John Ernst- whose parents, John and Elizabeth (Wise) Ernst, reside in Ashland
County, Ohio, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1821.
He settled in Wells county in the year of 1864. He was married in Asland
county, Ohio, June 15, 1848. His wife, Mary, a daughter of Henry and Mary
Ziegler, was born in Pennsylvania, in the year 1830. Thier first child was a
son, born April 17, 1849, deceased; Mary Elizabeth, July 1, 1851; William
Henry, April 18, 1853; Emma Augusta, February 3, 1855; Fremont, February 20,
1857, died May 28, 1858; Eliza Jane, December 12, 1858; Rosa Anna, October
28, 1860; John K. Z. January 20, 1862, died January 29, 1863; Minnie Rebecca,
February 20, 1864; Anna Maria, May 20, 1865, died June 2, 1865.
John Ernst is a resident of Liberty Township: his business, farming. Address,
Liberty Center.