Hi, I would love to exchange information with anyone who is related to these people. Elizabeth Chain

Jacob Elsberry, the Revolutionary War Patriot, was born on 11 Nov 1763 in Noxtown, Cecil Co, MD. He died on 15 Mar 1844 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn Co, IN. American Revoluntionary Soldier, North Carolina Militia. Jacob married Mary Hudspeth daughter of Carter or Aires Hudspeth and Sarah on 1 May 1788 in Surry Co, NC. Mary was born on 21 May 1769 in Stokes Co, NC. They had the following children:

15 F i. Elizabeth Elsberry was born on 4 Feb 1789. She died after 1860.
16 M ii. Benjamin Elsberry was born in 1790. He died about 1830.
17 F iii. Nancy Elsberry was born before 1798.
18 iv. Child Elsberry was born before 1810 in Surrey Co, NC.

Next Generation

15. Elizabeth Elsberry (Jacob, Frederick Walbach, Lydia) was born on 4 Feb 1789 in Surrey Co,NC. She died after 1860 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, IN. Elizabeth married William Sefton on 15 Feb 1822 in Dearborn Co, IN. William was born on 16 May 1798. He died in 1874. They had the following children:
19 M i. Jacob Sefton was born on 26 Oct 1821. He died after 1860.

16. Benjamin Elsberry (Jacob, Frederick Walbach, Lydia) was born in 1790 in Surrey Co, NC. He died about 1830 in Jefferson Tp, Owen Co, IN. Benjamin married Charlotte Winters daughter of William Winters and Lavina Stephens about 1820 in [Jefferson Tp, Owen Co, IN]. Charlotte was born on 25 Sep 1797 in Montgomery Co, VA. She died on 1 Mar 1882 in Douglas Tp, Audubon Co, IA. Benjamin and Charlotte had the following children:

20 M i. Ayres Hudspeth Elsberry was born on 8 Dec 1822. He died on 6 Jan 1918.
21 M ii. John Laurie Elsberry was born about 1824.
22 F iii. La Vinna Elsberry was born about 1826 in Owen Co, IN.
23 F iv. Mary Eliza Elsberry was born about 1828 in Owen Co, IN.
24 F v. Sarah Ann Elsberry was born about 1830 in Owen Co, IN.
25 F vi. Charlotte Elsberry was born about 1832 in Owen Co, IN.

Next Generation
20. Ayres Hudspeth Elsberry (Benjamin, Jacob, Frederick Walbach, Lydia) was born on 8 Dec 1822 in Jefferson Tp, Owen Co, IN. He died on 6 Jan 1918 in Mesa, Mesa Co, CO. Ayres married Martha Arney daughter of John Arney and Mary Magdalena Boyles on 8 Jan 1846 in Jefferson Tp, Owen Co, IN. Martha was born on 24 Jun 1827 in Owen Co, IN. She died after 1880 in Douglas Tp, Audubon Co, IA.

Elizabeth,
I have done a little tracking of your Elsberry family through William Wilson Elsberry, son of Thomas, son of Ayers.
My interest lies with William's marriage to Emma May Reid. They were in or near Dixon or Knox counties, in Neb. They had a daughter, Pearl. William / Wilson and Emma divorced and Emma remarried, shortly after, to William H. Schenck and they moved out to Yakima Co., WA.
I have a photo of Emma and daughter Pearl Elsberry. I'd be interested to know what you know about William / Wilson and daughter, Pearl.
Carl T. Musselman

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/u/s/Carl-T-Muss...

Dear Carl: I'm extremely glad to hear from you! Are you descended from these Elsberrys?

I'll be busy until the weekend, but then I'll look through my information and try to come up with some things to share.

Elizabeth Chain

Elizabeth,
I'm a Reid descendant not an Elsberry descendant. Emma May Reid was a distant cousin to me. Her father and my GGG Grandfather were brothers. So, I'm kind of off on a tangent, here. While tracking down all of the descendants of my Reid family, I sometimes have to dig deep. No pun intended.
I'm trying to locate what happened to William W. Elsberry and Emma Reid's daughter, Pearl Elsberry. I know that Pearl moved west from Nebraska to Washington with Emma and her second husband, William H. Schenck, but I can't locate who she married or if she had children.
I have collected some Census info and cemetery info, etc. on this family, and I was wondering what you know.

