Ohio Biographies



Edward Ulrick


Edward Ulrick was born in Clarke County, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1838. He went to Greene County, Ohio, when yet a small boy, and made his home with Jonathan S. Cost. In 1850 Mr. Cost removed to Champaign County, Ohio, taking young Ulrick with him,where he grew to manhood. He received his education at the Westerville College, where he attended about three years. Aug. 4, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 95th O. V. I., and served until the war closed, and was discharged from the service at Louisville, Ky., Aug. 14, 1865, and returned home. He was engaged in the following named battles: Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863; Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., from May 18 to June 22,1863; Siege of Jackson, Miss., from July 10 until the 18th, 1863, and passed through these hard contested battles without receiving a wound. In the fall of 1865 he engaged in teaching school, which he followed as his profession about five years, and then turned his attention to farming, and since 1870 he has made farming his principal business. Jan. 1, 1867, he married Miss Susannah Wilkison, of Champaign County, Ohio, daughter of Asahel and Mary Wilkison. Mr. and Mrs. Ulrick settled on her father’s home farm in Champaign County, remained until 1869, when he purchased and moved on the farm in Green Township, Shelby County, where they are now residing. They have one child, a daughter.

 

From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883

 


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