Reziah Force

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Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Ray Stewart Lobb ← Gladys Myrtle Kipp ← Edgar Allen Kipp ← Isaac Kipp ← Elizabeth Force ← Reziah Force

In brief

Born February 12, 1788, in Sussex County, New Jersey. He married December 16, 1808, in Louth Township, Lincoln County, Upper Canada (now Ontario). He died March 4, 1875, in Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.

Family

Father

Noah Force

Mother

Mary Beamer

Spouse

Elizabeth Schram

m. 1808

Children

Margaret Force
b. July 27, 1809, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. February 3, 1874, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Nelson H. Force
b. January 1, 1814, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. May 1880, in Salem, Michigan
Charlotte Force
b. March 31, 1816, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. November 12, 1884, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Elizabeth Force · in this line
b. March 19, 1818, in Woodbury, Brant County, Upper Canada
m. Benjamin Kipp, April 20, 1836, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. September 14, 1881, in Burford Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada
John H. Force
b. June 19, 1820, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. January 1, 1885, in Lone Tree township, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Julia Ann Force
b. April 8, 1822, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. October 22, 1891, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Jeremiah Schram Force
b. May 15, 1824, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
m. Caroline
d. April 4, 1901, in Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Jane Force
b. April 15, 1826, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. In Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Nathaniel Force
b. May 29, 1828, in Woodstock, Oxford County, Upper Canada
m. Mariah
d. October 10, 1911, in Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Johannah Force
b. April 4, 1830, in Woodstock, Oxford County, Upper Canada
d. April 30, 1860, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Levi Edward Force
b. May 2, 1834, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. November 8, 1864, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
Liza C Force
b. Jun 9, 1834, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
Susannah Force
b. April 15, 1836, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
Almira Force
b. June 2, 1840, in Burford Township, Brant County, Upper Canada
d. March 17, 1859, in Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois

Siblings

Sarah “Sally” Force
b. 1789, in Sussex County, New Jersey
d. Princeton, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
John Beemer Force
b. 1790, in Loggoal, Sussex County, New Jersey
d. 1850, in Brantford, Brant County, Canada West
Hamilton William Force
b. 1791, in Loggoal, Sussex County, New Jersey
d. Innerkip, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
___ Force
Henry van Rensselaer Force
b. Abt. 1794, in Loggoal, Sussex County, New Jersey
d. April 24, 1859, in Burford Township, Brant County, Canada West
Philip Force
b. Upper Canada
Margaret Force
b. March 5, 1798, in Loggoal, Sussex County, New Jersey
d. March 12, 1873, in Sandyville, Warren County, Iowa, USA
William Manning Force
b. November 23, 1799, in Burford Township, Brant County, Canada West
d. November 2, 1863, in Force’s Corners, Brant County, Canada West

Life story

From Upper Canada to Kansas

Reziah Force was born February 12, 1788, in Sussex County, New Jersey, and married in Louth Township, Upper Canada, in December 1808, having crossed with the Force family's broader migration north. He served as a soldier on the British side during the War of 1812 and later worked as a carpenter. Reziah and his family moved repeatedly across the Midwest in his later decades — recorded living with his son Nathaniel's household in Illinois and Indiana in 1850 and 1860, and with another son's family in Illinois in 1870 — before eventually settling in Wheaton, Kansas, where he died on March 4, 1875, at the age of eighty-seven.

Sources (5)

1870 United States Federal Census, Momence Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, population schedule, page 15, dwelling 109, family 114, Family of J. S. Force; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 238; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4263014_00363 : accessed 23 September 2024).
1860 United States Federal Census, Lake Township, Newton County, Indiana, population schedule, page 3-4, dwelling 436, family 436, Family of Nathaniel Force; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 282; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4217613_00423 : accessed 23 September 2024).
1850 United States Federal Census, Census District 21, Iroquois County, Illinois, population schedule, page 5-6, dwelling 36, Family of John Shoub; NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 110; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4193359-00010 : accessed 23 September 2024).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6324540/reziah-force : accessed 23 September 2024), memorial page for Reziah Force (1788–1875), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6324540, citing Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Sunshyn~N~Angels (contributor 49611461).
Estate of Edward Burnice Kipp, “Ancestors of Edward Burnice Kipp”; 2024; pdf publication (http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/publications/Ancestors%20of%20Edward%20Burnice%20Kipp.pdf : accessed 17 January 2025).