Scope and Contents: The research materials of Nancy J. Pendleton comprise correspondence, photographs, research copies of documents, and maps. The bulk of the material is made up of research files used for Pendleton’s self-published 1997 book, Early Clintonville (and Grove City) and the Bull and Smith Families. These documents focus on the Bull and Smith families of Clintonville and Grove City, Ohio, and the state of Ohio at large. The collection spans back to 1814, with several individuals garnering more attention, including William Foster Breck, John Piott, Samuel David Smith, John Smith, William Starr, and Samuel Wilson.
The collection also includes correspondence Nancy J. Pendleton had with genealogical and historical societies across Ohio and with the Oberlin College Archives between 1995 and 1998. This correspondence indicates Pendleton’s specific questions regarding the Bull and Smith family trees and their involvement as pastors in churches throughout Ohio.
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