, reading and observation since attaining to mature years. He was married in this county in March, 1885, to Miss Fannie Ousley, a daughter of Thomas Ousley, an early settler of Pike county, who came to this state from Kentucky. Mrs. Shultz was born, reared and educated in Pike county and remained in her father's home up to the time of her marriage.
Mr. Shultz has given his attention to agricultural pursuits for many years and with his farming has made a business of raising, feeding and fattening good graded stock, which he thus prepares for the market. In the spring of 1890 he took up his abode in the village of Pleasant Hill and has remodeled and rebuilt his home until he has a very neat and comfortable residence. He was also instrumental in organizing the Citizens Bank of Pleasant Hill in 1903, became one of its large stockholders and was elected and is still serving as the president of the bank. A good bank building was erected with one or more storerooms also on the ground floor and offices or lodge rooms on the second floor. The rooms retained for the banking business are large, neat and well furnished and are well lighted and ventilated and this business block is a credit to the town and to the county. The Citizens' Bank has become one of the solid financial institutions of Pike county, having among its stockholders men of known reliability whose names carry weight on commercial paper.
In his political affiliation Mr. Shultz has been a lifelong democrat where national issues are involved, but at local elections he has the independence to cast a ballot for the men whom he regards as best qualified for office without considering party affiliation. In this way he displays a broad mind and public spirit and in such a course rests the safety of politics and freedom from corrupt influences. He has never desired or sought office for himself, preferring to give his attention to his extensive business interests. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity at Pleasant Hill and also holds membership relations with the Modern Woodmen, while his wife is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Shultz has been a resident of Illinois and Pike county for a half century and has therefore witnessed much of the growth and development of this part of the state, while his interest in general progress has been manifest in his tangible efforts for the public good in Pleasant Hill and this part of the county. He and his estimable wife are greatly respected by all who know them and his business career commands the admiration of all, for it is indicative of what may be accomplished through determination and energy. He is now one of the large landowners of the county and in addition has financial and other business interests of an important and profitable nature.
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Source: Past and Present of Pike County, Page 315-316
N. R. SHULTZ (Nathan Ramsey or Ransom Shultz)
N. R. Shultz, a leading business man and financier of Pleasant Hill, who for years was a prosperous farmer, stock-raiser and feeder of Pleasant Hill township, but is now engaged in the banking business, is numbered among the old settlers of this part of Pike county, where he has resided for a half century. He is a native of Ohio, having been born in Lancaster county, that state, January 17, 1850. His father, Solomon Shultz, was a native of Pennsylvania and when a young man went to Ohio, where he was married to Melvina Taylor, who was born near Columbus, that state. For a number of years Solomon Shultz followed farming in the Buckeye state and his children were born there. In 1856 he came westward to the Mississippi valley, first locating in Missouri, but later in the same year took up his abode in Pike county, Illinois. Here he first purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on the southern boundary line of the county and began to farm and further improve this property. Subsequently he purchased more land and became a prosperous agriculturist, carrying on business successfully for a number of years, or until his death, which occurred in July, 1867. His wife survived him for a number of years and passed away in 1885.
N. R. Shultz came to Pike county when a lad of six summers and was reared upon the old homestead farm, remaining with his mother and caring for her in her declining days. He is the youngest in a family of two sons and one daughter, his sister being Eliza Shultz, who resides in Los Angeles, California, and his brother, Thomas J., who is now living in San Antonio, Texas. The subject of this review early became familiar with farm labor and in his youth he attended the common schools, but he is largely a self-educated man, having greatly broadened his knowledge through experience, reading and observation since attaining to mature years. He was married in this county in March, 1885, to Miss Fannie Ousley, a daughter of Thomas Ousley, an early settler of Pike county, who came to this state from Kentucky. Mrs. Shultz was born, reared and educated in Pike county and remained in her father's home up to the time of her marriage.
