Citing this biography: Boyd, Michelle, "William A. Ennis and Margaret Elizabeth Snell," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."
William A. Ennes was born in the 1790s (the estimated dates
varied by record), probably in or around Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey
to Wilhelmus Ennes and Mary Ennis.
William moved with his parents to upstate New York.
William served in the War of 1812. He volunteered at Schenectady,
Schenectady, New York and served in Capt. Zachariah S. Flagler's and
William Dunlap's companies of heavy artillery, New York militia from 13
Sep 1814 to 22 Oct 1814 as a corporal, then sergeant.
He married first Margaret Elizabeth Snell in Schenectady,
Schenectady, New York. Margaret was born 29 August 1796, probably in
Schenectady, Schenectady, New York to Major
Snell and Elizabeth Gill. William is found in the 1820
census in Schenectady, living next to an Elizabeth Snell (perhaps his
mother-in-law). Great-grandson Calvin Ennes stated that they must have
moved to where William's parents were living because they are found
living with them. However, I am not certain how he could tell this, as
the 1820 census only listed the head of household and tally marks by age
group for each person in the household. In his household were one male
26-44 (William), one female 16-25 (Margaret), and one male under 10
(Alonzo).
Calvin Ennes also states that the Enneses moved to Canisteo, Steuben,
New York. He described their living circumstances: "Times were good
there. The Erie Canal was being built. They lived back in the woods a
days ride on horseback. There, he and his family lived in a Dutch-style
log building. It had double doors, one above the other." He also shared
a story about the family from that time period: "It was early spring.
The family food larder was running low. William Ennes filled a large
sack with grain and put the sack of grain over the horse and rode for a
day to get the grain to the mill for grinding. He left his young wife,
Margaret, and the children alone in the cabin. Mrs. Ennes latched the
lower door but forgot to latch the upper one. Late In the afternoon of
the second day, a band of hungry Indians came. They opened the upper
door and entered the cabin. They were trying to tell William’s wife,
Margaret, who was frantic with fear, that they wanted something to eat.
While the Indians were inside, William Ennes arrived home and heard the
Indians inside. He jumped off the horse, grabbed a bull whip, leaped
over the lower door into the house and lashed the Indians out of his
house."
They lived in Steuben county, according to Calvin Ennes, during a time
of great religious revival (called the Second Great Awakening). He
stated, "The Ennis were originally Presbyterians, but here it is said
that William became a Spiritualist and Alonzo, his son, became an
Adventist." Spiritualism was a religious movement that emphasized
communication with the dead. It is also of interest that William and
Margaret named one of the their sons after Lorenzo Dow, an eccentric
itinerant Methodist preacher associated with the camp meetings that took
place at that time.
The Enneses moved to Ohio in the 1830s. Calvin Ennes explained the
family's situation there: "When William Ennes and his family moved to
Union County in 1834, they “squatted” on Plot No, 3237 which had been
taken up years before by a Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia. The
soldier had not paid taxes on the land, so it had reverted to the State
of Ohio for taxes. This plot was purchased on an Ohio tax deed by a Mr.
Buel. William Ennes built a cabin and started clearing and farming on
this property. Since the property could not be legally sold for nine
years, Mr. Ennes took a lease from Mr. Buel, who had the Ohio tax deed
with the stipulation that William Ennes would be permitted to purchase
this property if the original owner did not redeem it. So, in 1846,
William Ennes and his son, Alonzo, who had just married Olive Bird, went
into partnership and paid for this and other adjoining property on
Bokers Creek in Union County."
Margaret died 7 April 1858 in York Township, Union, Ohio and was buried
in the Makendrie Cemetery in York, Union, Ohio. William married second Anna
Richardson 27 October 1861 in Somersville, York, Union, Ohio. Anna
was born about 1823 in Ohio and had married first Anson M. Dibble
27 Jan 1857 in Union county, Ohio. Anson and Anna divorced 23 Oct 1861,
due to his willful absence of more than three years. By 1871, William
and Anna had moved to Jefferson, Logan, Ohio. William, and later Anna,
received a pension from his service in the War 1812.
William died 7 November 1880 in Jefferson, Logan, Ohio and was buried
with Margaret in the Makendrie Cemetery in York, Union, Ohio. An
application for letters of administration was made 8 December 1880 and
an order of distribution on William's estate was created on 29 May 1882.
Anna was living in Zanesfield, Logan, Ohio in 1881. She died 10 August
1895. Anna wrote her will 26 Feb 1895. She stated that she was of
Huntsville, Logan, Ohio. She left property to her daughter, Margaret M.
Southard. Anna's estate was probated 17 August 1895.
William and Margaret’s children are:
| 1 | Alonzo Havington Ennis,
born 17 Nov 1819 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, a farmer
and schoolteacher in Union county, Ohio, married Olive Bird
19 Sep 1846 in Union County, Ohio, moved to Texas, Henry, Ohio in
1865, a successful farmer there, a Seventh-day Adventist who was
remembered for being considerate of others' beliefs (he not only
observed Saturday as the Sabbath but also avoided doing anything
on Sundays that would disturb those of other faiths and donated a
large sum to the building of the Community Church at Texas), which
was instrumental in its completion, read many books (by
candlelight, not by lamp) and would tell his children "nature
stories," "an ardent admirer" of Abraham Lincoln, an "ardent
worker" who was said to "never [have taken] the harnesses off of
the horses that worked his large farms" during the busy season,
died 6 Jan 1879 in Texas, Henry, Ohio of blood poisoning resulting
from a cut to his hand while butchering hogs, buried next to Olive
at the Old Texas Cemetery, Texas, Henry, Ohio. Wife: Olive Bird, b. 4 December 1827, likely in Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio to James E. Bird and Mary Bunker, moved to Union county, Ohio in 1839, d. in childbirth 6 Jun 1869 in Texas, Henry, Ohio, bur. with her baby at the Old Texas Cemetery. |
| 2 | Frances Jane Ennis,
born in 1823 (according to Calvin Ennes), married Robert K.
