Biographies

* Source:
1803
History of Knox County, Ohio
It's Past and Present,
containing
A Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the North-
west; A complete History of Knox County; It's Townships, City, Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, etc.; A Record of Its
Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of its early settlers and
Prominent men;  Views of Its Finest Buildings;
Miscellaneous Matter; Map of the
County; Biographies and Histories
of Pioneer Families, etc.
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr.
- Illustrated -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers
1881
 

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	DAVID EBERSOLE, farmer, Wayne township; post office, Fredericktown; born in Knox county in 1834, and was married in 1863 to Elizabeth Kreider, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1828.  They have the following children:  Rosalia E., born Nov. 19, 1854, and Charles D., June 23, 1873.      His father, John Ebersole , was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1788 and came to Knox county, Ohio, in 1814.  He was married May 5, 1812, to Elizabeth S. Kreider , who was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, in 1796.  They had the following family:  Jacob C., born June 18, 1815; Eliza, Dec. 14, 1818; John E., July 12, 1820; Joseph D., Feb. 15, 1823; Emily, Dec. 11, 1826; Jefferson, May 14, 1828; William, July 26, 1831; David, Aug. 19, 1834, and Henry, Nov. 19, 1837.  William Ebersole was a soldier in the late war - a member of company G, Ohio volunteer infantry, and received an honorable discharge. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 659
	JACOB C. EBERSOLE, farmer, Fredericktown, was born in Wayne township, this county, June 1815; was married Nov. 23, 1837, to Harriet Worthington, who was born in Virginia.  They had four children to-wit:  Elizabeth, born Sept. 8, 1838; George W., Mar. 7, 1840; John D., Feb. 10, 1844, and Sheridan O.  Mrs. Harriet Ebersole died Aug. 15, 1850.  Mr. Ebersole was afterwards married to Caroline M. Stevens, who was born in New York.  They have two daughters, viz: Sarah E., born Nov. 29, 1851, and Harriet B., Feb. 16, 1855.      Mr. Ebersole settled on an improved farm where W. Coursen now resides, in Middlebury township.  He moved to Fredericktown in 1854; has been street commissioner in this place twenty-two years, and is a member of one of the pioneer families of the county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 659
JOHN EBERSOLE & ELIZABETH EBERSOLE
	JOHN EBERSOLE, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1786.  He made a visit to Knox county, Ohio, in 1812, to see his parents, who were living on a farm north of town, in Middlebury township.  He then returned to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in milling.  He was married in the fall of 1824 to Miss Mary Ann Johnson, and removed to Ohio in the fall of 1825, an lived in the house with his parents that winter.  In the spring of 1826 he removed to his farm in Morris township, containing two hundred acres that his father had purchased for him.  He erected a cabin to live in, and a log barn and smoke house; the latter is still standing.  In 1834 his wife died, leaving him with three small children, the eldest eight years of age, viz: Elizabeth, Matilda, and Rebecca.  Elizabeth was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.  He never married again after his wife died, but removed to his mother's, north of town, and lived there one year, and then returned to his farm, where he spent the remainder of his days.  He was industrious, economical and frugal in his habits.       A friend contributes the following memorial sketch of Mr. Ebersole:      John Ebersole (Uncle John, or Dutch Johnny, as he was called by us boys since about 1840) was a very peculiar man.  His greatest peculiarity was his being strictly honest and considering everybody so until he found them otherwise.  He was an easy man to do business with as long as there was no deception practiced on him; but the man who would deceive him once never would have an opportunity to do so again, as he would never do business with him again on any terms.  If he was a man's friend he was a firm one; if he was not his friend, he would have nothing to do with him.  He was a man of few words.  We venture to say that no man ever lived in Morris township as many years as he did, who had the power of speech, who talked less than he did.  The writer has been in his company for hours that he did not speak.  We remember going to see him once on business, and seeing him in a field near the road whetting his old Jerusalem-bladed scythe, we hastened on to get there before he started in.  We accosted him - "Good morning, Uncle John; I came down to see about ____."  He said not a word; stuck his whetstone into its place and swung his broad, bladed scythe into grass, and all we had to do was to wait patiently until he mowed across the field and back, when he attended to the business without further ceremony.  Another time, we visited him on business and addressed him as usual and told him our business just as he laid up a sheep to shear it; as soon as that sheep was sheared we got an answer, and a favorable one, as no man granted favors more readily than he did to those who treated him as he deserved. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 659
