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Elijah W Williams (abt. 1840 - abt. 1893)

Elijah W Williams
Born about in Hagley, Cass CO, ILmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 15 Jun 1873 in Home of Rebecca Mathew [likely Newmansville, IL]map
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 53 in Hot Springs Arkansasmap
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Biography

Died in Hot Springs AK, burial and/or memorial at Newmansville Cemetery, Newmansville IL.

Township 18N 8W straddles Cass & Menard County lines. Counties, township and precinct names, and nearest post offices changed often.

Born abt 1840. Hagley, Cass CO, IL. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Residence Marital status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Self. 11 Jun 1880. Tallula, Menard, Illinois, USA. [10][11] 1874 Menard, Illinois. [12] 1840 Menard, Illinois, USA. [13] 1850 Menard, Illinois, USA. [14] Post Office: Tallula. 1870 Township 18 Range 8, Menard, Illinois, USA. [15] 1860 Township 18 Range 8, Menard, Illinois, USA. [16] 1864 Illinois[17] 1 July 1863. Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, United States. [18][19]

Military Service: 1 Jan 1864. Little Rock, AR. [20] Service: 15 Oct 1865. Little Rock, AR. [21] Service: Company raised in Menard County mustered in July 11, out October 29, 1862. Corporal, Company G, 71st Infantry. Stationed at Obion Bridge. The company saw some die of disease but none from wounds. 11 Jul 1862. Obion County, Tennessee, USA. [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

Buried Newmansville, Cass County, Illinois, USA. [31]

Religion: Elijah is listed as a class leader in the earliest records of the area's Methodist Church. January 1875. Newmansville, Cass, Illinois, USA.

Event: NARA T289. Pension applications for service in the US Army between 1861 and 1900, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served. Williams, Elijah W. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Vet. 07-JAN-1889 Illinois[32] File Format: jpg. Williams, Elijah W. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. NARA M539. Alphabetical card index to the compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers belonging to units from the State of Illinois. Page 1 - Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union So. 1864 United States. [33] File Format: jpg. Page 1 - Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Illinois.

Height: 5'9", Sandy hair, grey eyes. Jul 1862. Camp Butler, IL. [34]

Marriage

Marriage 1883 Cass, IL. [35]

Marriage Methodist Church record states "marriage at home of bride's mother Rebecca Matthew". 15 Jun 1873. Cass, Illinois, USA. [36][37][38]

Marriage 06 Aug 1837. Morgan, Illinois, USA. [39][40][41]

Elijah's first wife Mary Frances passed away at a young age; Elijah married her cousin Amanda Ruth Mathew. In this rural area, there were many generations of intermarriage between the Conyers, Williams, and Mathew families. Elijah, Mary Frances, Amanda Ruth, and Elijah & Mary's infant daughter Alice are buried in the Newmansville Cemetery. Elijah and Mary Frances grew up as neighbors, and attended the same church.

Elijah's daughter Nellie recounted to her own granddaughter, stories of traveling by wagon from Newmansville to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Elijah's health was failing due to an illness contracted during his Civil War service, and Hot Springs was expected to help. Sadly he passed away there.

Sources

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  2. Source: #S1255791876 Year: 1880; Census Place: Tallula, Menard, Illinois; Roll: 236; Family History Film: 1254236; Page: 160D; Enumeration District: 134; Image: 0106
  3. Source: #S1255797068 Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 18 Range 8, Menard, Illinois; Roll: M653_205; Page: 797; Image: 49; Family History Library Film: 803205
  4. Source: #S1255797094 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha
  5. Source: #S1255791692 Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 18 Range 8, Menard, Illinois; Roll: M593_260; Page: 144A; Image: 88900; Family History Library Film: 545759
  6. Source: #S1255809942 Year: 1850; Census Place: Menard, Illinois; Roll: M432_120; Page: 322B; Image: 485
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  8. Source: #S1255797094 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha
  9. Source: #S1256691295
  10. Source: #S1255791876 Year: 1880; Census Place: Tallula, Menard, Illinois; Roll: 236; Family History Film: 1254236; Page: 160D; Enumeration District: 134; Image: 0106
  11. Source: #S1259498267 Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Township 18 Range 8, Menard, Illinois; Archive Collection Number: T1133; Roll: 48; Page: 4; Line: 5; Schedule Type: Agriculture
  12. Source: #S1257436281 Collection Number: G&M_51; Roll Number: 51
  13. Source: #S1255973561 Year: 1840; Census Place: Menard, Illinois; Roll: 65; Page: 291; Image: 1090; Family History Library Film: 0007643
  14. Source: #S1255809942 Year: 1850; Census Place: Menard, Illinois; Roll: M432_120; Page: 322B; Image: 485
  15. Source: #S1255791692 Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 18 Range 8, Menard, Illinois; Roll: M593_260; Page: 144A; Image: 88900; Family History Library Film: 545759
  16. Source: #S1255797068 Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 18 Range 8, Menard, Illinois; Roll: M653_205; Page: 797; Image: 49; Family History Library Film: 803205
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  18. Source: #S1255797094 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha
  19. Source: #S1255797094 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha
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  21. Source: #S1256691295
  22. Source: #S1255797094 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha
  23. Source: #S1255992953 Williams, Elijah W. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. 07-JAN-1889 Note: https://www.fold3.com/image/63983?terms=Elijah%20Williams%20Civil%20war&xid=1945
  24. Source: #S1255992956 Page 1 - Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Illinois 1964 Note: https://www.fold3.com/image/293181471?xid=1945
  25. Source: #S1255992953 Williams, Elijah W. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. 07-JAN-1889 Note: https://www.fold3.com/image/63983?xid=1945 File Format: jpg Williams, Elijah W. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.
  26. Source: #S1255992956 Page 1 - Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Illinois 1964 Note: https://www.fold3.com/image/293181471?xid=1945&xid=1945 File Format: jpg Page 1 - Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Illinois
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  28. Source: #S1255797094 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha
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  30. Source: #S1262259358
  31. Source: #S1255773722
  32. Source: #S1255992953 Williams, Elijah W. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. 07-JAN-1889 Note: https://www.fold3.com/image/63983?xid=1945 File Format: jpg Williams, Elijah W. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.
  33. Source: #S1255992956 Page 1 - Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Illinois 1964 Note: https://www.fold3.com/image/293181471?xid=1945&xid=1945 File Format: jpg Page 1 - Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Illinois
  34. Source: #S1255992953 Williams, Elijah W. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. 07-JAN-1889 Note: https://www.fold3.com/image/63983?xid=1945 File Format: jpg Williams, Elijah W. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.
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  • Second hand knowledge; family history documents in possession of descendants. Supported by:

1880 US Federal Census: Tallula, Menard, Illinois; Roll: 236; Enumeration District 134; Image 0106. Accessed via Ancestry.com

1870 US Federal Census: Richmond, Cass Illinois. National Archives citation lacks roll or image number. Handwritten page number is 9 on original document.

1860 US Federal Census: Richmond, Cass, Illinois; Roll M653_160; Page 141; Image 142. Family History Library Film 803160.

Illinois Select United Methodist Church Records, 1824-2009. Accessed on Ancestry.com. Relevant details on images 74-194. Marriage record on page written as 150-1 on original book, image number not recorded.

National Archives and Records Administration; US Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.

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