Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Essex, Thomas 1807 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

HON. THOMAS ESSEX.

   Hon. Thomas Essex was born in Stokes county, North Carolina, May 15, 1807,
being the sixth in a family of nine children born to John and Catherine
(Rothrock) Essex. The father of the subject was born in Philadelphia in 1771 and
died in Bartholomew county at the age of one hundred years less forty days. His
mother, also a native of North Carolina, died in this county near Hope. The
subject of this sketch came to this county in 1829, and the following summer
came to Columbus, where he engaged in the manufacture of brick during the
summer, and in the winter taught school. In 1831 he settled on a farm near Hope,
where he remained until 1864, when he returned to Columbus, where he afterward
resided. Politically, Mr. Essex was a Democrat, and in 1840 was appointed county
surveyor and served three years. In 1849 he was elected to represent this county
in the general assembly, and was re-elected in 1850 and again in 1854. In 1863
he was elected recorder of Bartholomew county, and was re-elected to the same
position in 1867. He was elected mayor of Columbus in 1872, and was again
elected in 1874, and afterward was city engineer of Columbus. Mr. Essex was
united, in 1831, to Miss Rebecca Fry, a native of North Carolina, who died
December 25, 1876. To this union were born two children, viz: Marinda C. and
Julius. Mr. Essex has been a lifelong member of the Moravian church, and is an
exemplary Christian gentleman and a highly respected citizen.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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