John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus1,2

Male, #45486, (5 Oct 1814 - 28 Jan 1853)

Parent*Johann Christoph Ehringhaus2 (18 Sep 1783 - b 20 Aug 1865)
Parent*Matilda S. Gregory2 (c 1790 - b 3 Dec 1876)
John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus|b. 5 Oct 1814\nd. 28 Jan 1853|p45486.htm|Johann Christoph Ehringhaus|b. 18 Sep 1783\nd. before 20 Aug 1865|p38249.htm|Matilda S. Gregory|b. circa 1790\nd. before 3 Dec 1876|p38250.htm|||||||||||||

Birth*5 Oct 1814 John was born at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, on 5 Oct 1814.3 
 He was the son of Johann Christoph Ehringhaus and Matilda S. Gregory.2 
Marriage*30 Dec 1837 He married Catherine Hines Erskine at Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, on 30 Dec 1837.2 
Death*28 Jan 1853 He died at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, on 28 Jan 1853.3 
Burial*circa 30 Jan 1853 His body was interred circa 30 Jan 1853 at Old Episcopal Cemetery, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. 
Biography*1854 John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus: John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus was born to Johann Christoph and Matilda on October 5, 1814. He was named after Prussian Field Marshal Blucher, and a number of later Ehringhaus and Erskine males carried the name. He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, with the class of 1836, but did not graduate. On June 6, 1836, he married Elizabeth M. M. Grice in Elizabeth City. Evidently Elizabeth died shortly thereafter, although there is no record of her death. On December 30, 1837, he married Catherine Haynes Erskine, whom he may have met in Mississippi or Alabama (her story is told in another work on the Erskine family). Like his father, Blucher (as he was known) was a leading citizen of Elizabeth City. He was an attorney and was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1842, 1844, and 1845. Blucher and Catherine had twelve children. He died at the age of 39, on January 28, 1853, and was buried on January 30 in the family plot in the Old Episcopal Cemetery in Elizabeth City.2 

Family

Catherine Hines Erskine (say 1818 - after 1880)
Child

Last Edited 23 Jun 2007

Citations

  1. Chris Blucher, compiler, e-mail address, Ehringhous Family, Ancestry World Tree (online family tree), 18 May 2002 version.
  2. Chris Klasing, compiler, The Ehringhauses, A German-American Family in North Carolina, Rootsweb, 2003.
    http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/pasquotank/bios/eprenhse.txt
  3. Per gravestone.