From Enoch’s records: Nathan worked in the tannery, learned weaving in 1829, and learned framing in 1834-35. He went west to Center County in 1836, and to Hanover, Columbia County, in 1837. He returned to Berks County in fall 1837. “A strong arm, strong will, and with some means secured to start with, courage was not lacking.” April 3, 1838, he traveled to Richland, Ohio with brother Daniel. Many barns in the area were put up by the two brothers. He built the first bridge over the Black Fork in 1840, one mile east of Windsor, toward Ashland. With his wife Rebecca, he built a home on six acres of land. “The roof was made of clapboards four feet long, laid double, so the top course, broke joints with the first, held down by a log, and so on till the roof was completed. The chimney was built outside the building, at one end, and a hole cut through the logs for a fireplace.”… “He is six feet two in stockings.”
From Findagrave: 1 Nathan Hagenbuch, an old pioneer of Jackson twp., living east of Shelby, died Monday of a complication of diseases and old age. He was 86 years old. He was well and favorably known to a large number of people. The funeral was held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the U.B. Church and was largely attended. [Semi-Weekly News: 15 October 1897, Vol. 13, No. 83]