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Elhannon Murphy Nolan:\u00a0BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Nolan Family is one of the oldest families in eastern Kentucky.\u00a0Their annual reunion is generally held at Pine Mountain Settlement School. Among the most prominent members of the family was Elhannon Murphy Nolan<\/strong> (1862-1941), well-known in Harlan County as teacher, postmaster and merchant.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pmss_nolan_em_family-Edited.jpg\")
E.M. Nolan Family: [seated, left to rt] E.M. (Elhanon Murphy), daughter Blanch, wife Sarah Jane, daughter Allene; [standing] son Kenneth. C. 1910. [pmss_nolan_em_family-Edited.jpg]<\/p><\/div>“In our family oral history, he went by his initials of E.M.,” according to Cora L. Richardson, the great-great-granddaughter of Elhannon Murphy Nolan. “But I am very sure that different folks that knew him would probably speak of him with a different name, e.g.: Elhanon, Elhanon Murphy or El….” among other variations of his name. The name “Elhannon” appears on his death certificate [see Gallery] and is the form that is used in this story.<\/p>\n
(While researching the Nolan Family, the surname Nolan was also found to be spelled in various ways, such as Nolen and Nolin. At times, it could not be determined whether these surnames belonged to unrelated families or are misspellings of the same family name. In those cases, the information was not used for this biography.)<\/p>\n
Elhannon Nolan was born on February 7, 1862, to Samuel L. Nolan<\/strong>, a farmer, (1853-1882) and Mary Louise “Polly” (Creech) Nolan<\/strong> (1838-1919). Elhannon had two older siblings, Lafayette<\/strong> and Martha<\/strong>, and one younger brother, John G. Nolan<\/strong>.<\/p>\nElhannon Murphy Nolan: HIS MARRIAGE<\/h3>\n
On February 19, 1885, when Elhannon was 23, he married 16-year-old Sarah Jane Shell<\/strong> (1868-1963) in Harlan County, Kentucky. Her parents were John D. Shell<\/strong>\u00a0and Mary Elizabeth (Nolan) Shell <\/strong>(1848-1927). [See Gallery.]<\/p>\nCora Richardson recalls “Pa,” her grandfather Dillard Metcalf<\/strong>, telling the following story:<\/p>\n…[W]hen [Elhannon] and Granny were first married, they didn’t have a place to live so he cleaned out the chicken coop that was E.M.’s and he said it was attached to the store and this is where they lived when they were first married. From looking at the photos [below] and from what he said, I believe the little room to the left is the old chicken coop where they lived.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t
E.M. Nolan Family: [seated, left to rt] E.M. (Elhanon Murphy), daughter Blanch, wife Sarah Jane, daughter Allene; [standing] son Kenneth. C. 1910. [pmss_nolan_em_family-Edited.jpg]<\/p><\/div>“In our family oral history, he went by his initials of E.M.,” according to Cora L. Richardson, the great-great-granddaughter of Elhannon Murphy Nolan. “But I am very sure that different folks that knew him would probably speak of him with a different name, e.g.: Elhanon, Elhanon Murphy or El….” among other variations of his name. The name “Elhannon” appears on his death certificate [see Gallery] and is the form that is used in this story.<\/p>\n
(While researching the Nolan Family, the surname Nolan was also found to be spelled in various ways, such as Nolen and Nolin. At times, it could not be determined whether these surnames belonged to unrelated families or are misspellings of the same family name. In those cases, the information was not used for this biography.)<\/p>\n
Elhannon Nolan was born on February 7, 1862, to Samuel L. Nolan<\/strong>, a farmer, (1853-1882) and Mary Louise “Polly” (Creech) Nolan<\/strong> (1838-1919). Elhannon had two older siblings, Lafayette<\/strong> and Martha<\/strong>, and one younger brother, John G. Nolan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n On February 19, 1885, when Elhannon was 23, he married 16-year-old Sarah Jane Shell<\/strong> (1868-1963) in Harlan County, Kentucky. Her parents were John D. Shell<\/strong>\u00a0and Mary Elizabeth (Nolan) Shell <\/strong>(1848-1927). [See Gallery.]<\/p>\n Cora Richardson recalls “Pa,” her grandfather Dillard Metcalf<\/strong>, telling the following story:<\/p>\n …[W]hen [Elhannon] and Granny were first married, they didn’t have a place to live so he cleaned out the chicken coop that was E.M.’s and he said it was attached to the store and this is where they lived when they were first married. From looking at the photos [below] and from what he said, I believe the little room to the left is the old chicken coop where they lived.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\tElhannon Murphy Nolan: HIS MARRIAGE<\/h3>\n