Davis 11 Jun 1842 in Union county, Ohio, mentioned in the
application for letters of administration on her father's estate 8
Dec 1880 as living in Bradner, Wood, Ohio (but was not enumerated
there in the 1880 census). Husband: Robert K. Davis. |
| 3 | William Ennis, born
about 1828 in New York, died in 1871 (according to Calvin Ennes),
mentally disabled "and required much care." |
| 4 | Priscilla Ennis, born
15 Sep 1831 in New York, married Joseph V. Brooks 21 Sep
1851 in Union county, Ohio, lived in Lexington, McLean, Illinois
in 1870 and 1880, died 12 Oct 1888, buried at Scrogin Cemetery,
Lexington, McLean, Illinois. Husband: Joseph V. Brooks, b. 3 Jul 1828 in New York, middle name may be "Vanclief" (see Myrna Page, caption of his photo below), a farmer living in York, Union, Ohio in 1860, a cabinet maker in 1863 in Lexington, McLean, Illinois, a carpenter in 1870 and 1880, said to have been a breeder of "Pure Italian Queens" (bees), a co-patentee with William Reynolds of an improved beehive (patent granted 28 Mar 1871), said to have placed a queen bee in his beard before riding his horse in parades so that bees would swarm around him, d. 18 Sep 1889, bur. Scrogin Cemetery, Lexington, McLean, Illinois. Children: Rosilla Brooks, Amanda Brooks, Mary Brooks, Ella Brooks, Emma Brooks, Jessie Brooks (daughter), and Charles Brooks. |
| 5 | Ellen Elizabeth Ennis,
born 14 Aug 1834 in Ohio, married Mathew Elliott 8 Jun
1856 in Union county, Ohio, lived in York, Union, Ohio in 1860,
Jefferson, Logan, Ohio in 1870 and 1880 (at the time of the
census), and in Carolton, Carroll, Iowa in Dec 1880, and in
Richland, Carroll, Iowa in 1885, 1895, 1900, and 1910, listed as a
farmer in 1910, lived with L. G. and Mary Crawford (her son-in-law
and daughter) in Coon Rapids, Carroll, Iowa in 1925, died 27 May
1927 in Union Township, Coon Rapids, Carroll, Iowa of pneumonia,
buried 29 May 1927 at Coon Rapids Cemetery, Coon Rapids, Carroll,
Iowa, bond on the administration on estate 8 Jun 1927. Husband: Matthew Elliott, b. 3 Mar 1830 in Ohio, Civil War veteran (enlisted as a private 24 Feb 1865, mustered out 25 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, Co. F, 188th Ohio Infantry, a farmer, d. 8 Feb 1902 at Richland, Carroll, Iowa, bond on the administration on estate 10 Mar 1902, bur. Coon Rapids Cemetery, Coon Rapids, Carroll, Iowa. Children: Rebecca Elliott, Priscilla J. Elliott, Mary R. Elliott (married L. G. Crawford), Abraham Elliott, William E. Elliott, Thomas O. Elliott, and Robert D. Elliott (adopted). |
| 6 | Lorenzo Dow Ennis,
born about 1838 in Ohio, married Elizabeth Hornbeck 28 Dec
1858 in Union county, Ohio, a farmer living in York, Union, Ohio
in 1860, Civil War soldier (enlisted 4 Dec 1861 as a private,
fought at the at the Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of
Pittsburg Landing) 6-7 April 1862 (was not wounded there,
according to a letter from E. Whitaker, one of his comrades, to
one of his brothers, found in his pension file), corporal, Ohio
13th Light Artillery Battery and 7th Independent Battery, Ohio
Light Artillery, mustered out 20 Apr 1862), described as 5'8 and
dark-complexioned with dark hair and blue eyes, placed aboard the
steamboat Glendale (which was transporting sick and
wounded soldiers to Cincinnati, Ohio) at Pittsburg Landing because
he was sick with typhoid fever, died 26 or 27 April 1862 during
this passage between Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky and Louisville,
Jefferson, Kentucky (the steamship would have been on the Ohio
River), "esteemed as a consistent man" (E. Whitaker letter). "When
he left us I furnished him with such articles of comfort as I had
at my command and parted from him with a strong grasp of the hand
and a friendly but foreboding farewell" (E. Whitaker letter). His
widow successfully applied for a pension in 1862. Wife: Elizabeth Hornbeck, b. abt. 1838 in Ohio, d. 16 Feb 1868. Child: William J. Ennis and Lorenzo D. Ennis (born posthumously Jul 1862 and his guardian, Thomas Hornbeck, applied for a pension in his behalf as a minor child in 1868, after Elizabeth's death). |
| 7 | Franklin Veder Ennis,
born about 1842 in Ohio, married Mary P. Hornbeck 2 Jan
1862 in Union county, Ohio, a farmer in 1863, Civil War soldier
(enlisted 6 Jan 1864 as a private, mustered 25 Feb 1864, Co. H,
82nd Ohio Infantry), died 5 May 1865 at Dennison General Hospital,
Camp Dennison, Hamilton, Ohio of pneumonia due to a gunshot wound
to the lungs received in action at Averasboro, Harnett, North
Carolina (probably at the Battle of Averasboro, which was fought
16 Mar 1865), buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati,
Hamilton, Ohio. A form in Franklin's widow's pension application
stated that he was wounded at the Battle of Bentonville on 16 Mar.
