Henry Ensminger
HENRY ENSMINGER, merchant Bucyrus, was born in Perry Co., Penn., Feb. 2, 1826, and is the son of David and Barbara (Messinger) Ensminger. Up to the time that he 18, he attended school and worked on a farm. At the age of 25, he commenced farming in partnership and so continued for three years. He was a farmer in his native State until 1866 when he came to Ohio and settled in what is now Jefferson Township. He farmed one year and in the fall of that year, he opened a store in partnership with his brother at North Robinson. This lasted two years, and was dissolved by the death of his brother. Mr. Ensminger continued the business for some four years when he sold out his goods and bought a farm of 80 acres near the village where he lived six years. He came to Bucyrus in the spring of 1879, and opened a dry goods store in No. 6 Quinby Block, where he still continues and has a large and attractive stock of goods and notions. He was married in Cumberland Co., Penn., April 12, 1851 to Susan Jacobs. They have four children: Franklin P., Albert M., Charles E., Alberta E., and one child dead.
From History of Crawford County and Ohio, Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1881