Category: Northwest

Nelson, Marilyn

Ohio Center for the Book June 19, 2017July 16, 2021

Born: 1946 Ohio connection: Birth Cleveland Dr. Marilyn Nelson, daughter of Melvin M. Nelson, (U.S.A.F. airman) and Johnnie Mitchell Nelson (teacher) was born in Cleveland. Nelson began writing in childhood. She earned her B.A. from the University of California, Davis, and holds postgraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1970) and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D., …

Nasby, Petroleum Vesuvius

Ohio Center for the Book June 19, 2017May 7, 2022

Born: August 20, 1833 Died: February 15, 1888 Ohio connection: Birth Toledo Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby was born David Ross Locke in 1833 in Vestal, New York. His family later moved to the village of Marathon, where he left school after completing grades 1-5. In 1845, at the age of twelve, David was hired by the Cortland …