However, that battle started several days later. The Battle of
Averasboro is more likely, as it did take place on 16 Mar and is
considered a prelude to Bentonville (and therefore may have been
mistaken for that battle), died without issue, widow successfully
applied for a pension in 1865. Wife: Mary P. Hornbeck, b. abt. 1845, m. 2nd Herman T. Shirk in 1867, prob. widowed by 1877, owned 1/4 acre of land at York Centre, Union, Ohio in 1877. |
Alonzo and Anna’s child is:
| 8 | Margarette
Mallisia Ennis, born 4 Oct 1862 in Union county, Ohio,
called "Maggie" for short, married 1) Joseph I. Southard 3
Sep 1878 in Logan county, Ohio and 2) James Robert Bagby
21 April 1913 (license at Woodward county, Oklahoma), divorced her
second husband in 1917, lived in West Mansfield, Logan, Ohio in
1880, in Arcade, Phillips, Kansas in 1885, in Deer Creek,
Phillips, Kansas in 1900, in Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma in 1910
(listed as a farmer), lived in Alva, Linn, Oklahoma upon her
second marriage, sold the Southard farm in January 1916, resided
in Woodward in 1930 (listed as a practical nurse) and 1940, a
Seventh-day Adventist, died 28 Mar 1943 in Woodward, Woodward,
Oklahoma, funeral conducted by Bernard Voth at Chenewith Funeral
Home, Woodward. Husband 1: Joseph I. Southard, b. 26 Oct 1855 in Ohio, a common laborer in 1880, a farmer in 1885 and 1900, granted a land patent in Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma 10 Aug 1906, baptized as a Seventh-day Adventist 24 May 1909 ("having sometime ago accepted that faith"), was ill due to stomach cancer and was taken to the Wichita Sanitarium, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas 25 May 1909 but returned 30 May "apparently improving and hopes are entertained for his final recovery," d. 1 Aug 1909, bur. Elmwood Cemetery, Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, called "a good man" with "many friends." Husband 2: James Robert Bagby, called "Bob" for short, b. 1864 in Yadkin county, North Carolina to J. W. Bagby, moved with his family to Kansas in 1868 (first at Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, then Clay county, Kansas), moved to Mound City, Linn, Kansas in 1882, m. 1) Lona Hobbs (d. 1912) in 1885, moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma in 1901, then later moved to Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, moved to Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas in 1917 or 1919, m. 3) Margaret Baker in 1917,a Seventh-day Adventist minister, a member of the committee of the Oklahoma State Conference of Seventh-day Adventist church and president of the Alabama State Conference of the same church, suffered from "heart trouble" in the last eight years of his life, d. 24 Oct 1932 at his farm home in Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, "among the ablest peachers of the state [Oklahoma]" and "an earnest and devoted worker for the upbuilding of christianity." According to one of his sons, Dr. R. O. Bagby, "He was a man of strong religious convictions and lived up to his beliefs to the very letter regardless of the consequences to his personal fortunes and all who knew him, will say that Bob was always upright and true to his neighbors and most of all, to himself and to his God" and "he was the best man I ever knew." Children (by Joseph I. Southard): Nellie Cenith Southard, Otfred Southard, Jessie E. Southard (married -- Williams), and Iva L. B. Southard. Maggie's obituary noted that she had three living and three deceased children at the time of her death. |
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Priscilla (Ennis) Brooks
*See note below
*Note: Myrna Page (Ancestry) captioned this photo with the following: "Joseph Vanclief Brooks, breeder of Pure Italian Queens. Patentee of Farmer's Bee Hive, Lexington, Illinois. Seen here with bees in his beard and all over his chest." She added, "Jon Nicholas, Jr. was told by Gordon Ennis Nicholas that Joseph would put a queen bee in his beard and the hive would swarm around him as he rode his horse through parades in the town." MB
**See note below
Union county, Ohio
(photo courtesy Ruth Browne)
**Note: The Matthew Elliott family:
Back row- Rebecca, Abraham, William, Pricilla
Front row- Mary, Matthew, Ellen, Thomas
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A Bit about the Ennes
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William A. Ennes (V) Families
1793-1880
WILLIAM A. ENNES (V), son of Wilhelmus (IV), son of Joseph (III), the
ferryman, was born in Sandyton township, New Jersey about 1793 or
1794. His mother was Marie Ennes, a daughter of Lieutenant Benjamin
Ennis who died in the Battle of Connesbaugh in 1780.
At the age of three, William moved with his parents and other kinfolk
to Spencer township, Tioga County, New York in Susquehanna Valley.
About 1812 William’s parents moved from Spencer township to Catherine
township, Tioga County, Soon after this, in 1814, William went to
Schenectady and enlisted in the army in heavy artillery during the War
of 1812. He became an orderly sergeant and was stationed in
northeastern New York.
When the War ended, William returned to Schenectady where he had
relatives, the Hornbecks. While there, he wooed and married Margaret
Snell.
MARGARET SNELL was born In 1795, the daughter of Major Snell and
Elizabeth Gill. Margaret was the youngest of a large family.
Major Snell was a merchant. He was born In Yorkshire, near Weston, in
England in 1720. He died in 1818 at the age of ninety-eight.
While living in Schenectady, William Ennes (V) and Margaret lived in
the first ward, thirteen houses away from Margaret’s parents. It was
in Schenectady that Alonzo Havington Ennes (VI) was born in 1819.
William and Margaret lived in Schenectady until 1820. They are on the
1820 census there. They must have moved back with William’s parents
early that year for they also appear living on the 1820 census with
Wilhelmus Ennes. Later that year, Margarete Marie, their first
daughter was born. She was named after her mother and her father’s
mother.
Soon after this William Ennes (V) and his family moved northwest to
Canisteo township, Steuben County, south of Rochester, New York. Times
were good there. The Erie Canal was being built. They lived back in
the woods a days ride on horseback. There, he and his family lived in
a Dutch-style log building. It had double doors, one above the other.
Trouble with the Indians
It was early spring. The family food larder was running low. William
Ennes filled a large sack with grain and put the sack of grain over
the horse and rode for a day to get the grain to the mill for
grinding. He left his young wife, Margaret, and the children alone in
the cabin. Mrs. Ennes latched the lower door but forgot to latch the
upper one.
Late In the afternoon of the second day, a band of hungry Indians
came. They opened the upper door and entered the cabin. They were
trying to tell William’s wife, Margaret, who was frantic with fear,
that they wanted something to eat.
While the Indians were inside, William Ennes arrived home and heard
the Indians inside. He jumped off the horse, grabbed a bull whip,
leaped over the lower door into the house and lashed the Indians out
of his house.
According to census records, William and Margaret lived in this
locality south of Rochester, New York until about 1834.
In 1823 a daughter was born to them by the name of Frances Jane. She
was named after a distant kin, Frances Jane Ennes, of Scotland who
left an estate claimed to have been worth $10,000,000, to her Ennis
heirs in America. The Ennis in York State and New Jersey held
meetings, gathered money and were going to send a delgation to get the
fortune. They began quarreling as to how much each one was to receive.
Finally, one Ennis went over to the old country and found the estate
had been confiscated by British Royalty.
While living In Canisteo township, Steuben County, in 1828 another
son, William (VI) was born. William was feeble-minded and required
much care. He died in 1871. Here, too, in 1831 another daughter,
Priscilla, was born.
The Spiritual Way
Near Palmyra, New York, at the time, William Ennes and family lived at
Steuben County, many new religious beliefs had their beginning—the
Mormons—the Spiritualists—the Seventh Day Advents and others.
