John ELDER

1828 - 1893  (~ 65 years)

• Name	John ELDER
  Birth	CA 1828	Harrison Co, (W)VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	minister  [3, 4]
  Residence	1861	Ritchie Co, (W)VA   [5]
  Death	20 Nov 1893  [4]
  Burial	Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV   [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 (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]
  Marriage	1 Jul 1852	Ritchie Co, (W)VA   [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 bur. (NO DATES), Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV   [3]
  Marriage	12 Dec 1861	Ritchie Co, (W)VA   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Charles Nelson ELDER,   b. 27 Oct 1862, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA d. 8 Aug 1935, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F19268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1719] Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)). [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157. [S5] Headstone. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995). [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.