Rudolph Heinrich Wilhelm Ehrhart
Rudolph Heinrich Wilhelm Ehrhardt was born 16 Apr 1831 in Wülften am Harz, Hanover Province, Germany to Johann George Heinrich Ehrhart and Sophie Charlotte Kemstedt. Known in America as William or Will, he married Caroline Bode before 1857, the couple emigrating from Wulften to Cincinnati Oh.
A few years after Will's departure from Wulften,
his younger brother, H. J. Conrad Ehrhardt, emigrated from Germany to
Cincinnati, living for a time in Cincinnati with Will and Caroline. Following
the Civil War, Conrad, a tailor, relocated in Decatur Co IN.
William served in the War of the Rebellion as a teamster wagoner in Co F 181
Ohio Volunteer Infantry enlisting 11 Dec 1861 and discharged 13 Nov 1865. Later moved his family to Carroll Co., KY where he
farmed for some years prior to a final move to Campbell Co., KY. This Ehrhardt
couple parented five children; daughters Resa, Caroline, Susan, and Augusta; and
son, Henry William Ehrhardt.
William died 7 Aug 1897 in Gubser Mill, Campbell County and was buried in the Persimmon Grove Cemetery. His wife died in 1906 and was also buried in Persimmon Grove.
Children of Rudolph Heinrich Wilhelm and Caroline Bode (1831-1906)
Caroline Ehrhart b-22 Oct 1858 in Cincinnati;
d-28 Feb 1913 in; br-Persimmon Grove Cemetery
Resa Ehrhart b-1860 in Cincinnati
Henry William Ehrhart b-10 Jan 1863 in Cincinnati; d-9 July 1926 in Lexington
Ky; br-St Peter & Paul Cemetery
Susan Ehrhart b-6 Dec 1867 in Cincinnati; d-5 Apr 1926 in Newport; br-Persimmon
Grove Cemetery; m-Louis H Chalk
Augusta Ehrhart b-29 Oct 1871 in California Ky. d-6 May 1948 in Cincinnati; br-Persimmon
Grove Cemetery; m-Richard Tarvin