Elisha
Chambers
"Lish"
Oxford
Born in Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Son of James Oxford
and Hannah (Barnes) Oxford
Brother of
James B. Oxford Jr. [half], Ailsey (Oxford) Crouch, Adam Barnes Oxford Sr., Isaac Lafayette Oxford, Mary (Oxford) Sherrill, Jacob B. Oxford, John W. Oxford, William Dotson Oxford Sr. and Hannah Selenah Oxford
Husband of
Elizabeth Eveline (Bradburn) Oxford
— married
11 Mar 1841 in Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA
Husband of
Sarah Jane (Blair) Oxford
— married
about 12 Feb 1880 [location unknown]
Father of
Amanda Oxford,
Leon Oxford,
Ellen Florinda Oxford,
James Jefferson Oxford,
Iva (Oxford) Keller,
Hugh Blair Oxford and
Bessie Hill (Oxford) Sherrill
Died in Alexander County, North Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2015
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Biography
- Fought in the Cherokee War in 1836 in Miller's Company 3, North Carolina Militia. While participating in the "Trail of Tears" escorted the Indians to Oklahoma. Received pension WA-3201 for this service. (McNeely)
- 1847 He and brother Adam Barnes Oxford Sr. moved from Caldwell to Alexander County. (McNeely)
- 1850, 1860 Alexander County, NC Census. (McNeely
- 1864 - Enlisted in the North Carolina, Fifth Senior Reserves of the Confederate Army and served as a Captain. (McNeely)
- 1870, 1880 Alexander County, NC Census. (McNeely)
- 1887 Wrote his Will which I recorded in the Alexander County Clerk of Courts Office.
- His tombstone indicates that he was a Mason.
- Buried at Antioch Baptist Church between his two wives on each side.
- Children by his second wife Sarah Jane Blair: Iva Mae Oxford (Keller), Hugh Blair Oxford and Bessie Hill Oxford (Sherrill)
Sources
- FindaGrave.com [1]
- McNeely, Robert Lewis, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Oxford Family Genealogy, Salt Lake City, UT, Family Heritage Publishing, 2010, Chapter 4 - Page 18,
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha 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 (beta) of DNA with Elisha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha 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 (beta) of DNA with Elisha:
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~3.12%
Herb Poole
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Jill (Degroodt) Bowman :
23andMe, GEDmatch M536843 [compare]
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~1.56%
Stephanie (Hooper) Barney :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member catnblue2
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~0.78%
Crystal Mason :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Cmm023
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Penny (Fields) Gardner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A587392 [compare], Ancestry member terfie
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Stephanie (Filler) Koelsch :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member stesjo555
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~0.78%
Jocelyn Young :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JYFaustina
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
O (Cooper) C :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #15197
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