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History of Shelby County, Ohio
Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So.
1883
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Dinsmore
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ALEXANDER ELLIOTT, seventh son of
Cornelius and Elizabeth Elliott, was born in
Licking County, Ohio, June 16, 1828. He came to
Shelby County with his parents in 1835, and located in
Dinsmore Township. He has made farming his
vocation. May 24, 1849, he married Miss
Elizabeth Deyo, then of Auglaize County, Ohio, but a
native of Pennsylvania, where she was born May 15, 1826.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott settled on his father's home
farm in Dinsmore Township, remained until in 1865, when
they moved on the farm where they now reside, one-half
mile north of Botkins.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 243 |
Dinsmore
Twp. -
SAMUEL ELLIOTT, Retired Farmer, P.
O. Anna. Mr. Elliott was born in Licking
County, Ohio, May 15, 1812, where his minority days were
passed on a farm. He is a son of Cornelius
Elliott, who was born in Maryland in September,
1778. He came to Ohio some time prior to 1803, and
located near Newwark, Licking County, where he married
Miss Elizabeth Evans, of the same county.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott remained in Licking County
until in October, 1835, when they, with twelve children,
came to Shelby County, purchased and settled on 120
acres of land in section 6, Dinsmore Township, on which
they passed the remainder of their days. Mrs.
Elliott died July 20, 1839, aged forty-nine years.
Mr. Elliott departed this life May 4, 1865.
He served in the war of 1812. He reared a family
of twelve children, viz., John, Samuel, Cornelius,
Eliza, James, Joseph, William, Jane, Lorenzo, Margaret,
Alexander, and Elizabeth, six of whom are yet
alive, viz., Samuel, Joseph, Jane, Lorenzo, Alexander,
and Elizabeth.
Samuel Elliott, subject of this sketch, came with
his parents to Shelby County in October, 1835, and
located near where Botkins has since been laid out.
On the 14th of March, 1837, he married Miss Jane Dill,
daughter of Richard C. and Hannah Dill. Miss
Dill was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Dec. 11,
1815, and came to this county with her parents in
October, 1832, as elsewhere mentioned. Mr. and
Mrs. Elliott settled on a piece of land in section
31, Dinsmore Township, on which he made improvements and
lived fifteen years, or until in 1852, when he sold his
farm in section 31, purchased and moved on a farm in
section 20, same township, remained on this farm until
in October, 1880, when he sold his land, phrchased
and moved on a small farm in section 28, three-fourths
of a mile north of Anna, on which they are now residing.
They reared a family of eleven children, viz.,
Richard D., Joseph D., Elizabeth, Angeline and
Catharina (twins), Amanda, Jane, James, Hannah,
Samuel, and Minerva. Angeline died when
at the age of eighteen years. Mr. Elliott
served as justice of the peace for Dinsmore Township
eighteen years; also filled the office of land appraiser
one term, and constable one year.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 243 |
Dinsmore
Twp. -
WILLIAM H. ELLIS, son of
William W. and Catharine Ellis, was born in Dinsmore
Township, this county, Nov. 5, 1834. On the 31sst
of May, 1857, he married Miss Harriet C. Munford,
daughter of John and Jane Munford. Miss
Munford was born in Adams County, Ky., July 4, 1837,
and came to Dinsmore Township with her parents in 1848.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis settled on his father's home
farm in section 28, Dinsmore Township, on which they
lived until in 1873, when they moved on a farm in
Franklin Township, one mile south of Anna, remaining on
this farm until Apr. 1, 1879, when they returned to
Dinsmore Township, and moved on the farm in section 21
on which they have since resided. They have three
children, viz., Fletcher, Harry and Hattie.
Mr. Ellis has made farming his principal vocation.
His father, William W. Ellis, came to Dinsmore
Township with wife and two children in 1834, and settled
on a part of the northeast quarter of section 28, on
which he lived until in 1874, when he moved on a farm in
section 21, same township, now occupied by his son,
W. H. Ellis, remained until the spring of 1879, when
he moved out of the township and now resides in Port
Jefferson, Shelby County.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 247 |
Cynthian
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JONATHAN F. EMERT. The
Emerts are, no doubt, of German descent, but we can
only trace them back to Berks County, Pa. It was
here that we find Martin Emert, the grandfather
of Jonathan F.., who died about the beginning of
the present century. His family consisted of seven
children. Benjamin, one of the seven, was
born in Berks County in 1795. Married Mary M.
Metard in 1830. She was born in Maryland in
1808. They reared a family of three children,
George M., Benjamin, and Jonathan F. Mr.
Emert came to Montgomery County about 1806. It
was here that he married and lived until 1840, when he
moved to Shelby County. He died in 1856. His
wife died in 1882.
Jonathan F., the youngest of the above family, was
born in 1844. Married Elmira Blanchard in
1866. They have born to them five children, viz.,
George I., Eliphalet B., Martin A., John A., and
Frederick J. In September, 1861, Mr. Emert
enlisted in the Benton Cadets, was discharged with his
regiment in February, 1862. Re-enlisted in
September, 1862, in Company B, 50th O. V. I., and was
discharged at the close of the war in 1865. His
place of residence is on section 33.
Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 275 |
Van Buren
Twp. -
WILLIAM EVERSMAN, a native of
Germany, was born in 1841, and came to this county in
1858 with his parents, John F. and Mary E. Eversman.
In 1862 he married Elizabeth Wierwill, who was
born in Germany in 1842, her parents having settled in
the county in 1861. Their children are named
Henry, Annie, Benjamin, Louis, and Elizabeth.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
253 |
Washington Twp. -
SAMUEL EWINGSource: History of Shelby County, Ohio
- Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page
284 |
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