Rev
Elijah
Grant
Michael
Born in Decatur County, Indiana
Ancestors 
Son of Jared Michael
and Mary (Kelso) Michael
Brother of
Eli Wesley Michael, Jane Michael, John Bennett Michael, Anna (Michael) Clark, James T. (Micheal) Michael, Elizabeth (Michael) Balcom, Hannah May (Michael) Forgey, David Kelso Michael, Nancy Michael and Ruth Michael
Husband of
Marena Ann (Smith) Michael
— married
20 Oct 1853 in Brownsville, Linn, Oregon
Descendants 
Father of
Jared Elijah Michael, Mary Catherine (Michael) Kirk, Melissa Jane (Michael) McCall, Martha Elizabeth (Michael) Lines, Francis Asbury Michael, William Sears Michael, John Thompson Michael, Robert Corlew Michael, Ida Anna Maria Michael, Clara Nettie (Michael) Smith, Bertha Ellen Michael, Kathleen Nelle (Michael) Chandler and Jesse Lee Michael
Died
at age 69
in Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2018
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Biography
Came to Oregon with his family's wagon train in 1847; after 1868 he was a Southern Methodist circuit riding preacher in Oregon and Washington. He attended the general conference in Baltimore in 1888 as an elected delegate.
Chief cause of death was a gastric ulcer.
Sources
- 1850 Census, Linn County, Oregon Territory, Series M432, p. 150, Sept. 13, line 30, dwelling 75, family 75: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHW-ZKR : 12 April 2016), Elijah Michaels in household of Jerod Michaels, Linn county, Linn, Oregon Territory, United States; citing family 75, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Marriage: Linn Co., OR Clerk's Office Vol. A, p. 18, 20 Oct 1853
1860 Census, Linn County, Oregon. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQK-HL9 : 13 December 2017), Elijah Michael, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8B-SM8 : 12 April 2016), Elijah G Michael, Oregon, United States; citing p. 12, family 86, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,785.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCL-NHY : 16 July 2017), Elijah G Michaels, Brownsville, Linn, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district ED 75, sheet 413D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1082; FHL microfilm 1,255,082.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDP-YG9 : accessed 17 July 2018), E G Michael, Eagle, Pine, and Iron Dyke Precincts, Union, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 122, sheet 9B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,352.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~3.12%
Clyde Senger
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member clyde1929
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Sherril Moore :
23andMe, GEDmatch M144829 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M144829 [compare], Ancestry member slstewart
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Living DNA, GEDmatch M144829 [compare]
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~1.56%
April (Curtis) Overbay :
23andMe
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