Biography of Frank W. Nimmons, pages 685/686.  History of 
DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 
Indianapolis, 1914.



The record of the subject of this review is that of an 
enterprising gentleman who worthily upholds an honorable 
family name and whose life has been very intimately 
associated with the material prosperity and moral 
advancement of Wilmington township, DeKalb county, Indiana,  
during the most progressive period of its history, and he 
has always been found on the right side of questions 
looking to the development of his community in any way, and 
while he has been prominent in the agricultural affairs of 
the county, he has at the same time won an enviable 
reputation for honesty and wholesome living. Frank W. 
Nimmons, trustee of Wilmington township and a prominent and 
successful farmer, is a native of DeKalb county, Indiana, 
born on December 17, 1863, and is a son of Philip and Mary 
S. (Westfall) Nimmons. The father was a native of Boone 
county, New York, and his mother of Richland county, Ohio. 
Philip Nimmons, who was a farmer during all his active 
life, left his native state and located in Ohio, where he 
was married and subsequently came to Indiana, locating in 
1844 in Wilmington township, DeKalb county, where he spent 
the remainder of his days. He was not only actively  and 
successfully engaged in farming, but was also successful in 
gaining and retaining the respect and confidence of his 
fellow citizens to a notable degree. He was twice married 
and to the first union were born five children: Emblem B., 
Mary E., Allie, Katherine and Laura, while to his second 
union was born one child, the subject of this sketch. The 
subject’s mother is still living and makes her home in 
Butler, this county.  Frank W. Nimmons received his 
education in the public schools of Wilmington township and 
in the Butler high school, after which he took up the 
vocation of a school teacher,  which he followed with 
splendid success for six years, at the end of which time he 
returned to the pursuit of agriculture, to which vocation 
he had been reared in boyhood, and he has shown the wisdom 
of his decision through the splendid success which has 
attended his efforts. He is owner of one hundred and ten 
acres of fine land in Wilmington township, practically all 
of which is under cultivation and well fenced,  while the 
pleasant and attractive residence, the commodious and well-
arranged barns and the up-to-date farming machinery 
employed testify to the progressive spirit, good judgement 
and excellent discrimination of the owner. Mr. Nimmons 
carries on a diversified system of farming, raising all the 
crops common to this locality and also giving some 
attention to the raising of live stock, in which he has met 
with pronounced success.  Mr. Nimmons was married on 
November, 4, 1884, to Elnora Yarlott, the daughter of David 
and Sarah (Whitcomb) Yarlott, who were natives of Defiance 
county, Ohio, but who early became located in Wilmington 
township, this county, where the father became a successful 
farmer. To Mr. and Mrs. Nimmons have been born three 
children, Carl W., George R. and Ethel.  In his political 
views Mr. Nimmons has always been in thorough harmony with 
the platforms of the Republican party and has contributed 
to the extent of his ability to the success of this ticket. 
He is at present serving efficiently and satisfactorily as 
trustee of Wilmington township, having been elected to his 
second term in this office.  And became of his able 
administration of the affairs of the township and his 
upright personal life he commands the fullest measure of 
public confidence and esteem. Religiously, he is an earnest 
and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in 
the activities of which he is deeply interested. 
Personally, Mr. Nimmons is know to all as an honest, 
upright, industrious man and is a highly respected citizen 
of the county where he has always resided and where he has 
been eminently successful. 

Submitted by:

Arlene Goodwin

Auburn, Indiana

Agoodwin@ctlnet.com