Thanks for the reply!
Carl Musselman
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/u/s/Carl-T-Muss...

Elizabeth,
Since last time, I've discovered a little more about Pearl Elsberry. Another Reid-Schenck-Elsberry-Mccoy researcher found this for me.
Pearl Elsberry married a William A. Hosmer in WA before the 1930 Census. He died on Mar 28, 1985. Pearl died on Mar 12, 1982 in Yakima Co., WA. So far I only know of two children, Lester and Richard Elsberry who were both born before the 1930 Census.

This is what I have, so far, about William Wilson Elsberry:

The William W. Elsburry, below, may be Emma M. Reid's first husband, Pearl Elsberry's father. He is listed as divorced in the 1900 Census and is Emma's generation.

1860 Iowa Twp., Albion P.O., Marshall Co., Iowa page 845 lists:
Elsberry, Ayres 36/M IN Farmer
Martha 32/F IN
Mary E. 13/F IN
John L. 11/M IN
??? A. 9/F IA
Thos. J. 8/M IA
Sarah A. 6/F IA
Wm. H. 4/M IA
???? L. 2/M IA (Looks like "Thomas L."?)
Obadiah B. 5 mos./M IA

next household:

Elsberry, John 35/M IN Farm Laborer
Rebecca J. 32/F IN
Agnes H. 12/F IN
Livana? J. 8/F IN
Sarah A. 5/F IN
Wm. B. 4/M IN
Martha 1/F IA

1870 Iowa Twp., Marshall Co., Iowa Census page 351A lists:
Ellsberry, Thomas 18/M/W works on farm Iowa
Eva 21/F/W keeping house Indiana
William 1mos./M/W at home Iowa

1880 Douglas Twp., Audubon Co., IA Census page 36D lists:
Thomas ELLSBERRY Self M Male W 28 IA Farmer IN IN
Jane ELLSBERRY Wife M Female W 31 IN Keeping House NC IN
William ELLSBERRY Son S Male W 10 IA Attending School IA IN
Elmer ELLSBERRY Son S Male W 8 IA IA IN
Stanley ELLSBERRY Son S Male W 6 IA IA IN
Lura ELLSBERRY Dau S Female W 5 IA IA IN
Nora ELLSBERRY Dau S Female W 3 IA IA IN


1900 Lincoln Twp., Knox Co., Nebraska Census ED-108, page 47B lists:
Elsburry, Thomas J. Head W/M/May 1852/48/M 31yrs/ IA/IN/IN Farmer
Anne?Jane? Wife W/F/May 1849/51/M 31yrs/ 11child 7?living/ IN/NC/NC
William W. Son W/M/Jun 1870/29/ D IA/IA/IN Farmer
Perry S. Son W/M/Sep 1873/26/M 2yrs/ (No wife listed) IA/IA/IN Farmer
Edgar A. Son W/M/Oct 1883/16/S IA/IA/IN Farm Laborer
John F. Son W/M/Aug 1885/14/S IA/IA/IN Farm Laborer

1910 Precinct 21, Cedar Co., NE Census page 115A lists:
Elsberry, Wilson Head M/W/39/M2 8yrs/ IA/IA/IN Farmer
Arches? Wife F/W/38/M2 8yrs/ 5child 5living/ IA/PA/IA
Lilly Dau. F/W/ 7/S NE/IA/IA
L???? Dau. F/W/ ?S NE/IA/IA
Alto? Dau. F/W/ 3/S NE/IA/IA
Clarence? Son M/W/1&7mos./S NE/IA/IA

I think that this is William Wilson Elsberry's second marriage.

Any chance that the ??? A., age 9, is Muhaldah "Hulda" Ann Elsberry? It could also be spelled Mahaldah. I saw in a world family tree that she was the daughter of Ayres. It has her birth as 1850.

My aunt says that her grandmother was the first non-native american girl born in Marshall county, IA. I'm not entirely sure which grandmother. This information seems to add up though as if she was that girl, she would have been born near 1850 and the first girl born in her family, which was one of the first in the area, though appx two years after their arrival.