Green Twp. -
EDWARD ULRICK was born in Clarke
County, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1838. He went to Green
County, Ohio, when yet a small boy, and made his home
with Jonathan S. Cost. In 1850 Mr. Cost,
removed to Champaign County, Ohio, taking young
Ulrick with him where he grew to manhood. He
received his education at the Westerville College, where
he attended about three years. Aug. 4, 1862, he
enlisted in Company A, 95th O. V. I., and served until
the war closed, and was discharged from the service at
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 14, 1865, and returned home.
HE was engaged in the following named battles: Jackson,
Miss., May 14, 1863; Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., from May
18 to June 22, 1863; Siege of Jackson, Miss., from July
10, until the 18th, 1863, and passed through these hard
contested battles without receiving a wound. In
the fall of 1865 he engaged in teaching school, which he
followed as his profession about five years and then
turned his attention to farming, and since 1870 he has
made farming his principal business. Jan. 1, 1867,
he married Miss Susannah Wilkison,
of Champaign County, Ohio, daughter of Asahel and
Mary Wilkison. Mr. and Mrs. Ulrick settled on
her father's home farm in Champaign County, remained
until 1869, when he purchased and moved on the farm in
Green Township, Shelby County, where they are now
residing. They have one child, a daughter.
Source: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
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