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John ELDER

John ELDER

Male 1828 - 1893  (~ 65 years)

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  • Name John ELDER 
    Born CA 1828  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation minister  [3, 4] 
    Residence 1861  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 20 Nov 1893  [4] 
    Buried Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Person ID I26063  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2011 

    Father William Kendrick ELDER,   b. 2 Mar 1806,   d. 11 Mar 1891, Leatherbarke, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Ruhama WILLIS,   b. 27 Jul 1808,   d. 7 Mar 1880  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F8431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Priscilla RICHARDS,   b. CA 1836,   d. Bef Dec 1861  (Age ~ 25 years)  [3, 7] 
    Married 1 Jul 1852  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Ruanna ELDER,   b. Oct 1855
     2. John W. ELDER,   b. CA 1857
     3. Virginia Priscilla ELDER,   b. 25 Apr 1860,   d. 2 Feb 1903  (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F9793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary CROSS,   b. CA 1837, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. (NO DATES), Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Married 12 Dec 1861  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Charles Nelson ELDER,   b. 27 Oct 1862, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1935, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F19268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1719] Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death.

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    6. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    7. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.