Caroline Hastings ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH on 22 August 1850. ²

Page 247B, Roll 724, Dwelling 175, Family 175
Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio
Caroline Ernsberger...21..NH
(Living with husband at the home of his parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on June 1860. ³

Page 44, Household 331
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa, United States
Caroline Ernsbarger..31..OH
(Living with husband and 4 children.)

NOTE - This census indicates that she was born in Ohio whereas the 1850 census indicated New Hampshire.
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Caroline married Levi Ernsberger, son of John Ernsberger and Mary Ann Archer, on 1 July 1850 in , Richland County, OH.¹ (Levi Ernsberger was born in 1829 in Ohio ^{3 4} and died after 8 May 1863.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH on 22 August 1850. ²

Page 247B, Roll 724, Dwelling 175, Family 175
Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio
John Ernsberger...71..MD
Mary Ernsberger...52..VA
Levi Ernsberger...21..OH
Sarah Ernsberger...17..OH
Daniel Ernsberger...14..OH
Caroline Ernsberger...21..NH
Harris Hastings...22..NH

NOTE - Caroline Ernsberger was actually Caroline Hastings who was the wife of Levi Ernsberger. Harris Hastings must have been her brother. The death certificate for their son, Daniel Franklin Ernsberger, lists his father as Levi Ernsberger and his mother as Caroline Hastings. No other proof of their marriage seems to exist.

One other anomaly exists in this census. Levi and Caroline were not married until 1 Jul 1850 which technically was one month after the cut-off date for the census. But because the census was so late, 22 Aug 1850, the census enumerator must have taken information as it existed on that late date instead of 1 June.
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Fairview Township, Jones, IA on June 1860. ³

Page 44, Household 331
Fairview Township, Jones County, Iowa, United States
Levi Ernsbarger..31..OH
Caroline Ernsbarger..31..OH
Mary A. Ernsbarger..8..OH
Daniel Ernsbarger..6..OH
Martha E. Ernsbarger..5..OH
E. H. Ernsbarger..1..IA
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  Marriage Notes:

More and more evidence seems to point to the fact that Levi and his family left Jones County, Iowa and moved back to Richland County, Ohio sometime between 1860 and 1863.

1. A daughter named Margaret E. Ernsberger, born 1863 in Lucas, Ohio
(Death certificate indicates Levi Ernsberger as the father of Margaret. Additionally, in the 1900 census, Simon J. Ernsberger was living with "Maggie" Baer and her children in Lucas, Ohio.)

2. A son, Daniel Franklin Ernsberger, is found in the 1870 census living with his half-first cousin, Elias Ernsberger in Richland County, Ohio.

3. A daughter, Martha E. Ernsberger, was married in 1878 in Richland County, Ohio

Unfortunately, Levi and wife cannot be found anywhere in the 1870 census, neither in Iowa nor in Ohio, or anyplace else. In fact, none of the children can be found in the 1870 census but given that the surname is subject to a multitude of spellings, it may be transcribed in an obscure spelling which may take time to find.
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