	WILLIAM EBERSOLE, farmer, Morris township, post office, Fredericktown; was born in Knox county in 1831, and married in 1866 to Matilda Ebersole, who was born in this county in 1827.  Mr. Ebersole owns an improved farm, with good buildings.  He enlisted Sept. 11, 1862; was a member of company G, One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and was honorably discharged Jan. 8, 1865.      His father, John Ebersole, deceased, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1786, and was married to Mary A. Johnson, who was born in the same county, same State.  They had three children - Elizabeth, Matilda, and Rebecca.  John Ebersole died in 1873.  His wife, Mary,  died in 1832.  They located in this county in 1812 Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 658
	J. K. EDGAR Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 659
	C. W. EDWARDS, Fredericktown, dealer in stoves, tinware, and job work, was born in Fredericktown,  Ohio, in 1838, and was married in 1869, to Emma Rinehart, who was born in Knox county.  They have two children, viz: Clemmie, born 1871; Willie E., in 1877.      Mr. Edwards has always been identified with this county.  He was a soldier in the late war, a member of One hundred and Forty-second regiment Ohio National guards.  He served out his time of enlistment and received an honorable discharge.  He established his business in 1874, and has built up quite an extensive trade.  Mr. Edwards is a practical mechanic, and a live business man.  He is taking the lead in this branch of trade, and all who wish anything in his line will do well to call and get his prices, as he keeps in stock a complete and extensive line of goods at all times. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 659
	MCKENDRE TREMONT EDWARDS, deceased, son of W. E. and Sarah P. Edwards, was born in this place on the thirteenth day of March, 1856; removed to Amity, this county, with his father's family, when in his third year, in 1859; remaind there twelve years and returned to this palce in 1871.  In the spring of 1872 he went into the office of the Fredericktown Independent to learn the printing business, under the direction of W. S. Ensign, now of the Cardington Independent.  He continued in that office when it passed into the possession of Dr. C. W. Townsend, and until the paper suspended, when he went to Cincinnati, where he remained a few months, and in 1875 he returned to this place, purchased the material of the Independent office, and on the twelve day of June, 1875, he issued the first number of the Fredericktown Free Press, starting in business in his nineteenth year, a poor boy, without influence, money, or more than a common school education.  As a journalist he was complimented by his patrons and brother journalists as a success.  He continued to issue his paper until Sept. 24, 1880.      On the twenty-eighth day of September, 1876, he was married to Ada J., daughter of Abram and Mary Stephens, of this place.  On the twelfth day of June, 1877, they were given a son, William Morris Edwards.  On the nineteenth day of March, 1878, his wife died of consumption.  In 1876 he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal church, under the labors of Rev. J. A. Kellam, but he wandered from his father's house and fell among thieves, and they stripped him and left him for dead; when he "came to himself," and discovered his destitution, he started back, and the father met him while yet a great way off, and he fell on his neck and kissed him, and his end was peace. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 659
	WILLIAM E. EDWARDS, physician.  He is the son of Moses and Catherine Edwards,  he was born near the town of Union Bridge, Carroll county, Maryland, in 1827, came to Ohio with his father's family in 1832, lived in Coshocton county four years, came to Knox county in 1836.  He was married to Sarah Paulina Heath, of Richland county.  His father died when he was young.  He supported the family until twenty-five years, came to Knox county in 1836.  He was married to Sarah Paulina Heath, of Richland county.  His father died when he was young.  He supported the family until twenty-five years of age; he then engaged in the study of medicine with Dr. Aaron Edwards and attended lectures at the University of Michigan, commenced practice in Putman, Muskingum county, in the spring of 1855, came to Fredericktown in the fall of 1859, removed to Amity, this county, remained there twelve years, then returned to this place with his family, two sons and one daughter.  He joined the Methodist Protestant church, afterwards united with the Methodist Episcopal church and is still a member; also a member of the Independence Division Sons of Temperance, also Ellicott Lodge 267, I. O. O. F., also No. 170 F. & A. M. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 659
