Elisha Benjamin Williams Sr. (1809 - 1884)

Born 5 May 1809 in Manlius, Onondaga, NY

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Booth) Williams — married 19 Jun 1830 in Orville, Onondaga, NY

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1884 at age 74 in Gilead, Branch, MI

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Biography

Elisha was born in 1809 in New York state.

He married Eleanor Booth. By 1850, the couple was living in Bethel, Branch County, Michigan.^[1] By 1860, the family had moved and was living in Gilead, Branch County, Michigan.^[2] They were still in Gilead in 1870^[3] and in 1880.^[4] By 1880, Elisha was widowed and living in his son Elisha's household.

Elisha passed away in 1884.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8Z-271 : 9 November 2014), Elisha Williams, Bethel, Branch, Michigan, United States; citing family 109, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDK-1S4 : 30 December 2015), Elisha B Williams, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHD-CGL : 17 October 2014), Elisha Williams, Michigan, United States; citing p. 12, family 98, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,164.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9Y-LBC : 10 August 2016), Elisha B Williams in household of Elisha B Williams, Gilead, Branch, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 32, sheet 608D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0573; FHL microfilm 1,254,573.
5. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHB2-PM1 : 9 December 2014), Elisha B. Williams, 15 Mar 1884; citing Gilead, Branch, Michigan, reference v A p 209; FHL microfilm 930,801.