Elijah Whitten Jr. (1794 - 1875)

Born 1794 in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Greathouse) Whitten — married 16 Sep 1818 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky USA

Died 1875 at about age 81 in Fayette, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Elisha and Sarah were living within the household of Marion and Elizabeth (~43 b.IL) Weatherly.

1860 Census shows Elisha and Sarah, with children, Elizabeth and Samuel, residing in Montgomery, Illinois.^[1]

'1870 U.S. Fed Pop Census' Fayette County IL: Living w/daughter Elizabeth Weatherly and her husband Marion^[2]

Name

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Elijah (Elisha) /Whitten/.

Birth

Date: 1794 Place: Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA

Death

Date: 1875 Place: Fayette, Illinois, USA^[3]

Research Notes

I have changed the birth date from January 13, 1755 to about 1793, based on a Pedigree Resource File record and a 2011 post on the Rootsweb message board. These also cite no sources for the date. I have marked it as uncertain. The original date put his birth five years before the birth of his mother.

I also removed the 1812 date of death, along with the place of death. I believe these dates were the result of confusion with his father (also Elijah). They correspond well to the dates given for his father in various records. - FR

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4D-D58 : 13 December 2017), Elisha Whitten, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67Y-FHL : 12 April 2016), Elisha Whitten in household of Marion Weatherly, Illinois, United States; citing p. 152, family 45, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,719.
3. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Charity Duckett

• Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S35 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R1

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Whitten-340 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sam and others.
• WikiTree profile Whitten-341 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sam and others.