The Ennis were originally Presbyterians, but here it is said that
William became a Spiritualist and Alonzo, his son, became an
Adventist.
Sometime before 1834, William and family moved west.
Moves to Ohio
In what is now Union County, Ohio, there was a large amount of land
(formerly owned by the state of Virginta) known as the Virginia
Reserve. This land was divided into smaller tracts after being
surveyed. These plots had been given to the soldiers of Virginia as
pay for fighting in the Revolutionary War. (1776-1783)
When William Ennes and his family moved to Union County in 1834,, they
“squatted”on Plot No, 3237 which had been taken up years before by a
Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia. The soldier had not paid
taxes on the land, so it had reverted to the State of Ohio for taxes.
This plot was purchased on an Ohio tax deed by a Mr. Buel.
William Ennes built a cabin and started clearing and farming on this
property. Since the property could not be legally sold for nine years,
Mr. Ennes took a lease from Mr. Buel, who had the Ohio tax deed with
the stipulation that William Ennes would be permitted to purchase this
property if the original owner did not redeem it.
So, in 1846, William Ennes and his son, Alonzo, who had just married
Olive Bird, went into partnership and paid for this and other
adjoining property on Bokers Creek in Union County. Over the years,
William Ennes bought and sold much property in and near York Center in
Union County, Ohio. Many other settlers came from New York to live in
this area which became known as York Center. Land records of that
county tell of William Ennes selling one parcel of his property at
Sommerville, three miles from York Center, in 1875, when he was
eighty-two years old.
His daughter, Frances, married Robert Davis, a farmer, in 1842.
The York Township Cemetery is located on the old Davis farm, which was
part of the old William Ennes farm.
William A. Ennes and his unmarried children lived on the Old Ennes
Farm on Bokers Creek until 1858, when his wife, Margaret, died. Then
they lived with his duaghter, Priscilla, her husband and their family
who now ran the farm.
William Ennes remarried on October 24, 1861, Mrs. Anna Richardson
Dibble. He was sixty-eight years old at the time. William and Anna
then move to Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio about ten miles
west of his old home. Here he lived until he died on November 7, 1880.
He was buried in the MaKendrie Cemetery on the Old Davis Farm in York
township, Union County, Ohio near his wife Margaret Elizabeth. His
second wife Anna died in 1895.
For future historians or others who may care to know more about the
William A. Ennes family history in Ohio, here is a brief story of his
family and where they were living in 1880, soon after his death.
William Ennes (V)—Margaret Snell Children
ALONZO HAVINGTON ENNES (VI) (more later)
MARGARET MARIE ENNES (VI), born in New York about 1820, married Rev.
Samuel Sorthard. They lived at West Mansfield, Logan County, Ohio, in
1880.
They bore: Nellie S. Sylinger (VII) who
lived at 382 Durant St., Fresno, Calif. The Sylingers had two children
Margaret Lee (VIII) and Florence Badiole (VIII).
Jessie S. Williams (VII) who lived at 1130 West Bridge St., Grant
Pass, Oregon. They begat: Chrystal Burnett (VIII), Catherine Smith
(VIII), Fred Williams (VIII), Kennard Marshall (VIII), Donald Williams
(VIII) and Kenneth Williams (VIII).
Fred Southard (VII)—no record.
Iva S. Hunt married John Price of 7944 Hilrose St., Sunland, Calif.
They bore: Iva Horton (VIII), L. Dale Price (VIII), Virginia Pittijohn
(VIII), and Anna Adair (VIII).
FRANCES JANE ENNES (VI), born about 1821 in New York married in 1842
in Union County, Ohio, Robert E. Davis. There is no record of
children. Living in 1880, at Bradner, Wood County, Ohio.
WILLIAM ENNES (VI), born in 1828 in New York was mentally retarded. He
lived with his parents or relatives, until he died in 1872 in
Jefferson township, Logan County, Ohio.
PRISCILLA ENNES (VI), born 1831 in New York, married in1851 in Union
County, Ohio, Robert Brooks born in New York. The Federal Census of
1860 lists: Margaret R.age seven, born in New York; Amanda age five,
born in Ohio; Mary I. Age three, born in Ohio; Frances E. age one,
born in Ohio.
Living with them at that time (1860) was her father William A. Ennes
born in New Jersey, age sixty-seven; William age 33, born in New York,
and Franklin age 16, born in Ohio.
In 1880 Priscilla and her family were living at Lexington, McLean
County, Illinois.
ELLEN E. ENNES (VI), born 1834, Union County, Ohio, married In 1856 in
Union County, Ohio to Matthew Elliott. They resided in 1880 at
Carelton, Caroll County, Iowa. They had at least one son, Asa Elliott
(VII) of Coon Rapids, Iowa and who died in Lakeland, Florida at the
age of ninety-eight. Asa’s adopted daughter, Marie (VIII), who married
a Zunkle. Matthew Elliot’s sister, Nancy, was the mother of Thomas
Alva Edison.
LORENZO DAVID ENNES (VI), born in 1838 in Union County, Ohio was
married 12-28-1858 in Union County, Ohio to Elizabeth Hornbeck by Rev.
Samuel Southard, his sister Margaret’s husband. In 1860, they had a
son William J. (VII), eight months old. In 1880, Lorenzo and family
were living at Grier, in Union County, Ohio.
FRANKLIN ENNES (VI), born 1842 in Union County, Ohio, married Mary
Hornbeck, 1-2-1862. There is no record of Franklin in his father’s
will which was administered in Logan County, Ohio on December 8, 1880
after the death of Wm. A. Ennes in Jefferson township in November
1880.
Another odd thing about the last two marriages—Lorenzo’s and
Franklin’s was that they married sisters, It is very probable that
these two sisters were distant Ennes relatives.
Old records state that Daniel Ennes born in Sandyton, New Jersey in
1745 and Margriet Ennes, his sister, also married Hornbecks.
ALONZO HAVINGTON ENNES-OLIVE BIRD
Alonzo Havington Ennes, eldest son of William and Margaret Snell Ennes was born at Schenectady, York State, November 17, 1819. In 1834 he moved with his parents to what later became York Center, York township, Union County, Ohio. Here at the age of sixteen, he taught school and helped his father clear land.
On September 19, 1846, Alonzo H. Ennes married Olive Bird in Union County. Rev. D. Dudley performed the ceremony.