Mr. Shultz has given his attention to agricultural pursuits for many years and with his farming has made a business of raising, feeding and fattening good graded stock, which he thus prepares for the market. In the spring of 1890 he took up his abode in the village of Pleasant Hill and has remodeled and rebuilt his home until he has a very neat and comfortable residence. He was also instrumental in organizing the Citizens Bank of Pleasant Hill in 1903, became one of its large stockholders and was elected and is still serving as the president of the bank. A good bank building was erected with one or more storerooms also on the ground floor and offices or lodge rooms on the second floor. The rooms retained for the banking business are large, neat and well furnished and are well lighted and ventilated and this business block is a credit to the town and to the county. The Citizens' Bank has become one of the solid financial institutions of Pike county, having among its stockholders men of known reliability whose names carry weight on commercial paper.
In his political affiliation Mr. Shultz has been a lifelong democrat where national issues are involved, but at local elections he has the independence to cast a ballot for the men whom he regards as best qualified for office without considering party affiliation. In this way he displays a broad mind and public spirit and in such a course rests the safety of politics and freedom from corrupt influences. He has never desired or sought office for himself, preferring to give his attention to his extensive business interests. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity at Pleasant Hill and also holds membership relations with the Modern Woodmen, while his wife is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Shultz has been a resident of Illinois and Pike county for a half century and has therefore witnessed much of the growth and development of this part of the state, while his interest in general progress has been manifest in his tangible efforts for the public good in Pleasant Hill and this part of the county. He and his estimable wife are greatly respected by all who know them and his business career commands the admiration of all, for it is indicative of what may be accomplished through determination and energy. He is now one of the large landowners of the county and in addition has financial and other business interests of an important and profitable nature.
His home is now the Harman House Museum in Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois.
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Source: Past and Present of Pike County, Page 315-316
N. R. SHULTZ (Nathan Ramsey or Ransom Shultz)
N. R. Shultz, a leading business man and financier of Pleasant Hill, who for years was a prosperous farmer, stock-raiser and feeder of Pleasant Hill township, but is now engaged in the banking business, is numbered among the old settlers of this part of Pike county, where he has resided for a half century. He is a native of Ohio, having been born in Lancaster county, that state, January 17, 1850. His father, Solomon Shultz, was a native of Pennsylvania and when a young man went to Ohio, where he was married to Melvina Taylor, who was born near Columbus, that state. For a number of years Solomon Shultz followed farming in the Buckeye state and his children were born there. In 1856 he came westward to the Mississippi valley, first locating in Missouri, but later in the same year took up his abode in Pike county, Illinois. Here he first purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on the southern boundary line of the county and began to farm and further improve this property. Subsequently he purchased more land and became a prosperous agriculturist, carrying on business successfully for a number of years, or until his death, which occurred in July, 1867. His wife survived him for a number of years and passed away in 1885.
N. R. Shultz came to Pike county when a lad of six summers and was reared upon the old homestead farm, remaining with his mother and caring for her in her declining days. He is the youngest in a family of two sons and one daughter, his sister being Eliza Shultz, who resides in Los Angeles, California, and his brother, Thomas J., who is now living in San Antonio, Texas. The subject of this review early became familiar with farm labor and in his youth he attended the common schools, but he is largely a self-educated man, having greatly broadened his knowledge through experience, reading and observation since attaining to mature years. He was married in this county in March, 1885, to Miss Fannie Ousley, a daughter of Thomas Ousley, an early settler of Pike county, who came to this state from Kentucky. Mrs. Shultz was born, reared and educated in Pike county and remained in her father's home up to the time of her marriage.
Mr. Shultz has given his attention to agricultural pursuits for many years and with his farming has made a business of raising, feeding and fattening good graded stock, which he thus prepares for the market. In the spring of 1890 he took up his abode in the village of Pleasant Hill and has remodeled and rebuilt his home until he has a very neat and comfortable residence. He was also instrumental in organizing the Citizens Bank of Pleasant Hill in 1903, became one of its large stockholders and was elected and is still serving as the president of the bank. A good bank building was erected with one or more storerooms also on the ground floor and offices or lodge rooms on the second floor. The rooms retained for the banking business are large, neat and well furnished and are well lighted and ventilated and this business block is a credit to the town and to the county. The Citizens' Bank has become one of the solid financial institutions of Pike county, having among its stockholders men of known reliability whose names carry weight on commercial paper.
