Elijah Weese (1810 - bef. 1870)

Born 1810 in VIrginia, USA

Husband of Catharine (Armentrout) Weese — married about 5 Dec 1832 (to before 1855) in Pendleton County, Virginia, USA

Husband of Christina (Stambaugh) Weese — married 1855 in Hardy County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died before 20 Aug 1870 before age 60 in West Virginia, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Elijah was born about 1810. Elijah Weese passed away before 1870 (estimate, spouse listed as Widowed on 1880 US Census, not listed in Family group on 1870 US Census).

Note: This is not the same person as Elijah Wees.

Marriage

First marriage - Spouse: Catherine Armentrout?. Catherine possibly died before 1855.

Second marriage - Spouse: Christina or Sarah ?. Possibly married before 1855, based on age of Christina's potential children on 1860 US Census.

Census Records

Year: 1840; Census Place: Hardy, Virginia; Roll: 562; Page: 118; Family History Library Film: 0029687 ^[1]

• Name: Elijah Weese
• Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Hardy, Virginia
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
• Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
• Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
• Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
• Total Free White Persons: 5
• Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5

Year: 1850; Census Place: District 23, Hardy, Virginia; Roll: 950; Page: 60A ^[2]

• Elijah Weese 40/m, farmer, $300 VA
• Catharine Weese 38/f, VA
• Elizabeth Weese 16/f, VA
• Aaron Weese 13/m, VA, school
• Lavinia Weese 11/f, VA, school
• Simon Weese 9/m, VA, school
• Moses Weese 7/m, VA
• Job Weese 5/m, VA
• Christiana Weese 2/f, VA

Year: 1860; Census Place: District 2, Hardy, Virginia; Page: 661; Family History Library Film: 805351 ^[3]

• Elijah Weese 50/m, farmer, $100, VA
• Christina Weese 35/f, VA
• Simon Weese 18/m, laborer, VA
• Moses Weese 16/m, laborer, VA
• Job Weese 14/m, VA, school
• Christina Weese 11/f, VA, school
• Rebecca Weese 5/f, VA
• John Weese 3/m, VA
• Ann Weese 2/f, VA

Death

Before 1871 - ^[4]

Burial

Weese Cemetery ^[4]
Rough Run, Grant County, West Virginia, USA
Plot: .

Note: Find A Grave memorial lists DOD as 1886, but can't read the gravestone photo and spouse Christina was listed as Widowed on 1880 US Census; not listed in family group on 1870 US Census.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB9-9BP : accessed 23 August 2015), Elijah Weese, Not Stated, Hardy, Virginia; citing p. 118, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 562; FHL microfilm 29,687.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DW-3J9 : accessed 23 August 2015), Elijah Weese, Hardy county, part of, Hardy, Virginia, United States; citing family 814, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41H-X8J : accessed 23 August 2015), Elijah Weese, District No 2, Hardy, Virginia, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 143, household ID 969, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,351.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 August 2020), memorial page for Elijah Weese (1810–1886), Find A Grave: Memorial #135516546, citing Weese Cemetery, Rough Run, Grant County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Diane Flanagan (contributor 48495926) .

Footnotes

• Source: #FN01 Hardy County. FN01 Hardy County, Virginia was created in 1786 from [Wikipedia:Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia|Hampshire County]], Virginia. It did not become part of West Virgina until the state of West Virginia was created in 1861.
  

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Edwin Priest for creating Weese-164 on 23 August 2015. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Edwin and others.

Thanks to Diane Flanagan [1] for Find A Grave memorial.