Birth: 06 Jul 1850 Kleine Neuhausen, Thuringa, Germany.

Misc: between 1851 and 1929 LEGENDS: August came to the US in 1851 with his parents. He went to Michigan in 1882, where he settled in Stanwood, Mecosta Co. A picture of the land he bought is on file. His first wife died due to the birth of their youngest child, which he then gave up for adoption. The story is that he then left the family in the care of the eldest daughter and went in search of work. When he came back, he was married to Lula Tibbits. Lula was felt to be a stereotypical stepmother by the children, and aprox.1888, the couple left the children in Michigan and went to Kansas, where they settled near his parents. What happened to Lula is unknown, but August is buried with his third wife in Kansas. Another story is from Walter and Evelyn Pickering, his brother Joseph's oldest daughter and her husband. Apparently August was supposed to be caring for his mother, and requested money to cover some expenses. When he was refused, he left in a huff, and moved to the mountains, (assorted, Family stories & legends regarding the lives of Ebenstein ancestors Story related by Frederick Ebenstein about 1975-80.)

Note: 22 Nov 1870 Delaware Co., IN; Marriage record for August W. Ebenstein and Hannah Brock, dated Marriage performed by Allen S Meek, minister on 24 November 1870, Delaware county, Indiana (Delaware County Indiana Clerk's Office book C-5, p. 441.)

Marriage: 24 Nov 1870 Hannah BROCK (23) (b. 01 Dec 1844, d. 12 Jun 1885); Muncie, Delaware Co., IN (, Delaware Co., IN -: Marriage book.).

Census: __ ___ 1880 Washington Twp, Delaware Co., IN; August, age 29, farmer, born Saxony, father born Prussia, mother born Saxony.

Hannah, age 35, born Indiana, both parents born Indiana

Children:

Emiline, age 6;

Eli E. age 5,

Esta E, age 4,

Susan M., age 2;

Berda E, age 5 months, born January 1880 (1880 Federal Census, Washington Twp, Delaware Co, IN.)

Elected Of: __ ___ 1881 New Corner, Delaware Co., IN; New Corner Lodge No. 425, I.O.O.F. - The officers for the present term are: ... August Ebenstein, Treasurer (History of Delaware Co., IN (Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1881), p. unknown.)

Land owned: 20 Sep 1882 Mecosta Twp., Mecosta Co., MI; 'Received for Record September 20th, A.D. 1882, at 2:45 o'clock, P.M. by James M. Colby, Register of Deeds.

'This Indenture, made this Twentieth day of September between Charles M. Darrah and Sarah E. Darrah, his wife, of the city of Big Rapids, Mecosta County Michigan of the first part, and August W. Ebenstein of Delaware County Indiana of the second part.

'Witneseth, that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150), to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged, do by these presents grant, bargain, sell, remise, release, alien and confirm unto the party of the second part, and his heirs and assigns, forever, all that certain piece or parcel of land situate and being in the township of Mecosta County of Mecosta and State of Michigan, more particularly known and described as follows, to wit:

'The north west quarter of the south west quarter of section number twelve(12), township number fourteen (14) north of range number ten (10) west containing forty acres of land more or less, according to the government survey.

'Together with all and singular, the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining:

'To have and to hold the said premises as above described, with the appurtenances, unto the party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns, forever. And the said parties of the first part, for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant, grant, bargain and agree, to and with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, that at the time of the ensealing and delivery of these presents they are well seized of the above granted premises, in fee simple; that they are free from all incumbrances whatever; and that they will, and their heirs, executors and administrators, shall warrant and defend the same against all lawful claims whatsoever.

'In witness whereof, the said parties of the first part, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.'

: W. W. Carpenter & Jesse Kain (Mecosta County Michigan Registrar of Deeds office Liber 36, p. 544.)

Marriage: 14 Aug 1886 Austin, Mecosta Co., MI; MARRIAGE: Mecosta County clerk; Big Rapids MI Marriage record for August W. Ebenstein, age 36 of Mecosta Co, MI and Lula A Tibbits, age 39 of Austin MI. Place of marriage - Austin MI, by James Robinson, minister.

Also recorded in the Big Rapids Pioneer, Thursday, August 19, 1886: Married Aug. 15, 1886 by Rev. Mr. Robinson, Mr. Evanstine and Mrs. Tibbit (Mecosta County Clerk's Office Big Rapids, MI Marriage records, record #2275.)

Tax Rolls: __ ___ 1890 Mecosta Co., MI; Assessment Roll for the Township of Mecosta, Mecosta county, MI; 1890; p. 14. Photocopy from original tax book located in the Michigan State Archives, Lansing, Michigan.

Name of owner or occupant: Ebenstein, Aug.

Description: nw 1/4 of sw 1/4, section 12, town 14, range 10

Acres in each tract or parcel: ;40

Value of each tract of real estate as addressed: $200.00

Value as fixed by board of review: Real Estate: $200.00

No. of school district: 4

State tax: $.36

County tax: $.67

Township tax: $.46

Highway tax: $.45

School tax: $1.74

?? tax: $.31

?? tax: $.20

Total tax: $4.19

Remarks: paid (MI Mecosta Co., Assessment Roll for the Township of Mecosta, Mecosta County, MI 1890 ( , 1890).)

