Henry A. Ellsworth was brought into the world July 23, 1830, in Wyoming county, Penn., and is the son of Leonard and Maria (Dimon) Ellsworth, farming people of but moderate means, who lived and died in the Keystone State. In their family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters, our subject was the fifth in order of birth. He was reared upon a farm, and received his education in the district schools. At the age of twenty-two he commenced his struggle upon the stage of life on his own account, being able at that time to do a good day's work.
In Wyoming county, January 11, 1856, Mr. Ellsworth wedded Miss Betsy A. Waring, a native of New York, who bore him the following children: Lydia J., who died in childhood; Fannie, now Mrs. Owen Borger, of Bowling Green, Ohio; Ella, wife of Lewis Abbott, of Milton Center, Ohio; Albert, of Henry county, Ohio; Andrew, who died in infancy; George, a farmer of Portage township; Charles, who died while young; Emma, now Mrs. Charles Sayer, of Portage village; and Cora, Jessie and Nellia, all at home. Mr. Ellsworth rented land in Pennsylvania until the spring of 1857, when he removed to Liverpool, Medina Co., Ohio, where for six years he kept a hotel, and on selling out came to Wood county, locating on forty acres of timber land in Montgomery township. This was the first tract he had ever owned, and after improving it for some time, sold and purchased fifty acres elsewhere, to which he later added a tract of forty-eight acres. That farm he traded for the home property, consisting of ninety-five acres in Section 5, Portage township, which is highly cultivated and well improved with good buildings.
On December 1, 1890, his first wife passed away, and her remains were interred in Oak Grove cemetery, Bowling Green, Ohio. In Luzerne county, Penn., August 12, 1892, he was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Mary Turcan, widow of William Turcan. Her birth occurred in Kingston, Luzerne county, February 6, 1838, and she is a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Myers) Frace. She acquired her education in the district schools of her native county, and endeavors by a blameless life to set a good example to the rising generation, being a member of the Free Methodist Church.
On coming to Wood county, Mr. Ellsworth suffered considerably from malaria and ague, often having to work whole days when he could hardly stand, but he had invested his entire capital in his-land, and his family had to be supported. Many men of less courage would have given up, but love of his family inspired him, and he kept steadily on until he had secured a comfortable competence. Politically he had always been a Democrat until 1892, since which time, until his death, he was a Populist, and a stanch supporter of that party. He passed away May 9, 1896
Henry was a farmer.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897 P. 638 Contributed by Lavidaloca
In Wyoming county, January 11, 1856, Mr. Ellsworth wedded Miss Betsy A. Waring, a native of New York, who bore him the following children: Lydia J., who died in childhood; Fannie, now Mrs. Owen Borger, of Bowling Green, Ohio; Ella, wife of Lewis Abbott, of Milton Center, Ohio; Albert, of Henry county, Ohio; Andrew, who died in infancy; George, a farmer of Portage township; Charles, who died while young; Emma, now Mrs. Charles Sayer, of Portage village; and Cora, Jessie and Nellia, all at home. Mr. Ellsworth rented land in Pennsylvania until the spring of 1857, when he removed to Liverpool, Medina Co., Ohio, where for six years he kept a hotel, and on selling out came to Wood county, locating on forty acres of timber land in Montgomery township. This was the first tract he had ever owned, and after improving it for some time, sold and purchased fifty acres elsewhere, to which he later added a tract of forty-eight acres. That farm he traded for the home property, consisting of ninety-five acres in Section 5, Portage township, which is highly cultivated and well improved with good buildings.
On December 1, 1890, his first wife passed away, and her remains were interred in Oak Grove cemetery, Bowling Green, Ohio. In Luzerne county, Penn., August 12, 1892, he was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Mary Turcan, widow of William Turcan. Her birth occurred in Kingston, Luzerne county, February 6, 1838, and she is a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Myers) Frace. She acquired her education in the district schools of her native county, and endeavors by a blameless life to set a good example to the rising generation, being a member of the Free Methodist Church.
On coming to Wood county, Mr. Ellsworth suffered considerably from malaria and ague, often having to work whole days when he could hardly stand, but he had invested his entire capital in his-land, and his family had to be supported. Many men of less courage would have given up, but love of his family inspired him, and he kept steadily on until he had secured a comfortable competence. Politically he had always been a Democrat until 1892, since which time, until his death, he was a Populist, and a stanch supporter of that party. He passed away May 9, 1896
Henry was a farmer.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897 P. 638 Contributed by Lavidaloca
Henry A. Ellsworth was brought into the world July 23, 1830, in Wyoming county, Penn., and is the son of Leonard and Maria (Dimon) Ellsworth, farming people of but moderate means, who lived and died in the Keystone State. In their family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters, our subject was the fifth in order of birth. He was reared upon a farm, and received his education in the district schools. At the age of twenty-two he commenced his struggle upon the stage of life on his own account, being able at that time to do a good day's work.
