Ephraim Andrus Knowlton (abt. 1813 - 1893)

Born about 25 Dec 1813 in Cape Ann Light, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Mar 1893 at about age 79 in Coldwater, Michigan, United States of America

Biography

Ephraim Andrus Knowlton, born 25 Dec 1813 at Cape Ann, Massachusetts, was a son of John Taylor Knowlton and Betsey (Andrus or Andrews) Knowlton.

Birth

Note: Alternative birth data for this person [25 DEC 1824, Cape Ann, Essex, MA, son of William Knowlton ^[1]], as found in an online family tree, may be an error.

He married 4 Jun 1834 at Rutland, Vermont, Jane Ann Alvord ^[2] [b. 19 Feb 1816, Cornwall, Vermont, daughter of Olive (Cogswell) Alvord and John Alvord. They had 4 children, born in Franklin, Warren County, Ohio ^[3]:

1. Emma Elizabeth Knowlton, b. 29 Nov 1836; married 25 Mar 1855 Franklin D. Marsh; d. about 1905, Coldwater, Michigan
2. Charles Henry Knowlton, b. 13 May 1838; d. 16 Sep 1884, Coldwater, Michigan
3. Jane Ann Knowlton, b. 10 Dec 1840; d. 5 Jun 1864, Coldwater, Michigan
4. Sarah Josephine Knowlton (25 Sep 1844 - 9 Aug 1845)

This family was recorded in the 1860 U.S. census in Coldwater, Michigan ^[4], where they remained in 1870 ^[5]. By the 1870 census, Ephraim Knowlton was counted at the same location, however his wife was by then Mahala (nee Halstead; formerly married to Luther R. Fisk) ^[6].

Per the Alvord genealogy, Ephraim Knowlton moved with his parents when a small boy to Vt., where he was reared. In 1844 he emigrated to Ohio ; in 1856 to Coldwater, Mich. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and set up a planing-mill and sash and blind factory at Coldwater, Mass. He married 2nd, Mahala Halstead Fisk.

Ephraim Andrus Knowlton died 14 Mar 1893 at Coldwater, Michigan. His grave is in Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, USA ^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ www.familysearch.org: IGI family group record 9/27/2003
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFN-559 : 19 February 2021), Ephraim A Knowlton and Jane A Alvord, 1834.
3. ↑ "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord", Compiled by Samuel Morgan Alvord, published 1908 by A.D. Andrews, Printer, Webster, NY. By the Alford American Family Association; no. 651: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/260/mode/1up
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD2-GMF : 18 February 2021), E A Kerowlton, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHD-QL1 : 29 May 2021), Ephraim A Knowlton, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHD-QL1 : 29 May 2021), Ephraim A Knowlton, 1870.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #52473943

• Ashburnham, Worcester, Mass Town Records 1756-1849, pbl. 5 Jun 1756; Call Number: #0873747: LDS FHL

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Knowlton-241 created through the import of HART, Elizabeth - WIKITREE.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Betty Patterson.