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Francis Everett Amsberry
18 Jan 1824 – 6 Aug 1897
| Birth | 18 Jan 1824 |
| Death | 6 Aug 1897 |
| Cemetery | Enon Cemetery Custer County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Chuck Munn on 15 Sep 2006 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13801663 |
Bio
Son of William Allen Amsberry of Chautauqua County, New York and Mary Polly Everett of Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont. Husband of Lucy Caroline Beard of Lynchburg, Bedford County, Virginia, married on 03 March 1848 in Mason County, West Virginia. On March 4, 1885 the Francis E. Amsberry family left West Virginia for Nebraska. His son, John Allen Amsberry and his nephew, Darius Amsberry, had found valuable government land in Custer County and had notified relations about the opening for settlement. Francis rented a freight or immigrant railroad car, 60' X 10'. On this they stored their furniture and belongings and used it for quarters to get to Nebraska. They departed from Gallipolis, Ohio. Most of the 12 children either went with them or followed later. Francis homesteaded Section 35, Township 15, Range 18 and farmed 160 acres until his death. Francis died in Mason City, Nebraska and is buried in the Enon Cemetery, which is located on the north line of Section 35, Township 15, Range 18 on the old Amsberry homestead, about three miles west and a little north of the present Mason City. The old former town of Algernon was located northeast from this small cemetery. Obituary published in The Callaway Courier on 20 August 1897 - "Francis E. Amsberry, aged 73 years, and a highly respected citizen of this community, died here Friday. Mr. Amsberry moved with a large family to this place twelve years ago from Mason County, West Virginia. His twelve children are all living. He has been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church for nearly thirty years. The funeral was held yesterday from his residence, three miles west of here (Mason City)."
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Siblings
- Rosetta Amsberry Atkinson 1814–1855
- Ruth Amsbury Booram 1817–1885
- William Franklin Amsberry 1821–1885
- Almira Parish Amsberry Trobee 1829–1888
- Horace Allen Amsberry 1833–1917
- Matthew James Amsberry 1837–1911
Children
- Sarah E. Amsberry Frazey 1848–1917
- Martha Mary Amsberry 1850–1928
- John Allen Amsberry 1850–1935
- Margaret Edna Amsberry Peterson 1852–1925
- Floyd Murtin Amsberry 1854–1914
- Rosetta Caroline Amsberry Greenlee 1855–1937
- Laura Jane Amsberry Fisher 1858–1952
- James Martin Amsberry 1860–1939
- Almyral Ersula Amsberry Amsberry 1863–1930
- Nellie Ennis Amsberry Coleman 1866–1930
- William Daniel Amsberry 1868–1940
- Francis Adam Amsberry 1871–1950
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