John Ess

Name: John Ess Company: D Wounded at Nashville
Birth Date: December 23, 1828 Place: Bavaria (Germany)	Mustered In Date: September 1, 1864 Rank: Private Age: 36 Residence prior to military service: Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota Vocation prior to military service: farmer
Death Date: July 29, 1887 (age 58) Place: probably Carver County, Minnesota Burial: St. Victoria’s Catholic Church Cemetery, Victoria, Carver County, Minnesota	Mustered Out Date: September 6, 1865 Rank: Private Age: 37 Residence following military service: Chanhassen and Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota Vocation following military service: farmer

John Ess in the Civil War

Johann Ess was born December 23, 1828, in Bavaria (Germany). In 1860, he and his wife, Christina, and daughter, Victoria, were living in Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota, where he farmed. Christina (born in Darmstadt, Germany) was age 29, and Victoria was 7 months.

During the Battle of Nashville (December 15-16, 1864) Ess received a gun shot wound in the left arm.

In 1880, the Ess family was still living in Chanhassen, and John was still a farmer. The household consisted of John (age 51), his wife Christina (age 50), daughter Victoria (age 20), and sons Joseph (age 18), Michael (age 14), and George (age 11). All of the children were born in Minnesota.

John Ess died July 29, 1887, at the age of 58. His obituary was published in the Weekly Valley Herald on August 4, 1887. Nearly 12 years later, his wife Christina died. Her obituary was also published in Weekly Valley Herald on April 20, 1899.

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