Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.

MORGAN COUNTY
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
PAGE 332

WILLIAM R. NOSLER was born in Owen County, Ind., November 9,
1835, and is a son of John and Mary (Pirtle) Nosler, natives respectively
of Virginia and Kentucky.  The grandfather of our subject, Conrad Nosler,
moved to this State in an early day, and finished his days here.  He was a
soldier of the war of 1812, and father of five children.  John Nosler was 
born January 4, 1806, came to Indiana in 1827, married, and settled near
Spencer, where he and wife ended their lives--he in September, 1837, and
she in February, 1837;  they had three children--Sarah A., James and 
William R.  Our subject was reared by his uncle, James L. Pirtle, after his
parents' death.  In 1850, he moved to Fayette County, Ind.;  thence, in
1851, to Connersville, where he learned saddle and harness making, and
in 1855, to Rushville, where he pursued his vocation.  September 13, 1857,
he married Viola, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Moore, who died
July 13, 1873.  In 1858, he moved to Missouri, and in 1861 returned
to Rush County, Ind., after which, in 1876, he came to this county, and
November 9, 1879, wedded Mrs. Matilda J. Garrison, widow of William
Garrison.  Mr. Nosler is the parent of six children--Alethea M. (deceased),
Mary A. (deceased), William E., Sarah A. and two that died in infancy.

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