Bio of Levi ECKELBERRY (b.1842), Wright Co., MN

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This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II,
Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge.
Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/wright/wright.html
Under HISTORY.

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be some typos.

Levi Eckelberry, for many years a prominent and respected farmer of
Marysville township, now deceased, was born in Wetzel county, in what is now
West Virginia, March 5, 1842, son of George B. and Sarah (Wise) Eckelberry,
who spent the span of their years in what is now West Virginia. The children
in the family were: Richard, who served five years in the Civil War;
Valentine, who died under arms in the Civil War; Levi, who served a short
time in the Civil War; Abraham, Margaret, Elizabeth and Delilah. Levi was
the third in the family. He was reared on the home farm. March 13, 1865, he
enrolled as a private under Capt. John C. Felton, in Company F, Seventh West
Virginia Veterans, for one year or during the war. He was discharged from
service July 1, 1865, at Munson's Hill, Virginia. In 1868 he came to
Minnesota and bought school land in section 36, Maryville township. This
tract covered eighty acres and was all wild woods. Mr. Ekelberry erected a
cabin of unhewed logs and kept house for himself until 1872, when he went
South and was married. Together the two started life in the wilderness. Mr.
Ekelberry cleared the land and in time had a good acreage of tilled land. In
time he was enabled to purchase a pair of oxen, and this helped him greatly
with his farming. In time he added ninety acres more. This also was wild and
had to be cleared. A sightly residence took the place of the log cabin and
commodious barns were also reared. Fences were built, tools and implements
purchased and many improvements made. Mr. Eckelberry served for many years
as a member of the school board. Although a man of austere life, he did not
belong to any church, though his sympathies were with the Christian church.
He died September 28,1890. Mr. Eckelberry was married March 4, 1872, to
Sarah J. Wyatt, and they had eight children: Melissa A., born February 26,
1873; William N., September 10, 1874; Thornton R., December 20, 1878;
Rachael M., October 7, 1880; Lucinda E., September 29, 1882; Goldie J.,
September 16, 1884; Addie F., September 24, 1886, and Levi C., July 20,
1888. Of these Addie F. died December 1, 1887, and Thornton R. died May 19,
1899. Sarah J. Wyatt was born in what is now Wetzel county, West Virginia,
December 14, 1849, daughter of Augustus and Lucinda (Hostuttler) Wyatt, and
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hostuttler and of Mr. and Mrs.
Zachariah Wyatt. Augustus Wyatt was the son of Zachariah and Rachael
(Willey) Wyatt, who spent the span of their years in what is now West
Virginia. Augustus Wyatt was of Irish descent. He was married in Virginia to
Lucinda Hostuttler, a native of Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel Hostuttler,
a veteran of the Civil War. They have eleven children: Sarah J., William
Jackson, Rachael Ann, Waitman P., Jasper N., Adaline, Phoebe K., Louisa B.,
Melissa H., Alpheus and Plesa Virginia.