Ezekiel Bion Congleton

1864 - 1942  (77 years)

• Name	Ezekiel Bion Congleton
  Birth	20 Jul 1864	Blackford Co., Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mar 1942	Rock Cemetery, Washinton Co., Kansas
  Death	11 Mar 1942	Haddam, Washington, Kansas
  Person ID	I4768	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel Calvert Congleton,   b. 4 Nov 1833, Massillon, Stark, Ohio d. 21 Feb 1912, Haddam, Washington, Kansas (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Emillia (Milia) Jane Simonton,   b. Carroll Co., Ohio d. 22 Nov 1916, Clifton, Washington, Kansas
  Marriage	17 Oct 1861	Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana
  Family ID	F1779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Never married Ezekiel "Jack" was thirteen years old when he came with his parentsandsix siblings to settle in Grant Twp.,Washington,Kansas. In hisearlyyears, he spent three years in Laramie, Wyoming, where he drove astagecoach through the mining regions. He tried his lick in farming and caring for horses; then in 1918,hereceived the appointment as Superintendant of the Farms of theNebraskaState Prison at Lincoln. He spent seventeen years in thiscapacity, untilhe was relieved from duty as a result of mechanizationand theintroductionof tractors on the farm. His expertise was centeredonhorse-driven Machinery.Modernization had taken its toll on Jack. Hisagewas also probably a factor in his dismissal; he was 70 years old. In 1935, after his release from the state corrections job, he returnedtoHaddam to live with his sister, Florence, he died penniless on March11,1942, and his sister and brother, William, paid forhis funeral andburialexpenses.