Francis Marion Ernsperger ^{2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Francis was Marion Ernsberger.⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ballville Township, Sandusky, OH on 8 August 1850. ⁷

Page 438B, Dwelling 652, Family 663
Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
Marion Ernsberger...13..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Rochester Township, Fulton County, IN on June 1860. ⁴

Page 182, Family 1246
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana
Marion Ernsperger...24..OH
(Living with wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Rochester Township, Fulton County, IN on June 1880. ²

Page 95C, Roll 0278
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana
Marian Ernsperger...Self..43..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Rochester Township, Fulton County, IN on 11 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 41, Dwelling 131, Family 131
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana
Farm owned with mortgage
Married 40 years
Morman Ernstberger..Head..Dec 1836..63..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife, son, married daughter and her husband.)
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• He was buried after 22 May 1904 in the Rochester IOOF Cemetery in Rochester, IN.

Plot: Section 2, Row 8
Find A Grave Memorial #44082682
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• His obituary was published in the Rochester Sentinel on 23 May 1904 in Rochester, IN.

⁵ After an illness of nearly two months with cancer of the stomach Francis Marion Ernsperger died Sunday morning at the family residence northwest of town, aged 67 years and 5 months.

Deceased was born in Ohio and came to Fulton county with the Ernsperger family in 1858. He was the third eldest of a family of ten children, and when a young man taught school. Then he married Ida A. Wiley, and they took up farm life as their vocation and enjoyed prosperity and a pleasant home. The wife and three children, Della, Belle and Fred survive.

Mr. Ernsperger's public services consisted of two years volunteer activity in the war of the rebellion, five years as assessor of Rochester township, and five years as township trustee. He was active in good roads movement and in Farmers Institute work, and always stood high as a progressive, liberal minded citizen. To know him was to like him. He was always jovial and hospitable, and while a staunch democrat, was frequently elected in the township where the political majority was largely against him. At home, in town, in public meeting, and in friendship's circles he will be missed.

The funeral will be conducted at the residence Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Mrs. Cora Richmond, of Chicago officiating.

(Source: Rochester Sentinel, May 23, 1904)
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Francis married Ida Amanda Wiley about 1859 in , Fulton County, IN.^{1 2 3} (Ida Amanda Wiley was born in April 1840 in , Fulton County, IN,^{1 2 3 4} died on 3 December 1921 in Rochester, IN ^{1 8} and was buried on 5 December 1921 in Rochester, IN ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Rochester Township, Fulton County, IN on June 1860. ⁴

Page 182, Family 1246
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana
Marion Ernsperger...24..OH
Ida A. Ernsperger...20..IN
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Rochester Township, Fulton County, IN on June 1880. ²

Page 95C, Roll 0278
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana
Marian Ernsperger...Self..43..OH..Farmer
Ida Ernsperger...Wife..39..IN..Keeping House
Ruth Ernsperger...Dau..13..IN..At School
Fredrick Ernsperger...Son..8..IN
Dellozora Ernsperger...Dau..3..IN
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Rochester Township, Fulton County, IN on 11 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 41, Dwelling 131, Family 131
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana
Farm owned with mortgage
Married 40 years
Morman Ernstberger..Head..Dec 1836..63..OH..Farmer
Ida A. Ernstberger..Wife..Apr 1840..60..IN..4/3
Frederick Ernstberger..Son..Dec 1871..28..IN..Farm Laborer
Ebert O. Hubble..Son-in-Law..Jun 1863..36..OH..Farmer..married 4 years
Belle Hubble..Dau..Oct 1875..24..IN..married 4 years..0/0
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