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- The Amsberrys lived in Mason County, W. Va, many years after they were married. An interesting story told about his life during the Civil War Days is as follows: He hid in the woods with two horses to keep them from being stolen by Rebel soldiers of General Jenkin's army as they marched down Shady Fork Creek Road. His nephew, Darius Beard, was with him. The soldiers took all the livestock they could find and these horses were the only ones left in the community that summer. He very willingly shared them with his neighbors and they had to do all the work on the farms that season.
On March 4, 1885, Francis E. Amsberry and his family left West Virginia for Nebraska. he rented a freight car (60 X 10') and the stored all their furniture, and other baggage in it and also used this car for living quarters on their way out. The left from Gallipolis, Ohio, on the above mentioned date. The write is not sure just how many of his children left with him. However, she is sure that the two oldest children, Sarah and Martha, went with him at this time. Others followed later. Both Francis and Lucy Beard Amsberry died and were buried in the state of Nebraska. Lucy Beard Amsberry died at mason City, Nebraska, October 15, 1915.
(Source: "The History of Adam Beard and His Descendants" by Irene Beard, 1952)
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On March 4, 1885 the Francis E. Amsberry family left West Virginia for Nebraska. His son, John Allen Amsberry and his nephew, Darius Amsberry, had found valuable government land in Custer County and had notified relations about the opening for settlement. Francis rented a freight or immigrant railroad car, 60' X 10'. On this they stored their furniture and belongings and used it for quarters to get to Nebraska. They departed from Gallipolis, Ohio. Most of the 12 children wither went with them or followed later.
Francis homesteaded Section 35, Township 15, Range 18 and farmed 160 acres until his death. Francis died in Mason City, Nebraska and is buried in the Enon Cemetary, which is located on the north line of Section 35, Township 15, Range 18 on the old Amsberry homestead, about three miles west and a little north of the present Mason City. The old former town of Algernon was located northeast from this small cemetary. Lucy Beard Amsberry died at Mason City and is also burried in the Enon Cemetary.
(Source: The William A. Amsberry and Related Families)
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ENON CEMETERY
This cemetery is located just south of Ansley, Custer County, Nebraska and is also know as the Amsberry or Algernon Cemetery. The former town of Algernon was located northeast from this cemetery. It is not located on any maps and is not accessible from the road. This list of tombstone inscriptions was done in the late 1960's.
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Amsberry, Francis E. 1824-1897
Amsberry, Lucy b., 1827-1915
Amsberry, F. M. mar 5, 1854 - Sep 12, 1914 (old, home-made stone, hard to read)
Amsberry, Francis, Jan 18, 1824 - Aug 6, 1897 and his wife Lucy (Beard), Jan 12, 1827 - Oct 15, 1915
Amsberry, Martha, Sep 18, 1850 - Nov 2, 1928 ( no marker on grave)
Amsberry, Floyd, Mar 5, 1854 - Nov 2, 1928 (small marker - no dates)
[Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~necuster/cmterys/enon.htm]
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