Ephraim Hiram (Squier) Squire (1780 - 1860)

Born 13 Aug 1780 in Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Davis) Squier — married 1815 in Genesee, New York

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1860 at age 80 in Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Ephraim was born in 1780. He was the son of Ephraim Squier and Priscilla Sibley. He passed away in 1860.

The son of David Squire (1743-1821) and Mary Bunker, (1747-1812), Ephraim was born in Connecticut in 1780. His siblings included:

1. Thomas William (1816-1888)
2. Hiram Goodrich Davis (-1893)
3. George (1820-)
4. Smith Weller (1820-1902)
5. Eunice Anna (1824-1912)
6. Ephraim Marion (1829-1908)

He served as a Sergeant with Lt. Col. Willcock's Detachment (Canadians), U.S. Volunteers, in the War of 1812.^[1] After the war, he migrated to Genesee County, New York and bought land there^[2]. He married Sarah Wilcoxson , marrying around 1815.^[3][4] The family later went west, settling in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.^[5] He passed away there at the age of 80 and is buried at Wildwood Cemetery in Sheboygan.^[6]

Research Notes

I've included Sarah Wilcoxson/Wilcox in the profile but there is a strong possibility that his wife was actually Sarah Davis,

Sources

1. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-YZKK : 12 March 2018), Ephraim H Squires, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 197; FHL microfilm 882,715.
2. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJPG-LS3Z : 20 May 2020), Ephraim Squires, 1816.
3. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7W9W-PQ3Z : 10 September 2020), Ephraim H Squier, 1820.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPN-5SB : 29 July 2017), Ephraim Squire, Pembroke, Genesee, New York, United States; citing 249, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 90; FHL microfilm 17,150.
5. ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1855", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMM5-9H8 : 27 September 2018), Ephrain H Squires, 1855.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch, Ephraim H Squire, 1860; Burial, Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America, Wildwood Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #17881766

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• "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXH-PYB : 16 January 2020), Ephriam Squire in entry for Eunice A. Stoddard, 1912.