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- Ephraim was born in Bristol, England according to his death certificate. This turns out to be a slight error in the relative's memory that submitted his death certificate information. Ephraim's birth date according to the 1900 census for Marshall Co., WV was Oct. 1872. In this record he is listed as living with his mother, Harriet Dimmick.
There is also another Ephraim in Wheeling, WV who was born Apr. 1873. His death certificate says he was born in Oct. of 1873, but I believe this is an error because the English census records give his birthdate as 1872 in Bilston, Staffordshire co., England.
His World War I enlistment records give his birthdate as Oct. 8, 1874, making him 44. In the 1830 census, he also lists himself as being age 38 when they married again giving him a birth year of 1873 or 1874. The 1910 census gives him a birthdate of 1874. I suspect that his birthdate given when he was on a young age is more likely to be correct, but that remains to be seen as his adult records indicate that he was born a year or two later.
Ephraim came with his parents from England when he was about eleven years old. They first settled in Wheeling, West Virginia, but he lived the last 40 years of his life in Middletown, Ohio. Ephraim and Albert are listed as brothers in the 1910 Federal Census for Middletown, Ohio. They were living at their father's address in Wheeling, West Virginia in the 1880s. In the 1888 directory Ephraim was living at 39 20th St. and he as yet had no occupation.
He was one of the first rollers at Armco where he worked for 27 years. It was listed as the facility on the east side of Middletown in his draft papers. He then worked with the High School Manual Training Department until his last year of life when he worked as a watchman for Lemneck Products.
In the 1910 census, he was still single. He and Daisy married sometime after 1910. He is listed as having medium height, gray eyes and black hair in his Sep. 12, 1918 World War I Draft registration. That same record shows that he and his wife were living at 110 (710?) Logan St. in Middletown, Ohio at the time. By the 1920 census they lived at 818 Garfield St. in Middletown, Ohio. They never had any children. My father remembers that they were second cousins to him through his grandmother Keturah Dimmack. He has fond memories of them. Ephraim and Daisy's signatures are in my grandfather's funeral book in 1941. The photo of him in a car is likely he and one of his brothers likely taken in the early 1920's according to researcher Troi Nelson.
According to his obituary, he was a member of the Church of the Ascension, and three Masonic lodges, Jefferson Lodge No. 90, F.A.M. and Knights Templar and Scottish Rites. His residence at the time of his death was listed as 1333 Forest Ave., Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio. He was working as a watchman for the Lemneck Plant when he fell ill suddenly, and was rushed to the hospital. He died at Middletown Hospital after a 6 hour stay. (C-DOC)
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1872 - 1944 (71 years)
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