Olive Bird's parents came from York State in 1819, to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, near Cleveland. There they lived for several years. Then they moved to Logan County, Ohio, where on November 17, 1827, Olive was born. She was an only daughter in a large family of boys. In 1839, the Bird family moved from Logan County to a farm in Washington township in Union County, Ohio, about five miles southeast of Mount Victory. Here the family grew. Many Birds served, and two died as Union soldiers in the Civil War. One of Olive Bird's brothers, Gorham, became one of Union County's prominent citizens.
After their marriage, Alonzo and Olive Ennes lived in Union County until 1865. He taught school and farmed. Here they had the following children:
Ordella, born 8/21/1847
Martha Jane, born 8/10/1849
Ellen Elizabeth, born 4/3/1853
Amanda Enore, born 2/26/1859
Lincoln Garibaldi, born 9/26/1860
Sylvester Beecher, born 6/26/1863
They then moved to Henry County in February 1865, where Sarah Olive Ennes was born September 11 of that year.
In the 1860's, Texas Henry County, Ohio was a thriving village with mills and factories. Texas was located on the Miami and Erie Canal which ran from Toledo to Cincinnati. It was about 25 miles up the Maumee River from Toledo. Here on April 14,1865, Alonzo Havington Ennes and wife Olive purchased 204 acres for $7000.00 cash from Buel G. Fish and his wife Eliza according to the records in the office of register of deeds, in volume 11, page 309, at Napoleon, Ohio.
On this property in Washington township, north of the Canal and bordering Texas on the east, Alonzo and his wife Olive lived and died. Olive Ennes and her baby died here in childbirth on the sixth of June, 1869, at age of 41. It is said that her death inspired her son, Lincoln, who was only 9 at the time to become a doctor for there were no doctors available at his mother's death. As a result, Lincoln graduated from two of America's medical schools, Michigan and Long Island College of Medicine.
Alonzo Havington Ennes died Jan. 6, 1879. On New Years Day that year while butchering hogs, he cut his hand and blood poisoning set in. Doctor Hag was out of town. His son Lincoln was in medical school and no other doctors were available.
In his teens, Alonzo became an Advent, a faith which he and several of his children followed all their lives. Alonzo was liberal in his belief. He not only kept the Sabbath Day holy, but he kept Sundays holy also. He would not do anything nor permit any members of his household to do anything on Sunday that would disturb people of other faiths. There was no Advent Church at Texas. His daughter Sarah tells how they used to worship.
On Saturdays in the afternoon, Alonzo Ennes gathered his family in front of the fireplace in the big dining room. There, by the fireplace light, if it were cold, or by candle light if it were warm, (Alonzo never had a lamp in the house) he would read from the Old Ennes Bible, which had been handed down from generation to generation since the three sons left the Erne River Valley in Ireland nearly 200 hundred years before. After reading a passage from the Bible, they had a short prayer after which, if the weather was nice he took the children in the woods. Although there were no newspapers, Alonzo read many books, all by candlelight. He made the woods and outdoors interesting to his children by his nature stories. One of the books owned and read by him was "The Life of Abraham Lincoln" of whom he was an ardent admirer. The book, published before Lincoln's death is now in the possession of Mrs. Mary Wilkins, one of his grandchildren.
When the Community Church was built at Texas, Sarah Ennes stated that Alonzo Ennes was instrumental in getting the church finished by giving a large contribution towards its completion. Although always an Advent by faith, he wanted other churches to thrive. Alonzo Ennes was an ardent worker. It is said that during the busy season, he never took the harnesses off of the horses that worked his large farms. He had his children work in the fields too, with him. At mealtime he usually sent Sarah and the younger children to the house to get meals ready while he and the older children remained in the fields, for their mother was dead.
THE OLD ENNES FARMS AT TEXAS, OHIO
The Alonzo Ennes farms at Texas had rich soil. The valleys along the streams running through them were heavily forested with large black walnut, shagbark hickory and sycamore trees. These woods were a squirrel-hunters paradise because of the many nuts.
The large barn on the Alonzo Ennes Farm was about eight rods north from the Canal. Between the barn and the house was a large garden and an orchard of apple, peach and quince trees. The large farmhouse had a large basement. South of the house next to the garden, was a large granary. Next to the granary was a horse-powered treadmill used to run a large fanning mill next to the granary.
In those days the grain was cut by scythe or cradles, bound into sheaves, hauled in, then stacked near the fanning mill. There the grain was thrown on hard ground and trampled by a team of horses going round and round in a circle. It was then flailed with heavy sticks tied together with raw hides. Then the chaff and grain was thrown into the horse-powered fanning mill which blew the chaff and the straw from the grain. The grain was stored in the large granary until it was hauled to the gristmill which was located at the Canal Lock at Texas. There it was ground into flour and feed. The gristmill burned about 1894.
Those were busy days for the girls on the Old Ennes Farm. They not only did the housework and work in the fields but they made the hundreds of tallow candles needed for lighting the home, and also those used in the many square-tinned lanterns used in the barns and stables. The girls also made the lard and the apple butter over an open fire in a large iron kettle outdoors. In fact, they made nearly everything except the shoes they wore on their feet.
Over the years, Alonzo bought many farms so the Alonzo Ennes Farm at Texas, Ohio was originally composed of many smaller places with buildings on each of them. These farms were located north of the Canal on the east side of Texas.
After Alonzo's death in 1879, each of his children, with the exception of Lincoln, who had been given money for his medical education, was given a portion of his holdings.
Ordella, his eldest daughter, who married David Bowker, died in 1871.
Martha Brown, with her large family inherited the Alonzo Ennes home, buildings and land where she and the Ennes family had lived.
Ellen Hanchett received and lived on the Ennes farm between Martha's and the village of Texas.
Amanda Bellinger was given the farm east and north of the Paddy McGrain Place. The Bellingers sold their property and moved to Findlay, Ohio when the oil boom hit there.
Lincoln Garibaldi Ennes was given money for his medical education in lieu of a farm.
Sylvester Beecher Ennes inherited the place between the Old Ennes Farm and Sarah Olive Miller farm which east of Paddy McGrain Place. Sylvester lived on this Ennes place during 1890-1893, then moved to the Ennes farm east of the Old Ennes farm bordering Miami and Erie Canal's Wide water on the north. There, he and his family lived until 1896 when he sold it and moved to Au Gres, Michigan."
