Elam Waddell (1806 - 1882)

Born 26 Jul 1806 in Maury County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Corblin (Winters) Waddell — married 28 Nov 1874 in Lincoln, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1882 at age 75 in Ain, Grant County, Arkansas

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Biography

Elam and Margaret Reed Campbell were married on April 5, 1827 in Lauderdale County, Alabama^[1]. They moved Attala, Mississippi, where most of their children were born and raised^[2]. About 1856 they moved to Arkansas. In 1860 there were in Darysaw, Jefferson County^[3]. That area became part of Grant County. Elam married Caroline Winters in Lincoln County, AR in 1874 (indexed as Corblin Winters)^[4]. Caroline and her children were in Elams household in Lincoln County in the 1880 census^[5].

Elam and Margaret are buried in New Hope Cemetery, Crossroads, Grant County, AR^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969"
   Ancestry Record 7838 #2119239 (accessed 13 January 2024)
   Elam Waddell marriage to Margaret R Campbell on 5 Apr 1827 in Lauderdale, Alabama.
2. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Township 13 R 6 E, Attala, Mississippi; Roll: 368; Page: 126a; Line Number: 12
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #3342238 (accessed 13 January 2024)
   Elam Waddel (44), Cp Minister, in Township 13 R 6 E, Attala, Mississippi, USA. Born in Georgia.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Darysaw, Jefferson, Arkansas; Roll: M653_44; Page: 872; Family History Library Film: 803044
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #13179655 (accessed 13 January 2024)
   Elom Waddell (54), Com Presbyterian, in Darysaw, Jefferson, Arkansas. Born in Georgia.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957"
   FHL Film Number: 980004
   Ancestry Record 2548 #1141524 (accessed 13 January 2024)
   Elun Waddell (68) marriage to Corblin Winters (46) on 29 Nov 1874.
5. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Spring Creek, Lincoln, Arkansas; Roll: 49; Page: 62C; Enumeration District: 178
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #5378569 (accessed 13 January 2024)
   Elam Wordell (73), married, Minister, head of household in Spring Creek, Lincoln, Arkansas, USA. Born in South Carolina.
6. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
   Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #88698310
   Ancestry Record 60525 #54312424 (accessed 13 January 2024)
   Rev Elam Waddell burial (died on 15 May 1884) in New Hope Cemetery, Cross Roads, Grant County, Arkansas, United States of America. Born on 26 May 1806.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WQ-1JM : 13 December 2017), Elom Waddell, 1860.