In Wyoming county, January 11, 1856, Mr. Ellsworth wedded Miss Betsy A. Waring, a native of New York, who bore him the following children: Lydia J., who died in childhood; Fannie, now Mrs. Owen Borger, of Bowling Green, Ohio; Ella, wife of Lewis Abbott, of Milton Center, Ohio; Albert, of Henry county, Ohio; Andrew, who died in infancy; George, a farmer of Portage township; Charles, who died while young; Emma, now Mrs. Charles Sayer, of Portage village; and Cora, Jessie and Nellia, all at home. Mr. Ellsworth rented land in Pennsylvania until the spring of 1857, when he removed to Liverpool, Medina Co., Ohio, where for six years he kept a hotel, and on selling out came to Wood county, locating on forty acres of timber land in Montgomery township. This was the first tract he had ever owned, and after improving it for some time, sold and purchased fifty acres elsewhere, to which he later added a tract of forty-eight acres. That farm he traded for the home property, consisting of ninety-five acres in Section 5, Portage township, which is highly cultivated and well improved with good buildings.
On December 1, 1890, his first wife passed away, and her remains were interred in Oak Grove cemetery, Bowling Green, Ohio. In Luzerne county, Penn., August 12, 1892, he was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Mary Turcan, widow of William Turcan. Her birth occurred in Kingston, Luzerne county, February 6, 1838, and she is a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Myers) Frace. She acquired her education in the district schools of her native county, and endeavors by a blameless life to set a good example to the rising generation, being a member of the Free Methodist Church.
On coming to Wood county, Mr. Ellsworth suffered considerably from malaria and ague, often having to work whole days when he could hardly stand, but he had invested his entire capital in his-land, and his family had to be supported. Many men of less courage would have given up, but love of his family inspired him, and he kept steadily on until he had secured a comfortable competence. Politically he had always been a Democrat until 1892, since which time, until his death, he was a Populist, and a stanch supporter of that party. He passed away May 9, 1896
Henry was a farmer.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897 P. 638 Contributed by Lavidaloca
In Wyoming county, January 11, 1856, Mr. Ellsworth wedded Miss Betsy A. Waring, a native of New York, who bore him the following children: Lydia J., who died in childhood; Fannie, now Mrs. Owen Borger, of Bowling Green, Ohio; Ella, wife of Lewis Abbott, of Milton Center, Ohio; Albert, of Henry county, Ohio; Andrew, who died in infancy; George, a farmer of Portage township; Charles, who died while young; Emma, now Mrs. Charles Sayer, of Portage village; and Cora, Jessie and Nellia, all at home. Mr. Ellsworth rented land in Pennsylvania until the spring of 1857, when he removed to Liverpool, Medina Co., Ohio, where for six years he kept a hotel, and on selling out came to Wood county, locating on forty acres of timber land in Montgomery township. This was the first tract he had ever owned, and after improving it for some time, sold and purchased fifty acres elsewhere, to which he later added a tract of forty-eight acres. That farm he traded for the home property, consisting of ninety-five acres in Section 5, Portage township, which is highly cultivated and well improved with good buildings.
On December 1, 1890, his first wife passed away, and her remains were interred in Oak Grove cemetery, Bowling Green, Ohio. In Luzerne county, Penn., August 12, 1892, he was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Mary Turcan, widow of William Turcan. Her birth occurred in Kingston, Luzerne county, February 6, 1838, and she is a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Myers) Frace. She acquired her education in the district schools of her native county, and endeavors by a blameless life to set a good example to the rising generation, being a member of the Free Methodist Church.
On coming to Wood county, Mr. Ellsworth suffered considerably from malaria and ague, often having to work whole days when he could hardly stand, but he had invested his entire capital in his-land, and his family had to be supported. Many men of less courage would have given up, but love of his family inspired him, and he kept steadily on until he had secured a comfortable competence. Politically he had always been a Democrat until 1892, since which time, until his death, he was a Populist, and a stanch supporter of that party. He passed away May 9, 1896
Henry was a farmer.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897 P. 638 Contributed by Lavidaloca
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