Note: 05 Mar 1891 Mecosta Co., MI; LAND: Mecosta county, MI Registrar of Deeds, Liber 53, p. 483. Abstract of deed: Date: 5 March 1891 Seller: Charles J. Bradford of Chippewa Township Buyer: Mrs. Lula A. Ebenstein of Chippewa Township Price: $225.00 Description: '... piece or parcel of land situate in the County of Mecosta and State of Michigan and known and describes as follows, to wit: SW fractional 1/4(?) of section 10 or lot one township 15 north, range 8 west, containing forty nine 10/100 acres of land according to the government survey, said land situated in the township of Martiny.' Witnesses: Henry C. Ward & Amos Hatfield.

Deeds: 10 Feb 1892 Chippewa Twp, Mecosta Co., MI; LAND: Mecosta county, MI Registrar of Deeds, Liber 60, pg. 292. Abstract of deed: Date: 10 Feb. 1892 Seller: Mrs. Lula A. Ebenstein of Chippewa Township Buyer: Charles J. Bradford of Chippewa Township Price: $225.00 Description: '...certain piece or parcel of land, situate and being in the Township of Martiny, County of Mecosta, and State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: South west fractional 1/7 of section (10) ten or lot (1) one, township 15 north, range 8 west, containing forty nine 10/100 acres of land according to the government survey.' Witnesses: Mrs. M. J. Cram & W. A. Gregory (Mecosta County Michigan Registrar, Liber 60, pg 292.)

Land owned: 10 Feb 1892 Mecosta Co., MI; Abstract of deed:

Date: 10 Feb. 1892

Seller: Mrs. Lula A. Ebenstein of Chippewa Township

Buyer: Charles J. Bradford of Chippewa Township

Price: $200.00

Description: '... certain piece or parcel of land, situate and being in the Township of Chippewa, County of Mecosta, and State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: lot number six (6) in block number nine (9) in the Village of Chippewa according to the recorded plat thereof.'

Witnesses: Mrs. M.J. Cram & W. O. Gregory (Mecosta County Michigan Registrar, Liber 60, p.293.)

Note: 10 Feb 1892 Chippewa, Mecosta Co., MI; Abstract of deed:

Date: 10 Feb 1892

Seller: John Morse and his wife Clara Morse of Chippewa, county of Mecosta Buyer: Mrs. L. A. Ebenstein of Chippewa, county of Mecosta

Price: $200.00

Description: '... certain piece or parcel of land, situate and being in the village of Chippewa, County of Mecosta, and State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: lot number six (6) in block number nine (9) in the village of Chippewa according to the recorded plat thereof. Witnesses: Thomas DeMey(?) & H. C. Ward (Mecosta County Michigan Registrar, Liber 60, p. 294.)

Marriage: 30 Jan 1901 Lydia E SIMMONS (142) (b. 01 May 1858, d. 1937)

Residence: __ ___ 1902 Baxter Springs, Cherokee Co., KS; RESIDENCES: National Archives, military/pension records of Charles F. Ebenstein; The following is an exact transcript of a deposition by A. W. Ebenstein in the matter of his mother's pension application. Please note that it directly contradicts some of the family stories, particularly in regard to the date that August left Michigan for Kansas.

`....My age is 51 years, occupation farming. My PO address is Baxter Springs, Cherokee Co, KS. I am son and the oldest child of the claimant Hannah B. Ebenstein and her late husband Chas. F. Ebenstein. My Mother and Father were born and raised and married in Germany and they were never divorced or separated till my father died. When the war of the rebellion broke out we were living in Delaware Co Ind. and my father enlisted in the 69th Ind. Regt in 1862. I remember when my father came home from the army, he had a wound on the side of his head and he also was ruptured. I never saw my father's rupture, till just before he died, and it was then larger than my head and looked as though it was on both sides, but I could not say whether it was.

`Do you know whether in July 1890, the soldier's rupture was on both sides, or only one side and on which side?

`No sir, for at that time, I was living in Michigan. I went to Michigan in 1883, and came back here on Dec. 1st 1898. I never knew whether my father was ruptured on the right or left side when he came home from the army. I never heard him or any one say, whether he was ruptured on both sides at any time. And I can't say how it was in July 1890.

`The soldier died on Dec 26, 1898, he had been sick about 3 weeks. I don't know for sure what was the immediate cause of his death, but he had always complained of his head after the war, and while he was sick the last time, he was partially paralyzed and the doctor said father died from apoplexy caused by the wound in his head.

