Thomas Essex

Thomas Essex, born in Virginia in. 1803, is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bowen) Essex, natives of Maryland, came with the family to Spoon River in 1831, and settled near Wyoming. In 1834 Thomas Essex bought his present home in Richwood's township. He served in the Black Hawk War, being the only one of the family named in that connection. Mrs. E. Essex resides at Muscatine, Iowa.