In 1760 two brothers, John and Francis Eslick came to America via Cornwall England and Holland.
They settled in North Carolina. In 1780 Levi and Frank Eslick, sons of Francis Eslick, moved to middle
Tennessee, Levi married and settled in Lincoln County Tennessee, where some of his descendants still live.
Frank, now married and a Baptist preacher, settled in Christian Co. Ky. The oldest of his eight children,
Samuel was born in the late 1780's. He was educated to be a doctor. He also taught school, farmed and owned
a power mill in Kentucky. In 1806, he married a Ms. Pennington. Their third child was Artis L. Eslick.
After his first wife's death, Sam married Lavinia Davis, who is by family legand reported to have been relation
to Martha Custis Washington, and Jefferson Davis was her nephew, he was later President of the Confederacy
during the civil war. Samuel and Lavinia Eslick had nine children. Sometime in the early 1800's they moved to Bartholomew
Co. Inidana. In 1828 Artis L. Eslick married Cecilia (Sally) McBride, daughter of John McBride and Susannah/Susan David,
daughter of Edward David and Ann Robertson.
Children of John McBride and Susannah David McBride are:
Catherine McBride
Ezekiel McBride
David McBride
Samuel McBride
John McBride
Susan McBride
Elizabeth McBride b. abt. 1812 probably Tennessee
Cecelia "Sally/Sely" McBride b. 1814, Tennessee, m. Artis L. Eslick
Artis and Sally had four children before leaving Indiana for Missouri. Their first child Ezekiel Eslick was born in 1829.
In early 1839, Samuel, Artis and other members of their families migrated to Missouri, first settling in Taney County on Swan
Creek near Forsyth. Sam was the first school teacher at Swan Creek School. He also had a power mill there. Some of the Eslicks
later moved to Iowa, Artis and Sally stayed in Missouri moving to Arno in Douglas County Mo. Six more children were born in Douglas County.
They had the following children:
Ezekiel b. 1829 Ind. d. 1896 Mo.
Sarah Ann (Sally) b. 1832 d. 9 Ja. 1911
Elizabeth b. 1833 d after 1850 buried Horseshoe Bend, Taney Co. Mo.
Samuel Artis b 2 Jue 1834 d Jan. 1894
Francis b. 1835 Mo. d after 1850
Lovina b. 1837 d after 1860
Nathan b. 1838 d after 1850
David Samuel b. 1840
Artis J. b. 1841
Susan A. b. 1843 d after 1850
Delilah b. 1845 Buried Horshoe Bend on White River Taney Co. Mo.
John Eslick b. 1847
Beden b. 4 July 1848 d. 6 Nov. 1930
Rebecca Jane (Biddy) b. Aug 1850
Catherine b. Aug 1852
Rutha C. b. 1856
In 1850, Ezekiel married Elizabeth Marler, daughter of Josiah and Nancy Bohannon Marler. they had 10 children most of them born in or near Ava.
However daughter Celia Jane Eslick is reported as being born in Ark. Ezekiel Eslick was a member of the Missouri Home Guards in Webster County
during the Civil War. Ezekiel and Elizabeth Eslick are buried in the Fannon Cemetery.
They had the following children:
Martha A b. 1850
Josiah Franklin b. 1853 Ava Mo. d. 1924 buried in Ava Mo.
Celia Jane b. Jue 1854
Millie Melvina b. 14 Feb 1856 d. Feb. 27, 1942
Artis S. b. 26 Oct. 1860 d. Jne 19, 1890
Nancy b. 1862 Ava buried Ozark Co. Mo
Ezekiel J. S. b. 9 Sept 1865 Ava Mo. d. 8 Dec 1882 buried Fannon Cemetery
Grant b. 27 Jan 1866 d. 22 Sept 1935
James b. 1871 Ava Mo. buried Haskell Cemetery Muskogee Ok
Second wife of Ezekiel Eslick is Minevera E. Stacey Harvey
They had the following children
Rebecca b. 14 Feb 1882 d 19 Oct 1913
Lillian Marilyn b. 15 Oct 1885 d. 3 Dec 1973