Source: Ennes, Calvin, A Bit about the Ennes, privately printed manuscript, Au Gres, MI, 1969. Transcription available at http://www.boydhouse.com/darryl/ennis/book/cover.htm, last accessed 8 Jan 2019.
The History of Union County, Ohio
Part IV: Military Records
p. 433:
The following list contains the names of the soldiers of 1812, who
were residents of Union County: ...William Ennis...
p. 433-4:
Below are given the names of the soldiers of 1812 buried in the
county, as far as can be learned, and among this number may be found
representatives from almost every battle of any importance of that
war: ... York Township-William Ennis, Elias Johnson, Timothy Knox,
William Kirk, McKendrie Cemetery...
p. 491:
Eight-second Ohio Infantry.
...During the siege of Atlanta, the Eighty-second occupied an
important but exposed position. On one occasion the regimental colors
were carried away and torn to shreds by a cannon ball. On the 20th of
August, it was removed to a position on the Chattahoochee...On the15th
of November, it moved with Sherman's army to the sea...From Savannah
it marched through the Carolinas...The regiment took a prominent part
in the engagement at Averysboro, losing two officers and eight men
wounded...
...
Company H.
...
Ennes, F. Z., e. January 6, 1864; died May 5, 1865, of wounds received
at Averysboro, N. C., March 16,1865.
Part V: Township Histories
York Township, p. 525:
William Ennis hailed from New York. He settled on what is now the E.
Haun place, in the northern part of Survey 3,237. He raised a family
here, and removed to Logan County, where he died.
Source: Durant, Pliny A., The History of Union County, Ohio, Part V: Township Histories, Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1883.
Order of Distribution, 29 May 1882
From the Probate Records of William A. Ennes
| Anna Ennes Widow of said Decedent |
$326.50 |
| Frances Davis | $75.50 |
| Priscilla Brooks | $75.50 |
| Ellen Elliott | $75.50 |
| Maggie M. Southard | $75.50 |
| Thomas Hornbeck Guardian of Lorenzo D. Ennes |
$75.50 |
| Martha Browne | $10.79 |
| Ellen Hanchett | $10.79 |
| Amanda Ennes: now Ballinger | $10.78 |
| Lincoln Ennes | $10.78 |
| D.K. Bowker Guar. Of the minor children of Ordilla Bowker |
$10.78 |
| Charles Hanchett Guar. Of Sylvester & Sadie Ennes |
$21.58 |
| $779.50 |
Application for Letters of
Administration, 8 Dec 1880
From the Probate Records of William A. Ennes
Frances Davis Daughter Bradner, Wood Co., O.
Priscilla Brooks Daughter Lexington, McClain Co. Ill.
Ellen Elliot Daughter Carolton, Caroll Co., Ia.
Maggie M. Southard Daughter West Mansfield, Logan Co., O.
Ordilla Bowker Dec'd: Having minor children Henry Co., Ohio
Alonzo H. Ennes Dec'd: having Children Henry Co., Ohio
Lorenzo D. Ennes Dec'd: Having a Son Guar. In Union Co., O.
Source: Information from the probate records of William A. Ennes, provided by Ruth Browne (and the Logan County Genealogical Society).
Will of Anna Ennes
Source: Wills; Probate Place: Logan, Ohio from Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts.
Probate Records of Mathew and Ellen E. Elliott
Probate Records, 1855-1957; Index, 1864-1986;
Author: Iowa. Circuit Court (Carroll County);
Probate Place: Carroll, Iowa
Administrators Bonds,
Vol 4, 1901-1917
Probate Records, 1855-1957; Index, 1864-1986;
Author: Iowa. Circuit Court (Carroll County);
Probate Place: Carroll, Iowa
Probate Records,
Vol 5, 1917-1928
Source: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Iowa, County, District and Probate Courts.
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Napoleon Northwest-News
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Obituary. ENNES - Died, near Texas, Henry county, Ohio, Jan. 7th, 1879, of lung fever, after a painful illness of several days, Alonzo H. Ennes, aged 59 years, 1 month and 20 days. The subject of this notice embraced the Advent faith in 1855, and has ever since been a firm believer in the same. In his last sickness he seemed to prize his hope more dearly than ever before, looking forward to the time of the coming of the savior with delight, and in his deepest affliction never murmured but called his children around his dying bedside and admonished them to live true men and women. Six children, two sons and four daughters, and six grand-children are called to part with a kind and indulgent parent. The companion of the deceased died nine years ago, and the recent sad occurrence of losing their last parent leaves six orphans, four of whom are left to battle with the trials of life alone. Funeral services were held at Texas, Rev. A. E. B. Baickly, of Liberty Center, officiating. The sermon was able, earnest and impressive. Text, Job 14th chapter and first clause of 14th verse, "The future life." D.K.B. Source: Napoleon Northwest-News, 6 February 1879, p. 8, column 5. Obituary available at Henry County Genealogical Society, Deshler, OH |
Democratic Northwest and Henry County News
(Napoleon, Ohio)
Woodward Bulletin
(Woodward, Oklahoma)
Woodward News-Bulletin
(Woodward, Oklahoma)
Woodward Democrat
(Woodward, Oklahoma)
The Alva Weekly Record
Alva, Oklahoma
The Daily Pioneer
Alva, Oklahoma
Alva Review-Courier
Alva, Oklahoma
The Oklahoma County News
Jones, Oklahoma
Woodward Daily Press
Woodward, Oklahoma
Pleasanton Herald
(Pleasanton, Kansas)
Bagby's obituary
The Record: Official Organ of Southwestern Union Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists
(Keene, Texas)
Volume XLII, No. 14
Page 7
Bagby's obituary
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Name: William Ennes Gender: Male Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1861 Marriage Place: Union, Ohio, USA Spouse: Anna Dibble Film Number: 000573777 |
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Name: Frances Jane Ennos Gender: Female Marriage Date: 11 Jun 1842 Marriage Place: Union, Ohio, USA Spouse: Robert K. Davis Film Number: 000573776 |
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Name: Priscilla Ennis Gender: Female Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1851 Marriage Place: Union, Ohio, USA Spouse: Joseph V. Brooks Film Number: 000573776 |
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Name: Ellen Ennis Gender: Female Marriage Date: 8 Jun 1856 Marriage Place: Union, Ohio, USA Spouse: Mathew Elliott Film Number: 000573777 |
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Name: Lorenzo D. Ennis Gender: Male Marriage Date: 28 Dec 1858 Marriage Place: Union, Ohio, USA Spouse: Elizabeth Hornbeck Film Number: 000573777 |
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Name: Franklin V. Ennes Gender: Male Marriage Date: 2 Jan 1862 Marriage Place: Union, Ohio, USA Spouse: Mary P. Hornbeck Film Number: 000573777 |
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Name: Mary P. Ennes Gender: Female Marriage Date: 10 Mar 1867 Marriage Place: Union, Ohio, USA Spouse: Herman T. Shirk Film Number: 000573777 |
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Name: Maggie Ennes Gender: Female Marriage Date: 3 Sep 1878 Marriage Place: Logan, Ohio, USA Spouse: Joseph I Southard Film Number: 000534837 |
Source: Ancestry.com. Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.
