Ephraim was born in the Pleasant Hill area of Belmont County, Ohio. His father died when Ephraim was a young boy, and he often spent time with his grandparents helping on their farm nearby.
Along with his cousin Noah Carle, he very much wanted to join the Union army during the Civil War. The boys ran away from home twice while still underage to join, but both times, Noah's father retrieved them before they enlisted. The third time, they were successful. Ephraim enlisted at the age of 18 as a private in E Company, 77th Ohio Infantry on Feb. 8, 1864. In December of that year, he transferred to A Company. Four short months later, on April 25, 1864, he was captured as a POW at Mark's Mills, Arkansas. The captured prisoners were stripped of all clothing including their boots and socks, and marched naked to their destination of the Confederate prison at Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas. Ephraim subsequently spent 10 months as a prisoner there. He was later released in a prisoner exchange, but his experience had been very difficult; he nearly starved while in custody. When he arrived at home after his release, emaciated and aged beyond his years, his own mother didn't recognize him.
He worked as a carpenter. On December 11, 1870, he married Mary Ann Irwin in Belmont County, Ohio, in a ceremony presided over by Reverend A. Greenlee. Mary and Ephraim had three children, Stella, William and an unnamed infant who died. They moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where they lived most of their adult lives. Ephraim died of complications from a strangulated hernia at the age of 84.
***CARLE RESEARCHERS: Note: THIS is the Ephraim Taylor Carle who married Mary Irwin, NOT his great-grandfather of the same name born in 1757.***
Along with his cousin Noah Carle, he very much wanted to join the Union army during the Civil War. The boys ran away from home twice while still underage to join, but both times, Noah's father retrieved them before they enlisted. The third time, they were successful. Ephraim enlisted at the age of 18 as a private in E Company, 77th Ohio Infantry on Feb. 8, 1864. In December of that year, he transferred to A Company. Four short months later, on April 25, 1864, he was captured as a POW at Mark's Mills, Arkansas. The captured prisoners were stripped of all clothing including their boots and socks, and marched naked to their destination of the Confederate prison at Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas. Ephraim subsequently spent 10 months as a prisoner there. He was later released in a prisoner exchange, but his experience had been very difficult; he nearly starved while in custody. When he arrived at home after his release, emaciated and aged beyond his years, his own mother didn't recognize him.
He worked as a carpenter. On December 11, 1870, he married Mary Ann Irwin in Belmont County, Ohio, in a ceremony presided over by Reverend A. Greenlee. Mary and Ephraim had three children, Stella, William and an unnamed infant who died. They moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where they lived most of their adult lives. Ephraim died of complications from a strangulated hernia at the age of 84.
***CARLE RESEARCHERS: Note: THIS is the Ephraim Taylor Carle who married Mary Irwin, NOT his great-grandfather of the same name born in 1757.***
Ephraim was born in the Pleasant Hill area of Belmont County, Ohio. His father died when Ephraim was a young boy, and he often spent time with his grandparents helping on their farm nearby.
Along with his cousin Noah Carle, he very much wanted to join the Union army during the Civil War. The boys ran away from home twice while still underage to join, but both times, Noah's father retrieved them before they enlisted. The third time, they were successful. Ephraim enlisted at the age of 18 as a private in E Company, 77th Ohio Infantry on Feb. 8, 1864. In December of that year, he transferred to A Company. Four short months later, on April 25, 1864, he was captured as a POW at Mark's Mills, Arkansas. The captured prisoners were stripped of all clothing including their boots and socks, and marched naked to their destination of the Confederate prison at Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas. Ephraim subsequently spent 10 months as a prisoner there. He was later released in a prisoner exchange, but his experience had been very difficult; he nearly starved while in custody. When he arrived at home after his release, emaciated and aged beyond his years, his own mother didn't recognize him.
He worked as a carpenter. On December 11, 1870, he married Mary Ann Irwin in Belmont County, Ohio, in a ceremony presided over by Reverend A. Greenlee. Mary and Ephraim had three children, Stella, William and an unnamed infant who died. They moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where they lived most of their adult lives. Ephraim died of complications from a strangulated hernia at the age of 84.
***CARLE RESEARCHERS: Note: THIS is the Ephraim Taylor Carle who married Mary Irwin, NOT his great-grandfather of the same name born in 1757.***
Along with his cousin Noah Carle, he very much wanted to join the Union army during the Civil War. The boys ran away from home twice while still underage to join, but both times, Noah's father retrieved them before they enlisted. The third time, they were successful. Ephraim enlisted at the age of 18 as a private in E Company, 77th Ohio Infantry on Feb. 8, 1864. In December of that year, he transferred to A Company. Four short months later, on April 25, 1864, he was captured as a POW at Mark's Mills, Arkansas. The captured prisoners were stripped of all clothing including their boots and socks, and marched naked to their destination of the Confederate prison at Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas. Ephraim subsequently spent 10 months as a prisoner there. He was later released in a prisoner exchange, but his experience had been very difficult; he nearly starved while in custody. When he arrived at home after his release, emaciated and aged beyond his years, his own mother didn't recognize him.
He worked as a carpenter. On December 11, 1870, he married Mary Ann Irwin in Belmont County, Ohio, in a ceremony presided over by Reverend A. Greenlee. Mary and Ephraim had three children, Stella, William and an unnamed infant who died. They moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where they lived most of their adult lives. Ephraim died of complications from a strangulated hernia at the age of 84.
***CARLE RESEARCHERS: Note: THIS is the Ephraim Taylor Carle who married Mary Irwin, NOT his great-grandfather of the same name born in 1757.***
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