	BYRON EGGLESTON, M.D., was born near Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 29, 1836, in an Indian tent of the Cherokee tribe; received his education at Utica, Ohio, and read medicine with his father, Hiram Eggleston, M.D., and attended lectures at Springfield, Illinois, after which he commenced practicing, and has been located at several different places, but now at Mt. Vernon, where he expects to remain; was married May 27, 1860, to Miss Elizabeth Ann, daughter of John Hearns, of Mt. Vernon, by whom he has had four children, three of whom are living.  Amanda Ann, born Nov. 21, 1862; John Hiram, Jan. 7, 1865; Carey Evan, Aug. 9, 1868; Adella, Oct. 10, 1872. Amanda Ann died May 15, 1870. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 660
	EUGENIO R. EGGLESTON, M.D., Mt. Vernon, was born in Portage county, Ohio, July 28, 1838.  He is of English descent.  When about fifteen years of age, young Eggleston began clerking in a store in Munson, Ohio, and continued there until September, 1861, when he enlisted in company G, Forty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and was with the army of the Cumberland.  He was appointed orderly sergeant of the company, and sergeant major, and in June, 1862, he received a second lieutenant's commission in the same regiment, and in 1863 he was commissioned first lieutenant, and appointed adjutant of the regiment, and in 1864 he was brevetted captain, with others, for meritorious conduct.  He resigned in October, 1864, and returned home.  He commenced reading medicine with Dr. T. H. Sweeney, of Chardon, Ohio, and graduated in February, 1874, at the Cleveland Homœopathic college.  he came to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in the fall of 1875, and has since been practicing with eminent success.      Dr. Eggleston was twice married.  His first wife was Ana M. Davis, of Geauga county, to whom he was married in September, 1862.  They had one child, now living.  His wife dying, he married, June 17, 1876, Mrs. Abbie A. Darby, nee Thompson.  His wife is also a physician of the same school, having graduated at the same college in 1876. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 660
	ANDREW ELLIOTT, Liberty township, superintendent of the county infirmary, Bangs post office, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, Jan. 13, 1842.  He was born and raised on a farm, attended the public schools, and has followed farming as his occupation.      In 1872 he moved to Harrison township, Knox county, and subsequently to Jackson township.  In the spring of 1880 the directors of the county infirmary appointed him as a competent and trustworthy man to take charge of that institution.  He makes a worthy officer, being kind but firm to the inmates, and judiciously manages the affairs of the farm and institution to general satisfaction.  He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Theresa Blue, of Coshocton county, to whom he was married in 1865.  They had one child, Milton.  In 1872 his wife died.  In 1877 he married Miss Olive Myers, of Perry township, Coshocton county.  She is an efficient governess. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 660
	GIDEON ELLIOTT, Fredericktown, mayor, was born in New Market, Frederick county, Maryland, Mar. 9, 1811, came to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1827, and in 1828 located in Berlin township; remained there fifty years and then removed to Fredericktown, where he has remained ever since.  He was married in 1835 to Rebecca Roberts, who was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1815.  They had a family of four children, viz.: Henry R., born in December, 1835; Ellen, born in 1837; Charles, now deceased; Edwin, in July, 1844, who was a soldier in the late war, a member of the Ohio National guard, died during the service in Virginia, July 15, 1864.      Mrs. Rebecca Elliott died in January, 1858, in Berlin township.      Mr. Elliott was married in 1860 to Cordelia A. Shafer, daughter of Henry Markley.      Mr. Elliott was elected mayor of Fredericktown in 1879, and reelected in 1880.      Henry Elliott resides in Berlin township and is engaged in farming.      Ellen was married to Levi Cassell, who is engaged in the dry goods business in Fredericktown. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 660
	HENRY R. ELLIOTT, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in this township in 1835, and was married in 1859 to Elma Willits, who was born in this township in 1837.  They have two daughters, Lamyra W., born in 1860, and Mary E., in 1862.  Mr. Elliott is one of leading and enterprising farmers of this township.  He owns a beautiful farm, a part of the Ellicott section, and has the best buildings in this township, built after the modern style.  He has done much to promote the general interest of the county; is enterprising liberal and honest in all his dealings. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 660
	JAMES ELLIOTT, of Monroe township, a retired farmer, was born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 24, 1808.  He was the second child of William and Elizabeth Elliott, nee Eaton.  His parents immigrated to Ohio in 1816, with a family of five children.  They settled in Mt. Vernon.  Being a miller by trade required him to change residence from place to place, whenever he could procure employment.  He died near Fredericktown in June, 1840.  His wife survived him for some years.      The subject of this notice learned the milling trade with his father; he also learned the carding business, and followed carding and milling for some years.  He has been successful in all his undertakings, making his own way in the world, until he now has a competency in life.  He was married to Miss Hannah B. Perry, Nov. 11, 18130, who was born in Knox county March, 1811.  By this union they had eleven children, six sons and five daughters, eight of whom are living.  His wife died in April, 1875.  He was afterward married to Miss Mary E. Martin, in April, 1877.  Of the children of Mr. Elliott, Joseph, a farmer, resides in Liberty township; William farmer in Monroe township; Rose, married to Jacob Young, farmer, Monroe township; Orange H., farmer, Monroe township; Elizabeth; James B.; Alice May, married to Leander Farquhar, Gambier. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 660
