Eli Hardcastle Sr (1823 - 1868)

Born 10 Apr 1823 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Susan Bimly (Pate) Hardcastle — married about Dec 1840 in Butler, Alabama

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1868 at age 45 in Milam, Texas

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Biography

Eli Hardcastle Sr was born in North Carolina. He had siblings, James, Elisha, Hugh, Elizabeth Hardcastle and 2 half-siblings, John and Polly Calhoun.

His son Elias wrote detailed memoirs about the family's trip from Alabama to Texas in 1851. Several families all traveled together by wagon, horseback and foot. The memoirs published by Marcus Lowthorp were titled "The Life and Times of Elias Hardcastle."

Eli married Susan B PATE December 1840 in Butler county, Alabama. Susan wrote this marriage date on her CSA pension application. They were the parents of 13 children. The first 4: Elias, Alex, Hugh and Offie were born from 1842 - 1850 in Montgomery, Alabama. The remaining 9 children were all born in Milam county, Texas.

Eli and Susan Pate Hardcastle had the following 13 children:

1. Elias Hardcastle,
2. Alex Hardcastle,
3. Hugh Hardcastle,
4. Theophilus Hardcastle,
5. Narcissa (Hardcastle) Peoples,
6. Susan C (Hardcastle) Sims,
7. James Hardcastle,
8. Eli Hardcastle Jr,
9. Frank Hardcastle,
10. Sarah (Hardcastle) Hooker,
11. Ella (Hardcastle) Wise,
12. Anna (Hardcastle) Carnes, and
13. Elijah Hardcastle.

Susan was the sister of Amy C Pate who also married Eli's brother James. The Pates, Fowlers, and others traveled to Texas together.

Eli was a farmer and according to Elias, died from getting overheated stacking hay in the fodder pen at their home in Milam county, TX. There is a grave somewhere possibly marked 7 miles from Milano, TX according to Ima Timmons that her father maintained until he could no longer do so. The grave has never been located by the Holders in their cemetery books.

Eli and Susan were parents of 13, the last child Elijah, was actually born after Eli died. All 12 children survived him. In Susan's obituary (1907), it was stated they had 98 grandchildren, 128 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild.

Eli and Susan are found on the 1850 Pike, Alabama census and 1860 Nashville, Milam, Texas census.

Bio by Kelly K

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67315793 by Kelly K

United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH57-5VX : 9 November 2014), Eli Hardcastle, Pike county, Pike, Alabama, United States; citing family 264, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXFJ-4RZ : 30 December 2015), Eli Hardcastle, 1860