Enoch Eppard Ebert

Please keep Enoch's middle name as Eppard to indicate the way in which he serves to connect the Ebert family and the Eppard family that stretches back to Rockingham County, VA. - Bob Hovde

Robert Louis Hovde Notes on Enoch Eppard Ebert

Birth: 1 Aug 1811, VA

Resettlement: 1819 came to OH with parents

Marriage: 1829 to Elizabeth Jenkins

Census: 1830 Mad River, Champaign Co. OH

Birth of Children: 1831-1837, two children born to Enoch and Elizabeth

Land: 1838 Jackson Twp, Champaign Co. OH

Death of Wife: 1840, Elizabeth Jenkins died

Census: 1840, could not find Enoch in Champaign Co. OH census

Marriage: between 1841-1844, Lucinda Loffitt

Birth of Children: 1845-1859, six children born to Enoch and Lucinda

Census: 1850 and 1860, Pipe Creek, Madison Co. IN

Resettlement: returned to OH in later years before his death

Death: 1863, OH

Research Issue: IN in 1838-1839? When John Ebert died in 1834, one can imagine that it was quite a blow to the family. John had been the pioneer from Virginia to Ohio 1810-1820. He had brought the Ebert family along, including his wife, Sarah Cliften. It appears that she preceded him in death but there is no record of this event. John's family appears to have adjusted to Ohio with the oldest child, John Jr., becoming a minister in the Baptist church and Sarah J. marrying into the established Pence family. Then, John Sr. died. Elizabeth Ann was only 11 and William H. 15 at the time. Rev. John was 29 and Enoch Eppard 23. What to do? With whom would/did the two youngest children reside? Then, in 1840, Enoch's wife, Elizabeth Jenkins, died leaving him with George T. (9) and Enoch Marion (3). Now, for creative interpretation that needs to be researched: 1) Enoch Eppard and Elizabeth move to Indiana in 1838 or 1839 with his young brother William H.; 2) William H. finds a bride soon after named Hannah and they have a child, Martha A., in 1839 in Indiana; 3) Elizabeth Jenkins dies soon after and Enoch soon finds Lucinda Loffitt to marry; and 4) This is the reason that a Pipe Creek Township historian could say that Dr. William H. Ebert was a pioneer to Pipe Creek, having arrived prior to 1840.