Isaac B. Essex the pioneer of Stark County was born in Virginia in 1800, moved to Ohio and thence to Peoria Illinois under Rev. Jesse Walker the Methodist itinerant. In 1828 he selected his home in this township and settled here permanantly in 1829 with his family. in 1831 his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Essex, their four sons, their daughter, Mrs. David Cooper and her husband arrived. Thomas Essex was born in Virginia January 13, 1771 and Elizabeth his wife in 1773. The father, Thomas died at David Cooper's house at section 10 on May 15, 1853 and the mother Elizabeth died January 26, 1853. Several sources state that Isaac B. Essex joined with the Mormons

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