Vincent Nusly, Swiss Immigrant, Inventor

Vincent Nusly was born in 1817 in Switzerland. He came to the United States around 1847, where he settled in Sandusky, Ohio with his wife and children. Mr. Nusly operated a jewelry store in Sandusky, where he also sold tickets for the nearby Opera House.  

The first Mrs. Vincent Nusly died in 1851. Erie County Probate Court records indicate that he married Rigina Gramenshashen in 1852. She most likely passed away not long after she married, because in 1854, he married Dorothy Mueller/Miller. He and his wife Dorothy had several children together; in  the 1870 U.S. Census, there were eight children residing in the household, ranging in age from four to fifteen. 

In 1889, Vincent Nusly was issued a patent for a car coupling device to be used on railway cars:

In about 1902, Vincent Nusly moved to Canton, Ohio. He died on July 3, 1910,  at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. A. VanSickle in Canton, at the age of 92. The funeral was held at the VanSickle home, and burial was at the Westlawn Cemetery in Canton. Mr. Nusly’s obituary appeared in the July 9, 1910 issue of the Sandusky Register.