BIOGRAPHIES SURNAME "E"


EINARSON FAMILY

JOSEPH BENJAMIN ELLIOT

Some of the information below is digested from the McHenry County, 1885-1895 History.
Joseph was born on 27 July 1845 in Maine to Ezekiel and Nancy Gray Elliott. At a young age, the family moved to Wisconsin where Joseph entered the Civil War. He enlisted on 31 October 1861 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin and served until his mustering out on 14 July 1864 at Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.
After the war, Joseph is a Riverman and living with his parents in Saratoga, Wood County, Wisconsin in 1870. In 1880 he is married to Anna and is a farmer in Leaf River, Wadena County, Minnesota. With them is their son, George who was born in 1876 in Wisconsin. They are still there in 1885 along with another son, Delbert B., born in the county on 14 July 1884.
By 1890 when Joseph is in the National Veterans Schedule, the family is in McHenry County. The first land patent is in Red Cross Township Sections 18 and 19 by Joseph but by 1917 Joseph and son George had land patents in several sections of Red Cross and Milroy Townships. The family history writes, "...They came by oxen and wagon to McHenry County, settling on land five miles north of Towner, on the west bank of the Mouse River, in Red Cross Township. We believe Joseph bought the land from an earlier settler. They lived in a tent, then a log cabin the first winter and later built a house. The ranch gradually expanded it to include land on both sides of the river and was called The Medicine Lodge Ranch."
In the 1900 Census, Joseph and Anna are in Milroy Township. Family records indicate Delbert died before the Census. The census indicates Anna had four children and one surviving at the time of the census. By 1920 Joseph and Anna are living in Towner.
Their son, George, married Nellie B. Thomas in 1902. Nellie was born in Iowa in 1872. Nellie came to McHenry County to teach at the Red Cross school located near the Elliott Ranch and where she and George met. They had six children; Delbert, Howard, George, Walter, Anna May, and Vera.
Joseph's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family Members
Anna's Burial, Links to Some Family Members
George's Burial, Links to Some Family Members
Nellie's Burial, Links to Some Family Members


OLIVER L. D. ELLIS

Oliver was born to Lorenzo and Mehitable Brown Ellis on 20 June 1843 in Bangor, Franklin County, New York.
Oliver was a Civil War Veteran serving for several years which included being a prisoner of war from 30 August 1862 until 31 December 1862. He served in Company K of the 24th New York Regiment Infantry, Company C of the 76th New York Regiment Infantry, and Company I of the 26th New York Regiment Volunteers Cavalary. He enlisted as a Private on 25 September 1861 at Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York and was released as a Sargent.
In 1864 he married Fanny M. Barker who was born in 1844. They had five children; Edward, Oliver (1870), Adeline, Herbert, and Arthur. Fanny died in Clay, Onondaga County, New York in 1893.
Oliver relocated to North Dakota in the late 1890's for awhile living with sons before arriving in McHenry County where both he and son Herbert gained land patents. On 22 July 1905 Oliver married Ellen (Ella) Unverzot.
Oliver died in McHenry County on 27 August 1929. Ella was in the 1940 McHenry County census but this writer could not locate her after that.

Oliver's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family Members
Fanny's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family Members


OLE ERICKSON

Ole was born in Norway to Helge and Anne Flovike (1812-1846, Norway) Aaberg on 23 December 1844. His father came to America, married for a second time and started another family in Iowa and Minnesota.
Ole served in the Civil War as a private in the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Battalion in Company F.
On 25 October 1865 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa he married Hannah Christina Eck (Eeg) who was born on 7 October 1842 in Norway. In the 1900 census, Hannah indicated she had 12 children with 8 surviving. The children this writer could find are: Henry, Marius, Phillipa, Albert, Anne C. Bakke (1868), John Lewis (1877), Karl Wilhelm (1880), Olga Helene (1883), and Sidney (1885).
The Erickson family arrived in McHenry County before 1887 as the Ole Erickson and Henry Erickson families were charter members of the Zion Lutheran Church in Towner. Ole and his family held several land patents in the county including those of Ole, Henry, John Lewis, Olga, and Sidney.
Ole and Hannah died very close together in McHenry County, he on 18 March 1902 and she on 4 April 1902.

Ole's Burial, Photo, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family Members
Hannah's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family Members


JOHN A. ELY

WILLIAM RILEY EVANS

William was born on 4 July 1849 in Michigan to George and Mary Striplin Evans.
As a Civil War veteran he served as a Musician Private in Company B 102nd Regiment United States Colored Infantry. He started receiving his pension on 25 August 1890 in Montana and his wife, Jennie, started receiving a widow's pension on 10 November 1914 in North Dakota.
William married Jennie Swanson in 1887. Jennie was born in June 1869 in Sweden. Their children included John A. (1891), Sven G. (1893), Iva I. (1898), Fluty M. (1902), Elna N. (1903), and Edward James (1909).
In 1910 the family was living in Granville owning the Southeast Quarter of Section 35, Granville Township as recorded in 1907.
William died at the Michigan Soldiers Home in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan on 8 November 1914. Shortly after his death the family moved to Montana.
Burial, Tombstone Photo