	JOEL ELLIOTT (deceased), Berlin township, was born in Frederick county, Maryland,, in 1775, and was married in 1807 to Hannah Gibson, who was born in Maryland in 1779.  They have the following children, viz:  Gideon, Amos, and Mary.      Mr. Elliott came to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1827, and in 1828 came to this county, settled in the woods in this township, built a cabin and lived in pioneer style.  Amos and Mary are living on the home place. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 660
	MRS. MARTHA ELLIOTT, one of Mt. Vernon's early settlers, died at her late residence on east High street, Dec. 3, 1879, in the eighty-first year of her age.  Mrs. Elliott, whose maiden name was Miller, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 16, 1799.  Her father, the late Reuben Miller, sr., wishing to better the condition of himself and family, concluded to remove to the western country.  With his wife and children he started from Philadelphia in the fall of 1805, and after a tedious journey of twenty-two days, he arrived at Pittsburgh, then a town of less than four thousand inhabitants.  Here Mrs. Elliott was reared, and received a good education and Apr. 11, 1816, she was united in marriage to Samuel Elliott.  They remained in Pittsburgh until April, 1829, when her husband concluded to remove to Mt. Vernon, where he formed a partnership with his brother, Alexander Elliott, in the mercantile business.  Mrs. Elliott was the mother of ten children, of whom four were born in Pittsburgh and six in Mt. Vernon. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 660
	J. W. EMERSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 661
	MARTIN ENGLE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 661
	A. U. ENGLISH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 661
	DAVID EVANS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 661
	OLIVER EVANS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 661
	THOMAS EVANS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 661
	MRS. ELIZA EWALT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 662
	ISAAC EWALT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 662
	J. M. EWALT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 662
	JOHN EWALT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 662
	JOHN EWALT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 662
	SAMUEL EWALT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 662
	DAVID EWERS, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Middlebury township, Dec. 23, 1819, was married in 1842, to Almina Johnson, who was born in Wayne township, Mar. 19, 1819.  They have one daughter, Frank, born Nov. 23, 1848, and was married to Leander Caywood, and at present resides in this township.  Mr. Ewers is the owner of a well improved farm in this township, with good buildings.  Mr. and Mrs. Ewers are both members of pioneer families. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 63
	GEORGE J. EWERS, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Knox county, in 1848, and was married in 1877, to Annetta Adams, who was born in Berlin township.  They have one son Frank, born Aug. 31, 1878. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 63
	JOHN G. EWERS, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born Jan. 22, 1815, and was married Aug. 7, 1845, to Amanda Fidler, who was born Nov. 5, 1826.  They have the following family of children: Rebecca Jane, born Sept. 19, 1846; Lafayette, Mar. 19, 1850; Abner, Sept. 12, 1852; James Fenton, Feb. 16, 1956.      Deaths - Rebecca J., Sept. 12, 1850; Lafayette, Mar. 19, 1861; Abner, Jan. 18, 1855; Arminda, Aug. 4, 18__; Martha, mother of John Ewers, Mar. 2, 1836, aged forty-seven years five months and two days.      James F. Ewers was married Mar. 24, 1880, to alice E. Armstrong, who was born in Richland county, Ohio, Nov. 15, 1857. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 662
	ROBERT S. EWERS, Middlebury township, carpenter, post office, Fredericktown, born in Middlebury township.  He is a son of Thomas Ewers, and is engaged at the carpenter trade, and is a skilful mechanic. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 663
	WILLIAM EWERS, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in this county in 1817.  His father, Robert, was born in Pennsylvania; came to Ohio in 1812 and entered land in this township, and returned to Pennsylvania.  In 1815 he came back to Ohio and located on his land.  They had twelve children, six whom are now living. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 663

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