`My father left no children under 16 years of age. He owned 470 acres of land in three different tracts, he left a will, giving all his property to my Mother during her life time. My Mother has never run the farms herself, but has lived first with me and then with my brother Joe, and she pays for her board and washing. Up to the last year, she has had the land rented partly for a cash rent and partly for a grain rent of 1/3. In 1899 there was about 240 acres rented for cash, for which my Mother got $1.00 an acre. In that year she received and sold some corn, some hay and oats. and something for pasturage and I would think she got from her grain to, that year about $150.00 or $160.00. Her expenses for taxes, insurance, repairs, and a ??? that year, I would say was in the neighborhood of $170.00. In 1900 the land was rented as before, but I don't know just how it stood. But I think the figures you have read me as given by my Mother and brother are correct, for that is about as I would figure it. Last year, 1901, Eli Kane had 190 acres and John ???? had 40 acres & I had but' (NOTE: the deposition ends here - apparently they forgot to put the end on the last sentence)

`(signed) A W Ebenstein' (National Archives of the United States of America ( ), Pension record of Charles

F Ebenstein.)

Event-Misc: 18 Apr 1904 Receipt written in pencil on a piece of what appears to be a book cover or tablet backing, size 3' x 7': 'April 28 - 1904 'Received of Mrs. C.F. Ebenstein payment in full for all expenses of keep and etc. up to date. 'A.W. Ebenstein' This item is currently in my possession. **map**.

Residence: __ ___ 1911 Mountain Grove, Wright Co., MO; RESIDENCES: Telegram sent 1911 by brother Joe: To: A.W. Ebenstein, Mt. Grove (MO) Come at once. Mother cannot last only few hours. Joe Ebenstein (assorted, Original records and papers, In possession of Merryann Palmer.)

Death: 21 Jun 1929 Mountain Grove, Wright Co., MO; Certificate of Death.

Place of death: County - Wright, City - Mountain Grove

Full Name: August William Ebenstein

Length of residence - 24 years

Wife: Mrs. Lida Roberts

Occupation: retired farmer

Birthplace: Little town, Germany

Parents - unknown

Cause of death: diabetes

Date of death: June 21, 1929

Age: 78 years, 11 months, 15 days

Birthdate: July 6, 1850

Burial: 24 June 1929, Brush Creek Cemetery near Galeva Kansas (Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics ( , no date).)

Burial: 24 Jun 1929 Brush Creek Cem, Cherokee Co., KS.

Land owned: __ ___ 1992 Stanwood, Mecosta Co., MI; RESIDENCE: Directions to the land purchased in 1882 by August W. Ebenstein: Take old 131 to Stanwood. Turn east on the east/west road at the middle of town. Go east to Front St. Turn north. Front St. changes to 185th Ave. Follow 185th north past an 'S' curve to the top of the hill. There is (1992) a metal fence gate, on the west side of the road, which opens into a large field of new pine trees (3-4 ft tall in 1987). Walk straight west to the creek. The house site was (according to James B. Ebenstein, as related to him as a child by his father) on an outcropping of land forming a bend in the creek. There are some very large pine trees which may or may not have been there originally, as I am not a judge of the age of trees. James B. Ebenstein states that there were remains of the house still visible in the mid-1940s.

Pers Paper: __ ___ ____ RELATIONSHIP: Family record of August W. Ebenstein; Handwritten account of the family of August William Ebenstein, apparently, from the wording, in either his or Hannah's hand (NOTE: after examining another item which is definitely in August's hand, this item cannot have been written by the same person. As Hannah died shortly after the death of the youngest child, I have no way of knowing if she wrote this or not. The wording is very interesting if it was written by one of the children, although it could have been written as dictated.):

Family Record

August William Ebenstein, was borned July 6th 1850.

Hannah Ebenstein was borned December 1st 1844.

We was married November 24th 1871.

Elizabeth Rosa Anna Ebenstein was borned September 26th 1872.

Elsie Emeline Ebenstein was borned Febuary 22d 1873.

Eli Edward Ebenstein was borned September 29th 1874.

Esta Evalena Ebenstein was borned October 5th 1875.

Susan Marrea Ebenstein was borned March 6th 1877.

Etta Estella Ebenstein was borned December 26th 1879.

Eliza Easter Ebenstein was borned September 17th 1881.

Ella May Ebenstein was borned June 4th 1885.

(NOTE: the above is an exact transcription, wording and spelling, of the document currently in my possession. **map**), (assorted, Original records and papers, Papers of Nancy Ann Hill Ebenstein, now in possession of Merryann Ebenstein Palmer.)

Birth: 01 Dec 1844 Delaware Co., IN.

Name-Marr: EBENSTEIN

Burial: __ Jun 1885 Ladner Cemetery, Mecosta Co., MI; Picture of tombstone on file. Grandson, James Ebenstein, says tombstone erected by oldest daughter in the 1920's.

Death: 12 Jun 1885 Stanwood, Mecosta Co., MI; DEATH: From paper probably written by her daughter Elsie Emeline, in the possession of Deloris DeLong, photocopy in my possession **map**:

'Hannah Ebenstein died June 12, 1885.'

Family story from son, Eli Edward Ebenstein:

Supposedly died within two weeks of the birth of her eighth and last child, Ruth (assorted, Orignal records and papers, In possession of Merryann Palmer.)