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- Elizabeth Hempleman Briggs
Elizabeth Hempleman, daughter of George Hempleman the Second and Ruth Howell Hempleman, was born in Hardin Co., Va., Oct 8, 1803, and came to Ohio with her father, mother, two sisters, grandfather and the George Weaver family. A history of this memorable journey across the mountains has been given in this history before, and the first night they camped in Clarke County, Ohio, was under a large elm tree on the north bank of the Masses creek. Near by was the home of Samuel Briggs. Mrs. Briggs, wife of Samuel Briggs, was one of those great-hearted pioneer women and when she saw this camp of movers with a lot of small children, her heart went out to them, and she sent her sons down to this camp with milk, bread and wild honey, and one of these boys named Samuel, who afterwards married for his wife Elizabeth Hempleman, one of those little girls in this camp that night, and she and her husband afterwards owned this very farm on which they camped that night, and there lived until her husband died, then moved to South Charleston, Ohio, and there married a man by the name of Jacob Kizer, and there lived until she died January 30, 1889. Jacob Kizer died in South Charleston, Ohio in 1884.
Elizabeth Hempleman, daughter of George Hempleman the Second and Ruth Howell Hempleman, married Samuel Briggs May 10, 1821.
Samuel Briggs born January 18, 1787, died September 8, 1850. To them were born seven children, Lucinda, Mary Ann, Matilda, Amos, Charles, Henry and Elizabeth.
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- After the war George Hempleman and family moved to North Carolina, and from there to Hardy County, Virginia. George Hempleman, in 1805, lost his wife, and she was buried in Hardy County, Virginia. In 1808, George Hempleman in company with his son George and family and his daughter Elizabeth, who had married George Weaver, started for Ohio with two wagons. The mountain roads were rough and they had not gotten far until one of their wagons fell over the mountain side and the team was killed and wagon lost. They gathered up what they could and loaded into the other wagon and all went afoot, and somewhere on the route this wagon was also lost and had to be abandoned. The bedding and what they could gather up was strapped onto the horses and the men and children carried what they could, and in the fall of 1808 reached Clarke County, Ohio, and camped for the first night on Masses Creek, two miles south of South Charleston, Clarke County, Ohio. They camped near the old spring near the Samuel Briggs farm, made famous by the number of people that camped at that spring on their way from the East to Ohio. A cut of the old Elm tree that stood by this famous spring is shown in this pamphlet, and the tree is still standing.
Near by this spring lived Samuel Briggs. That evening, Mrs. Briggs sent her son Samuel with a bucket full of milk and some provisions to those campers. Among the children was one called Elizabeth, daughter of George Hempleman, Jr. who afterwards became the wife of this boy, Samuel Briggs, who carried the milk and provisions to them.
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- Elizabeth Hempleman was born October 8, 1803 in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA, and was the daughter of George and Ruth Howell Hempleman. Elizabeth married Samuel Briggs May 10, 1821 in Clark County, Ohio, USA.
Known children of Samuel and Elizabeth Hempleman Briggs:
1) Lucinda Briggs, born March 21, 1822 in Clark County, Ohio, USA. Death on September 6, 1854, Stokes Twp, Madison County, Ohio, USA. Married John Jacob Selsor.
2) Mary Ann Briggs, born August 7, 1824 in Clark County, Ohio, USA. Death on June 20, 1918 in West Point, White County, Indiana, USA. Married Martin Luther Carr.
3) Matilda Biggs, born May 13, 1825 in Clark County, Ohio, USA. Death May 7, 1903 in Fayette County, Ohio, USA. Married Clement Lee Shockley.
4) Amos Briggs, born in 1828 in Ohio. Death in 1901 in Madison, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Married Margaret Bateman.
5) Charles Briggs, born September 25, 1832, Ohio. Death in November 27, 1909 in Mifflin Twp, Franklin County, USA. Married Sarah Woolsey.
6) Elizabeth Briggs, born November 25, 1836 Clark County, Ohio, USA. death in March 24, 1924 Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Married Daniel McKillip.
Many years after the death of Samuel Briggs, her first husband, Elizabeth married Jacob Kizer February 5, 1870 in Richland, Ohio, USA. No children from her second marriage.
May our beloved Elizabeth rest within the peace of our Lord.
NOTE: Both Elizabeth Briggs and Elizabeth Hempleman were born on 8 October 1803 in Pendleton County, Virginia, now in West Virginia. Two separate people with the same birth date in the same place with the same first names. It happens!
Now the tricky part! Elizabeth Briggs married William Powell. Elizabeth Hempleman married Samuel Briggs, the brother of Elizabeth Briggs Powell. Now you have 2 Elizabeth Briggs with the same birth info. It happens folks! Still 2 separate people. After Samuel died Elizabeth Hempleman Briggs married Jacob Kizer.
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