John EKELBERRY

  General Notes:

BIOGRAPHY: Baskins 1880 History of Delaware County Ohio JOHN EKELBERRY, farmer; P. O. Kilbourne. John was born Oct. 1, 1824, in Fairfield Co.; is the eldest of a family of eight children, whose parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Whitman) Ekelberry ; the former was from Pennsylvania; his wife was born in Fairfield Co. John was married Oct.14,1852, to Cecilia Longwell, born in this township in 1834; daughter of James and Phebe Longwell, who were among the stanch families in this county; since the marriage of John and wife, they have lived in Brown Township; the first few years of their married life were spent in a log cabin; subsequently, moved to their present place of residence, where they have 225 acres of land, and he is among Brown's best farmers ; they have a very interesting family, four boys-Frank J. (now practicing medicine in Concord, at Belle Point), Charles J. (teacher), Louis A. and Norton (at home). Mr. Ekelberry is a member of Floral Grange, No. 366, also of Hiram Lodge, A., F. & A. M., No. 54.

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Brown, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: M432_675; Page: 305A; Image: 422.

John married Cecilia LONGWELL, daughter of James LONGWELL and Phebe LEONARD, on 14 Oct 1852 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Cecilia LONGWELL was born on 2 Dec 1834 in Brown, Delaware, Ohio, USA, died on 6 Feb 1898 in Brown, Delaware, Ohio, USA and was buried in Green Mound Cem., Kilbourne, Delaware, Ohio, USA.)