Source: S100 Title: Composite fact inferred by Jonathan Byrne
Source: S128 Title: Rough Family Bible
Source: S253 Title: History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Publication: Name: Goodspeed Bros. & Co.; Location: Chicago; Date: 1885;
Source: S76 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1 NOTETenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
↑ Source: #S253 Data: Text: ELIJAH M. PIRTLE of Madison Township, Dubois Co., Ind., son of John and Nancy (Small) Pirtle, was born in North Carolina, 1833 or 1834. His parents were of Irish descent and natives of North Carolina, where they were married. They first moved to Tennessee and then to Dubois County, where he bought forty acres of land and has since lived. The mother’s death occurred October 26, 1880. Our subject was raised on the farm and received a common school education. He remained with his parents twenty-two years, and in March 6, 1859, he married Matilda Mayo, daughter of George and Amelia Mayo, born June 3, 1840, in Indiana. They have four children: Mary, wife of Frederick Koons; Lucinda, Ellen and Johnnie. After marriage Mr. Pirtle located in Madison Township, where he purchased forty acres of land and lived twenty-one years. In 1884 he sold out and bought eighty acres in the same township. In politics he is a Democrat, casting his first vote for James Buchanan. His wife is a member of the Catholic Church.
↑ Source: #S76 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Madison, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 275; Family History Film: 1254275; Page: 109D; Enumeration District: 164; Image: 0039. Data: Text: Record for John Pirtle
↑ Source: #S77 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 4, Macon, Tennessee; Roll: M432_888; Page: 187B; Image: . Data: Text: Record for John Pirtle
↑ Source: #S76 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Madison, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 275; Family History Film: 1254275; Page: 109D; Enumeration District: 164; Image: 0039. Data: Text: Record for John Pirtle
↑ Source: #S77 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 4, Macon, Tennessee; Roll: M432_888; Page: 187B; Image: . Data: Text: Record for John Pirtle
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Jonathan Byrne for creating WikiTree profile Pirtle-49 through the import of Dorothy Rough's relatives.ged on Dec 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jonathan and others.
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