In his political affiliation Mr. Shultz has been a lifelong democrat where national issues are involved, but at local elections he has the independence to cast a ballot for the men whom he regards as best qualified for office without considering party affiliation. In this way he displays a broad mind and public spirit and in such a course rests the safety of politics and freedom from corrupt influences. He has never desired or sought office for himself, preferring to give his attention to his extensive business interests. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity at Pleasant Hill and also holds membership relations with the Modern Woodmen, while his wife is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Shultz has been a resident of Illinois and Pike county for a half century and has therefore witnessed much of the growth and development of this part of the state, while his interest in general progress has been manifest in his tangible efforts for the public good in Pleasant Hill and this part of the county. He and his estimable wife are greatly respected by all who know them and his business career commands the admiration of all, for it is indicative of what may be accomplished through determination and energy. He is now one of the large landowners of the county and in addition has financial and other business interests of an important and profitable nature.
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Source: Past and Present of Pike County, Page 315-316
N. R. SHULTZ (Nathan Ramsey or Ransom Shultz)
N. R. Shultz, a leading business man and financier of Pleasant Hill, who for years was a prosperous farmer, stock-raiser and feeder of Pleasant Hill township, but is now engaged in the banking business, is numbered among the old settlers of this part of Pike county, where he has resided for a half century. He is a native of Ohio, having been born in Lancaster county, that state, January 17, 1850. His father, Solomon Shultz, was a native of Pennsylvania and when a young man went to Ohio, where he was married to Melvina Taylor, who was born near Columbus, that state. For a number of years Solomon Shultz followed farming in the Buckeye state and his children were born there. In 1856 he came westward to the Mississippi valley, first locating in Missouri, but later in the same year took up his abode in Pike county, Illinois. Here he first purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on the southern boundary line of the county and began to farm and further improve this property. Subsequently he purchased more land and became a prosperous agriculturist, carrying on business successfully for a number of years, or until his death, which occurred in July, 1867. His wife survived him for a number of years and passed away in 1885.
N. R. Shultz came to Pike county when a lad of six summers and was reared upon the old homestead farm, remaining with his mother and caring for her in her declining days. He is the youngest in a family of two sons and one daughter, his sister being Eliza Shultz, who resides in Los Angeles, California, and his brother, Thomas J., who is now living in San Antonio, Texas. The subject of this review early became familiar with farm labor and in his youth he attended the common schools, but he is largely a self-educated man, having greatly broadened his knowledge through experience, reading and observation since attaining to mature years. He was married in this county in March, 1885, to Miss Fannie Ousley, a daughter of Thomas Ousley, an early settler of Pike county, who came to this state from Kentucky. Mrs. Shultz was born, reared and educated in Pike county and remained in her father's home up to the time of her marriage.
Mr. Shultz has given his attention to agricultural pursuits for many years and with his farming has made a business of raising, feeding and fattening good graded stock, which he thus prepares for the market. In the spring of 1890 he took up his abode in the village of Pleasant Hill and has remodeled and rebuilt his home until he has a very neat and comfortable residence. He was also instrumental in organizing the Citizens Bank of Pleasant Hill in 1903, became one of its large stockholders and was elected and is still serving as the president of the bank. A good bank building was erected with one or more storerooms also on the ground floor and offices or lodge rooms on the second floor. The rooms retained for the banking business are large, neat and well furnished and are well lighted and ventilated and this business block is a credit to the town and to the county. The Citizens' Bank has become one of the solid financial institutions of Pike county, having among its stockholders men of known reliability whose names carry weight on commercial paper.
In his political affiliation Mr. Shultz has been a lifelong democrat where national issues are involved, but at local elections he has the independence to cast a ballot for the men whom he regards as best qualified for office without considering party affiliation. In this way he displays a broad mind and public spirit and in such a course rests the safety of politics and freedom from corrupt influences. He has never desired or sought office for himself, preferring to give his attention to his extensive business interests. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity at Pleasant Hill and also holds membership relations with the Modern Woodmen, while his wife is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Shultz has been a resident of Illinois and Pike county for a half century and has therefore witnessed much of the growth and development of this part of the state, while his interest in general progress has been manifest in his tangible efforts for the public good in Pleasant Hill and this part of the county. He and his estimable wife are greatly respected by all who know them and his business career commands the admiration of all, for it is indicative of what may be accomplished through determination and energy. He is now one of the large landowners of the county and in addition has financial and other business interests of an important and profitable nature.
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