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John Emfield

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1840 (aged 48–49)
Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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John Emfield was born in PA about 1791, married Elizabeth Tipton about 1816 and was found living in Short Creek Township in Harrison County, Ohio in 1820. He was also found in subsequent census records up through 1840, but only his wife and descendants after that.

Two sources confirm his residency and familial relationships, they are:

1) History of Carroll & Harrison Counties, Volume 2, pg. 719 (partial excerpt):

James Warren was born in Green Township, this county, a son of James and Eliza Jane (Emfield) Warren, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Harrison County, Ohio. Eliza Jane Emfield, grandmother of Craig Warren, was born in Harrison County in 1826, the daughter of JOHN EMFIELD, a pioneer of Harrison County.

2) Story County, Iowa Marriage Record for son John C. Emfield, Vol. A5, page 77, License #189:

Issued 14 Sept 1895; Affidavit by John C. EMFIELD; Groom: John C. EMFIELD, a Carpenter of Ontario, Iowa, age 68 on his next birthday, White, Caucasion, his 2nd marriage, born in Cadiz, Ohio to John ENFIELD[as spelled in the register] and Elizabeth TIPTON; Bride: Nancy C. Wornmoth, nee Fitzhenry of Ontario, Iowa, age 74 next birthday, White, Caucasion, her 3rd marriage, born in Hollidaysburg, PA to Satell Fitzhenry and Nancy Fray [or possibly "FAY"]; MARRIED 26 Sep 1895 at Ames, Iowa by J.H. Hester, Minister of the Gospel; Witnesses: Mrs. A.O. Clark and Mrs. L.A. Cox; Returned 28 Sep 1895; Registered 21 Oct 1895.
John Emfield was born in PA about 1791, married Elizabeth Tipton about 1816 and was found living in Short Creek Township in Harrison County, Ohio in 1820. He was also found in subsequent census records up through 1840, but only his wife and descendants after that.

Two sources confirm his residency and familial relationships, they are:

1) History of Carroll & Harrison Counties, Volume 2, pg. 719 (partial excerpt):

James Warren was born in Green Township, this county, a son of James and Eliza Jane (Emfield) Warren, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Harrison County, Ohio. Eliza Jane Emfield, grandmother of Craig Warren, was born in Harrison County in 1826, the daughter of JOHN EMFIELD, a pioneer of Harrison County.

2) Story County, Iowa Marriage Record for son John C. Emfield, Vol. A5, page 77, License #189:

Issued 14 Sept 1895; Affidavit by John C. EMFIELD; Groom: John C. EMFIELD, a Carpenter of Ontario, Iowa, age 68 on his next birthday, White, Caucasion, his 2nd marriage, born in Cadiz, Ohio to John ENFIELD[as spelled in the register] and Elizabeth TIPTON; Bride: Nancy C. Wornmoth, nee Fitzhenry of Ontario, Iowa, age 74 next birthday, White, Caucasion, her 3rd marriage, born in Hollidaysburg, PA to Satell Fitzhenry and Nancy Fray [or possibly "FAY"]; MARRIED 26 Sep 1895 at Ames, Iowa by J.H. Hester, Minister of the Gospel; Witnesses: Mrs. A.O. Clark and Mrs. L.A. Cox; Returned 28 Sep 1895; Registered 21 Oct 1895.


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