William Elkins (abt. 1797 - 1869)

Born about 22 Dec 1797 in Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Kieffer) Elkins — married 25 Nov 1819 in Frederick, Maryland, USA

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1869 at about age 71 in Frederick, Maryland, USA

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Biography

William was born in Maryland (probably Baltimore) in 1797.^[1][2][3] He spent much of his life in Frederick, Maryland.

In 1904 Michael A. Gruber copied inscription then remaining. Scharf also made transcription here. Thus, the present compiler, Jacob Mehrling Holdcraft, as published in Names In Stone, by incorporating information recorded by Scharf, and Gruber.

A marriage license for William Elkins and Mary Keefer was issued on 25 November 1819 in Frederick County, Maryland.^[5]

William worked as a cooper, but late in life appears to have had trouble earning a living, as he was living in the Frederick County Almshouse in 1854^[2] and is also there at the time of the 1860 census.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Jacob Engelbrecht; ed. Edith Olivia Eader and Trudie Davis-Long. The Jacob Engelbrecht Death Ledger of Frederick County, MD 1820-1890. Paw Prints, Inc., Monrovia, MD, 1995. Entry #2899
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Jacob Engelbrecht; ed. Edith Olivia Eader and Trudie Davis-Long . The Jacob Engelbrecht Property and Almshouse Ledgers of Frederick County, MD. Paw Prints, Inc., Monrovia, MD, 1996. Page: 73, 76
3. ↑ Leach, Genealogical and biographical memorials of the Reading, Howell, Yerkes, Watts, Latham, and Elkins families. p. 251. Available online through Google Books.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 03 June 2022), memorial page for William Elkins (22 Dec 1797–8 Nov 1869), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10618547, citing Frederick Evangelical Reformed Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Mike Hahn (contributor 46770538) .
5. ↑ Myers, Margaret E. Marriage Licenses of Frederick County, 1811-1840. Family Line Publishing, Westminster, MD, 1987.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M69C-RZ5 : 11 November 2020), Wm Elkins, 1860.

Acknowledgments

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