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Husband: John Elder
Born: ca 1828 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: Nov-20-1893 3 Buried: in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 4,5 Resided: 1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6 Occupation: minister 4 Father: William K. Elder (1806 - 1891) Mother: Ruhama Willis (1808 - 1880) Other spouse 1
Wife: Mary Cross 7 4 Married: Dec-12-1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6
Born: ca 1837 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6 Buried: (no dates) in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: in Leatherbarke, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Father: Nimrod Cross (1803 - 1888) Mother: Eliza Richards (1818 - )
M Child 1: Charles Nelson Elder Born: Oct-27-1862 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA 8,9 Died: Aug- 8-1935 in Ritchie Co, WV 8 Buried: in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1920 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Lucinda Alice Gumm b. Feb-14-1864 d. Feb-17-1939
Sources: (1) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) Headstone. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157. (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 156. (8) Findagrave.com. (9) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District)




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