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Name: Anson Debble Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 27 Jan 1857 Event Place: Union, Ohio, United States Spouse's Name: Anna Richardson Reference ID: P 76 GS Film Number: 573777 Digital Folder Number: 004701456 Image Number: 00076 |
Source: "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ6X-9Z2 : 10 December 2017), Anson Debble and Anna Richardson, 27 Jan 1857; citing Marriage, Union, Ohio, United States, P 76, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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Name: Alonzo M. Ennis Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 11 Sep 1846 Event Place: Union, Ohio, United States Spouse's Name: Ollive Bird Reference ID: 153 GS Film Number: 573776 Digital Folder Number: 004016889 Image Number: 00524 |
Source: "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8NF-C81 : 10 December 2017), Alonzo M. Ennis and Ollive Bird, 11 Sep 1846; citing Marriage, Union, Ohio, United States, 153, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
James R. Bagby and
Maggie M. Southard
Source: "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8NF-C81 : 10 December 2017), Alonzo M. Ennis and Ollive Bird, 11 Sep 1846; citing Marriage, Union, Ohio, United States, 153, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
William A. Ennis' records
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Lorenzo Dow Ennis' records
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Name: Lorenzo D Ennis
Age at Enlistment: 24
Enlistment Date: 4 Dec 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal
State Served: Ohio
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in the Ohio 13th Light Artillery Battery on
15 Feb 1862.Mustered out on 20 Apr 1862.Transferred to on 20 Apr 1862.
Birth Date: abt 1837
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
Source: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Name: Lorenzo D. Ennis
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Ohio
Regiment: 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M552 roll 31
Source: National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors
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Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.
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Military Unit: 13th
Independent Battery,
Light Artillery
Given Name: Lorenzo D
Surname: Ennis
Company: [Blank]
Enlistment Rank: Pvt
Discharge Rank: Pvt
Military Unit: 7th
Independent Battery,
Light Artillery
Given Name: Lorenzo D
Surname: Ennis
Company: [Blank]
Enlistment Rank: Pvt
Discharge Rank: Corpl
Source: The National Archives Publication Number: M552 Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Ohio Content Source: NARA Content Partner: NARA Source Publication Year: 1965 Fold3 Publication Year: 2011 Record Group: 94 National Archives Catalog ID: 654530 National Archives Catalog Title: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, compiled 1899 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1866 Fold3 Job: 11-051 Language: English Country: United States State: Ohio Short Description: NARA M552.
Franklin Veder Ennis' records
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Birth Year: abt 1842
Place of Birth: Ohio
Age on 1 July 1863: 21
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Residence: Union, Ohio
Congressional District: 8th
Class: 1
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Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.
Name: Franklin Ennes
Age at Enlistment: 22
Enlistment Date: 30 Jan 1864
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Ohio
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company H, Ohio 82nd Infantry Regiment on
30 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 05 May 1865 at Camp Dennison, OH.
Birth Date: abt 1842
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio Roll of
Honor of Ohio Soldiers
Source: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
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Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.
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Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865. ARC ID: 656639. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's–1917. Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Joseph V. Brooks' records:
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Birth Year: abt 1828
Place of Birth: New York
Age on 1 July 1863: 35
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Residence: Lexington, Illinois
Congressional District: 8th
Class: 1
Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 6.
Matthew Elliott's records:
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Birth Year: abt 1830
Place of Birth: Ohio
Age on 1 July 1863: 33
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Residence: Union, Ohio
Congressional District: 8th
Class: 1
Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 6.
Name: Mathew Elliott
Age at Enlistment: 34
Enlistment Date: 24 Feb 1865
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Ohio
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company F, Ohio 188th Infantry Regiment on
03 Mar 1865.Mustered out on 25 Jul 1865 at Nashville, TN.
Birth Date: abt 1831
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
Source: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Land Patents
View a land patent for Joseph I. Southard (opens a PDF in a new tab):
The land record information is also available on General Land Office Records site.
Land Ownership Maps
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Mary P. (Hornbeck) (Ennes) Shirk's land Year: 1877 Union Co., Ohio Collection Number: G&M_37; Roll Number: 37 |
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W. Ennes's land Year: 1875 Logan Co., Ohio Collection Number: G&M_32; Roll Number: 32 |
Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Various publishers of County Land Ownership Atlases. Microfilmed by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
View a patent granted to Joseph V. Brooks (opens a PDF in a new tab):
The patent information is also available on Google Patents.
Copies of census records are shown below as thumbnails. Click on each thumbnail to view a larger version of the record in another tab.
