↑ 'Minnesota Historical Society Collection,' Volume 10, Part 1, Biographical Sketch of Andrew J. Van Vorhes, pg. 300-301
↑ 'History of Athens County, and Incidentally, of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement at Marietta,' Charles Walker Manning: Robert Clarke & Company, 1869, Biographical Sketch of Nelson H. Van Vorhes, pg. 303-305
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