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Ancestors of Elizabeth Hardesty Essex

Generation No. 2


      2. Ralph Essex Sr., born 1808 in Muskingum Co, Ohio. He was the son of 4. Nathan Essex and 5. Elizabeth. He married 3. Elizabeth McDonald March 28, 1841 in Morgan Co., Ohio.

      3. Elizabeth McDonald, born 1820 in Scotland. She was the daughter of 6. Arnold McDonald and 7. Cathrine.

Notes for Ralph Essex Sr.:
History Of Noble County, Ohio
Page 368

Ralph Essex was born in Muskingum County in 1808, and came to Noble County in 1820. His wife, a native of Scotland, was born in 1820. They were married in 1841, and reared four sons and four daughters. Ralph Essex Jr. the seventh child, was born Septeember 30, 1856 on the farm where he now resides. He received a common-school education and has followed farming. In 1881 he married Phema M. Phelps, of Morgan County. They have one child Jennie G. Mr Essex is a republican. Both he and his wife belong to the Methodist Espiscopal church. Three of his brothers were in the late war; two were shoot, one of them fatally.

He was a farmer



More About Ralph Essex Sr.:
Census: 1850 age 42 Morgan County, Ohio
Occupation: Farmer

More About Elizabeth McDonald:
Census: 1850 Morgan Co., Ohio age 30

Marriage Notes for Ralph Sr. and Elizabeth McDonald:
Marriage record can be found at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film #0910657
     
Children of Ralph Sr. and Elizabeth McDonald are:
  i.   Joann Essex, married George Winstanley December 10, 1874 in Noble Co. Ohio.
  Notes for Joann Essex:
Sisth born

  ii.   Jane Essex, died 1904; married J. W. Stiers 1878.
  Notes for Jane Essex:
Eigth born

  iii.   Ephriam Essex, born December 24, 1841; married (1) Nancy Gray; died 1872; married (2) Elizabeth Carr May 17, 1866; died August 02, 1867.
  Notes for Ephriam Essex:
Roster of Ohio Solders Company D volume 5 page 397

Entered Service October 9, 1861 at the age of nineteen
Served 3 years
Mustered out October 9 1864 on expiration of service

Sixty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Three Years Service
This regiment was organized by the consolidation of two battalions, known as the Twenty-second and Sixty-third Regiments Ohio Volunteer Infrantry, at Columbus, Marietta and Chillicothe, Ohio, from August 1861, to February, 1862, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until July 8, 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the War Department.

The official list of battles, in which this Regiment bore an honorable part, is not yet published by the War Department, but the following list has been compiled, after careful research, during the preparation of this work:

New Madrid, MO March 3-13, 1862
Island NO, IO, TENN April 8, 1862
Corinth, MISS (Siege of) April 30,1862
Iuka, MISS September 19,1862
Corinth, MISS October 4, 1862
Resaca, GA May 13-16, 1864
Dallas, GA May 25 to June 4, 1864
Kennesaw Mountine, GA June 9-30, 1864
Decatur, GA July 22, 1864
Atlanta, GA July 28 to September 2, 1864
Jonesboro, GA Sseptember 1-2, 1864
Savannah, GA (Siege of) December 10-21, 1864
Procotaligo, S.C. January 114-16, 1865
River's Bridge, S.C. February 3, 1865
Bentonville, N.C. March 1921, 1865

  More About Ephriam Essex:
Census: 1850 age 8

  iv.   George W. Essex, born 1844; died April 26, 1862 in Hospital St. Louis, MS.
  Notes for George W. Essex:
Second born

Roster of Ohio Solders Company D volume 5 page 397

Entered Service October 9, 1861 at the age of eighteen
Served 3 years
Died April 26, 1862, in hospital at St. Louis, Missouri
Private
Buried St. Louis, Missouri
Died of disease; interred in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery

Sixty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Three Years Service
This regiment was organized by the consolidation of two battalions, known as the Twenty-second and Sixty-third Regiments Ohio Volunteer Infrantry, at Columbus, Marietta and Chillicothe, Ohio, from August 1861, to February, 1862, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until July 8, 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the War Department.

The official list of battles, in which this Regiment bore an honorable part, is not yet published by the War Department, but the following list has been compiled, after careful research, during the preparation of this work:

New Madrid, MO March 3-13, 1862
Island NO, IO, TENN April 8, 1862
Corinth, MISS (Siege of) April 30,1862
Iuka, MISS September 19,1862
Corinth, MISS October 4, 1862
Resaca, GA May 13-16, 1864
Dallas, GA May 25 to June 4, 1864
Kennesaw Mountine, GA June 9-30, 1864
Decatur, GA July 22, 1864
Atlanta, GA July 28 to September 2, 1864
Jonesboro, GA Sseptember 1-2, 1864
Savannah, GA (Siege of) December 10-21, 1864
Procotaligo, S.C. January 114-16, 1865
River's Bridge, S.C. February 3, 1865
Bentonville, N.C. March 1921, 1865

  More About George W. Essex:
Census: 1850 age 6

  v.   Simon Essex, born 1845; married (1) Jane Danford; died 1873; married (2) Chrity L. Keith December 30, 1875 in Morgan Co., Ohio.
  Notes for Simon Essex:
Third born

Roster of Ohio Solders Company D volume 5 page 397

Entered Service October 20, 1863 at the age of eighteen
Served 3 years
Mustered out with company July 8 1865

Sixty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Three Years Service
This regiment was organized by the consolidation of two battalions, known as the Twenty-second and Sixty-third Regiments Ohio Volunteer Infrantry, at Columbus, Marietta and Chillicothe, Ohio, from August 1861, to February, 1862, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until July 8, 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the War Department.

The official list of battles, in which this Regiment bore an honorable part, is not yet published by the War Department, but the following list has been compiled, after careful research, during the preparation of this work:

New Madrid, MO March 3-13, 1862
Island NO, IO, TENN April 8, 1862
Corinth, MISS (Siege of) April 30,1862
Iuka, MISS September 19,1862
Corinth, MISS October 4, 1862
Resaca, GA May 13-16, 1864
Dallas, GA May 25 to June 4, 1864
Kennesaw Mountine, GA June 9-30, 1864
Decatur, GA July 22, 1864
Atlanta, GA July 28 to September 2, 1864
Jonesboro, GA Sseptember 1-2, 1864
Savannah, GA (Siege of) December 10-21, 1864
Procotaligo, S.C. January 114-16, 1865
River's Bridge, S.C. February 3, 1865
Bentonville, N.C. March 1921, 1865

  More About Simon Essex:
Census: 1850 age 5
Mustered Out: July 08, 1865

  vi.   Catherine Essex, born 1847; married (1) Peter Gray; died 1874; married (2) Peter Sowders 1878.
  Notes for Catherine Essex:
Fourth born

  More About Catherine Essex:
Census: 1850 age 3

  1 vii.   Elizabeth Hardesty Essex, born May 23, 1850 in Manchester Twp, Morgan Co., Ohio; died August 21, 1904 in Sharon, Nobel Co, Ohio; married Chester Morrison Smith December 22, 1870 in Nobel Co, Ohio.
  viii.   Ralph Essex Jr., born September 30, 1856 in Noble Co., Ohio; married Phema M. Phillips 1881.
  Notes for Ralph Essex Jr.:
Seventh born

  Notes for Phema M. Phillips:
Aunt Dorothy spelled her name "Plum Phillips"




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