Horace Datus Ensign (1797-1846) was born 28 Sep. 1797 in Westfield, Hamden Co., Massachusetts. He was the son of Isaac Ensign and Lydia Noble. He married Mary Brunson on 28 Sep. 1825 in Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He died 28 Sep. 1846 in Winter Quarters (later Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), and Wilford Woodruff attended his funeral.