1820
Schenectady, Schenectady, New York
William Ennes;
Page: 124;
NARA Roll: M33_65;
Image: 133
Name: William Ennes
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Schenectady Ward 1, Schenectady,
New York
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 3
Source: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1850
York, Union, Ohio
Alonzo H. Ennes;
Roll: M432_736;
Page: 31A;
Image: 10;
Township: York
Source: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1860
York, Union, Ohio
Lorenzo D. Eunice,
Wm Eunice;
Roll: M653_1044;
Page: 197;
Family History Library Film: 805044
Roll: M653_1044;
Page: 196;
Family History Library Film: 805044
Source: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1870
Washington, Henry, Ohio
Roll: M593_1221;
Page: 419A;
Image: 15;
Township: Washington
Jefferson, Logan, Ohio
Roll: M593_1234;
Page: 55B;
Family History Library Film: 552733
Lexington, McLean, Illinois
Roll: M593_259;
Page: 500A;
Family History Library Film: 545757
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Source: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1870 Agricultural Schedule
Washington, Henry, Ohio
Archive Collection Number: T1159;
Roll: 37;
Line: 1;
Schedule Type: Agriculture
agricultural schedule entry
Acres of improved land: 100
Acres of unimproved land:
Woodland: 70
Other: 20
Present cash value of farm: 8000
Present cash value of farming implements and machinery: 250
Wages paid during the year, including board: 300
Horses: 5
Milch cows: 4
Other cattle (not milch cows or working oxen): 16
Sheep: 50
Swine: 4
Value of all livestock: 730
Bushels of winter wheat: 88
Bushels of Indian corn: 100
Bushels of oats: 50
Pounds of wool: 400
Bushels of peas and beans: 4
Bushels of Irish potatoes: 60
Orchard products (in dollars): 50
Products of market gardens (in dollars): 40
Pounds of butter: 600
Tons of hay: 70
Bushels of clover: 15
Value of animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter: 80
Estimated value of all farm produce: 1854
Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
1880
Jefferson, Logan, Ohio
Roll: 1041;
Page: 53A;
Enumeration District: 114
Roll: 1041;
Page: 55A;
Enumeration District: 114
West Mansfield, Logan, Ohio
Roll: 1041;
Page: 17B;
Enumeration District: 112
Lexington, McLean, Illinois
Roll: 230;
Page: 502A;
Enumeration District: 177
Source: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1900
Richland, Carroll, Iowa
Page: 2;
Enumeration District: 0048;
FHL microfilm: 1240421
Deer Creek, Phillips, Kansas
Page: 5;
Enumeration District: 0115;
FHL microfilm: 1240495
Source: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
1910
Richland, Carroll, Iowa
Roll: T624_395;
Page: 2B;
Enumeration District: 0054;
FHL microfilm: 1374408
Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma
Roll: T624_1276;
Page: 6B;
Enumeration District: 0294;
FHL microfilm: 1375289
Source: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1930
Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma
Page: 2B;
Enumeration District: 0024;
FHL microfilm: 2341663
Source: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
1940
Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma
Roll: m-t0627-03341;
Page: 7B;
Enumeration District: 77-24
Source: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
1885 Iowa
Name: Ellen E. Elliott
Age: 50
Gender: F (Female)
Birth State: NY
Township Number: 83
Range: 33
Section: 32
Location: SE SE
Marital status: M
Line Number: 18
Dwelling Number: 27
Family Number: 28
Page Number: 307
State: IA
County: Carroll
Township Name: Richland
Family History Film: 1021448
Volume: 158
Source: Quigg, Gary, comp.. Iowa, State Census 1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
1885 Arcade, Phillips, Kansas
Date: 1 Mar 1885;
Kansas State Historical Society;
Topeka, Kansas;
1885 Kansas Territory Census;
Roll: KS1885_106;
Line: 1
Source: Ancestry.com. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Original data: 1885 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-146. Kansas State Historical Society.
1895 Iowa
Name: Ellen E. Elliott
Age: 60
Race: White
Birthplace: NY
Residence: Richland, Carroll
Source: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census, 1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Original data: Iowa. 1895 Iowa State Census. Des Moines, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa.
1905 Iowa
Name: Ellen Elliott
Birth Year: abt 1834
Birth Place: New York
Gender: Female
Age: 71
Marital status: Widowed
Residence Year: 1905
Residence Place: Carroll, Iowa, United States
Source: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census, 1905 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Iowa State Census 1905. The State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa.
1925 Coon Rapids, Carroll, Iowa
Date: 1925
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Source: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2007.
Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895,
1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897
obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
Iowa Death Records
Ellen Elizabeth Elliott:
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Source: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
Name: Ellen E Elliott
Birth Date: 1835
Death Date: 1928
Age: 93
Burial Location: Coon Rapids, Carroll
Cemetery: Coon Rapids
Source: Tombstone Records of Carroll County
Page Number: 31
Source: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d..
Name: Mathew Elliott
Rank: Private
Unit: OH 188 Inf F
Birth Information: 03 Mar 1830
Death Information: 08 Feb 1902.
Cemetery: Coon Rapids
Cemetery Location: Coon Rapids Carroll IA
Comments: enl as Pvt 24 Feb 1865 age 34 m.o. 25 Jul 1865 Nashville TN;
d age 71y others same surname this cemetery
Source: Rootbound Genealogy; Martin-Rott, Susie.. Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000-2005.
Record for F. V. Ennes' Headstone
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Source: Ancestry.com. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845, 22 rolls); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Makendrie Cemetery, York, Union, Ohio
Gravestone of Margaret, wife of William Ennes (photo credit: Ruth Browne):
Inscription from Margaret (Snell) Ennes' gravestone:
Margaret
Wife of Wm. Ennes.
Died
April 7, 1858
Aged 61 Yrs. 7 Mos. 9 Ds.
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Asleep in Jesus, O how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet
With holy confidence to rest
In hope of being ever blest.
Texas Cemetery, Texas, Henry, Ohio
(Bird) Ennes
Photo credit: Darryl W. Boyd,
2000
(Bird) Ennes
Photo credit: Robert Tong,
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Note about photo on left above: Color differences in the stones are due to the fact that Alonzo's stone had just been lifted from the mud, where we had found it. Olive's stone had remained on the pedestal. The photo on the right was taken at a later date when the capstone had been replaced.
Inscriptions from Alonzo and Olive and their daughter Ordillia's gravestones:
| Olive B. Ennes, Died June 6, 1869, Aged 41 Yrs. 6 Ms.& 2 Ds. | Alonzo H. Ennes, Died Jan. 6, 1879, Aged 59 Yrs. 1 Mo. & 19 Ds. | Ordillia Bowker, dau. of A.H. & O. Ennes, died Apr. 17, 1871, 23 yrs. 7ms. & 26 ds. |
| Asleep in Jesus soon
to rise When the last trump shall rend the skies Then burst the fetters of the tomb To wake to full immortal bloom. |
Sleep dear sister kind and tender To friendship true While with feeling hearts we render, This tribute true. (This inscription was found on the side of Olive Bird Ennis’ marker.) |
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Scrogin Cemetery, Lexington, McLean, Illinois
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Coon Rapids Cemetery, Coon Rapids, Carroll, Iowa
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Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
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Elmwood Cemetery, Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma
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Mount Carmel Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas
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