Person:Nellie Bender (3)

1880 Census for Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
14 Jun 1880

Household number 130

Peter Bender, white male, age 82, married, at leeasure, possibly bedridden, born Prussia, parents born Prussia
Elizabeth Bender, white female, age 77, married, wife of Peter, keeping house, born Prussia, parents born Prussia.

Bender, John, white male, age 42, married, farmer, born Ohio, parents born Prussia
Ophelia, white female, age 36, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, parents born New York.
Nellie, white female, age 16, daughter, single, at school, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Vernon H., white male, age 11, son, single, at school, born Ohio, parents born Ohio.

1870 Census for Russia Township, Lorain County, Ohio (Oberlin post office)
28 Jun 1870

Bender, John, age 28, white male, farmer, born Ohio, parents of foreign birth.
Ophelia, age 26, white female, keeping house, born Ohio,
Nellie, age 6, white female, born Ohio
Vernon, age 1, white male, born Ohio

1900 Census for Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio
11 & 12 day of June 1900

Solomon Eppley, head, white male, born July 1856, age 43, married 11 years, born Ohio, parents born Germany, farmer, 0 months unemployed, owns his farm free.

Nellie B., wife, white female, born October 1864, age 35, married 11 years. Mother of 2 children, 2 now living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio,

Pearl, daughter, white female, born Apr 1890, age 10, single, born Ohio.
Irving, son, white male born March 1894, age 6, single, born Ohio.

LORAIN COUNTY OHIO
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Commemorative Biographical Record
of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio

Michael Eppley

Michael Eppley, one of the thrifty and prosperous agriculturists of Elyria township, is a native of Wittenberg, Germany, born December 7, 1821, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Keller) Eppley, also natives of the Fatherland.

In April, 1832, the family set sail from Holland for the New World, and after a voyage of fifty-five days landed at Philadelphia. From there they proceeded west ward to Ohio, locating at Zanesville, Muskingum County, where the parents passed from earthy, the father at the age of eighty-six, the mother when seventy-six years old. They had eleven children - nine sons and two daughters - and seven of the sons are now living, all near Zanesville, Ohio, except our subject, while the two daughters reside in Michigan.

Michael Eppley was reared to manhood in Zanesville, Ohio, where he received his education, and worked hard to make a little money which he saved in his boyhood. At the age of twenty years he commenced carpentry, a trade he followed for twenty-one years; also farming, in connection doing a considerable amount in contracting and building. He was in the employ of the State of Ohio, constructing dams and docks in the Muskingum river. At the age of twenty-three he was united in marriage with Miss Rosina Harsch (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Harsch), a native of Wittenberg, Germany, coming with her parents to America when six years old. Thirteen children were born to this union - five sons and eight daughters - namely: William, who went west and died (he was married to Mary Maner; left two children); Mary, wife of Moses Beal, also died at an early age (left seven children); Katherine wife of Samuel Beal, has eight children; Caroline, wife of Jacob Schaible, has two children; Jacob, married to Kate Martin, has four children; Rosa, died at the age of twelve years; Solomon, married to Nellie Bender, and has one child; Christena, wife of Henry Martin, has four children; Abram, married Mary Martin, has four children; Matilda, wife of Ernest Drunagle, has one child; Mose, married to Mary Spiegelberg, has one child; Lydia, wife of William Spiegelberg, and Cora, residing at home.

Shortly after marriage Mr. Eppley purchased a farm in York township, Morgan county, containing 240 acres of land, which he improved and then sold just before coming to Elyria. He came to Lorain county in 1874, and bought his present farm, containing one hundred acres (in Elyria township), bordering on the town of Elyria (on Murry Ridge, southwest of town), paying one hundred and twenty dollars cash per acre for same. After two years the mother died at the age, of fifty-one years, which was a sore loss to the whole family, and here he has since remained as a widower (his daughter Cora keeping house for him.)

Mr. Eppley always was, and is to this day, for his age, an active man as well as ambitious; honest in all his dealings. In religion he is an earnest, steadfast follower of Christ, and has been from early life. He is a member of the Evangelical Church. His greatest aim is to reach his heavenly home.

1870 Census for Russia Township, Lorain County, Ohio (Oberlin post office)
28 Jun 1870

Bender, John, age 28, white male, farmer, born Ohio, parents of foreign birth.
Ophelia, age 26, white female, keeping house, born Ohio,
Nellie, age 6, white female, born Ohio
Vernon, age 1, white male, born Ohio

1880 Census for Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
14 Jun 1880

Household number 130

Peter Bender, white male, age 82, married, at leeasure, possibly bedridden, born Prussia, parents born Prussia
Elizabeth Bender, white female, age 77, married, wife of Peter, keeping house, born Prussia, parents born Prussia.

Bender, John, white male, age 42, married, farmer, born Ohio, parents born Prussia
Ophelia, white female, age 36, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, parents born New York.
Nellie, white female, age 16, daughter, single, at school, born Ohio, parents born Ohio
Vernon H., white male, age 11, son, single, at school, born Ohio, parents born Ohio.

1900 Census for Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio
11 & 12 day of June 1900

Solomon Eppley, head, white male, born July 1856, age 43, married 11 years, born Ohio, parents born Germany, farmer, 0 months unemployed, owns his farm free.

Nellie B., wife, white female, born October 1864, age 35, married 11 years. Mother of 2 children, 2 now living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio,

Pearl, daughter, white female, born Apr 1890, age 10, single, born Ohio.
Irving, son, white male born March 1894, age 6, single, born Ohio.

1900 Census for Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio
11 & 12 day of June 1900

Solomon Eppley, head, white male, born July 1856, age 43, married 11 years, born Ohio, parents born Germany, farmer, 0 months unemployed, owns his farm free.

Nellie B., wife, white female, born October 1864, age 35, married 11 years. Mother of 2 children, 2 now living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio,

Pearl, daughter, white female, born Apr 1890, age 10, single, born Ohio.
Irving, son, white male born March 1894, age 6, single, born Ohio.

1910 Census for Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio
6 May 1910

Eppley, Solomon, head, white male, age 51, married 21 years, born Ohio, parents born Germany, farmer, owns own farm, free and clear.

Nellie, wife, white female, age 45, married 21 years, mother of 2, 2 now living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio,

Pearl C., daughter, white female, age 19, single, born Ohio.
Erwin W., son, white male, age 16, single, born Ohio

Living next door to Samuel Beal age 34 and Rubie and family

Also 2 doors away, Frank Beal with Mary his wife, and family.