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Elijah Shultz

Birth
Knox County, Ohio, USA
Death
1861 (aged 36–37)
Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Burial
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h/o Harriet Catherine Sterling.

Birth: in Knox County, Ohio

Census: 1850, age 25 Washington, Franklin County, Ohio

Census: 1860, age 35 Emporia, Breckenridge County, Kansas Territory

Occupation: farmer 1850 Washington, Franklin County, Ohio

Death: Elijah's death date is estimated from the 1870 census, where an additional listing of son Henry who was born about 1861, so this date is used for Elijah's death.

Cause, date, location and burial site unknown. He may have been in the army (?), he may be buried in Americus cemetery with unmarked grave (?), giving a reason for that being burial site of daughter Mary Elizabeth and her daughter Jennie, BUT NO documentation, or even hinting of such is found, nor any known reason for Mary Elizabeth's burial at Americus cemetery.

Marriage: Harriet Catherine Sterling b: 14 MAR 1824 in Herkimer County, New York
Married: 4 SEP 1845 in Ohio

Known Children

John N. Shults b: ABT 1846 in Ohio

Winfield Scott Shults b: ABT 1848 in Ohio

Ely Shults b: ABT 1849 in Ohio

Mary Elizabeth Shults b: 20 JUN 1851 in Delaware County, Ohio

Sarah Jane Shults b: 1854 in Ohio

Elijah Shults b: ABT 1855 in Ohio

George E. Shults b: ABT 1858 in Ohio

Henry Shults b: ABT 1861 in Kansas

Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
h/o Harriet Catherine Sterling.

Birth: in Knox County, Ohio

Census: 1850, age 25 Washington, Franklin County, Ohio

Census: 1860, age 35 Emporia, Breckenridge County, Kansas Territory

Occupation: farmer 1850 Washington, Franklin County, Ohio

Death: Elijah's death date is estimated from the 1870 census, where an additional listing of son Henry who was born about 1861, so this date is used for Elijah's death.

Cause, date, location and burial site unknown. He may have been in the army (?), he may be buried in Americus cemetery with unmarked grave (?), giving a reason for that being burial site of daughter Mary Elizabeth and her daughter Jennie, BUT NO documentation, or even hinting of such is found, nor any known reason for Mary Elizabeth's burial at Americus cemetery.

Marriage: Harriet Catherine Sterling b: 14 MAR 1824 in Herkimer County, New York
Married: 4 SEP 1845 in Ohio

Known Children

John N. Shults b: ABT 1846 in Ohio

Winfield Scott Shults b: ABT 1848 in Ohio

Ely Shults b: ABT 1849 in Ohio

Mary Elizabeth Shults b: 20 JUN 1851 in Delaware County, Ohio

Sarah Jane Shults b: 1854 in Ohio

Elijah Shults b: ABT 1855 in Ohio

George E. Shults b: ABT 1858 in Ohio

Henry Shults b: ABT 1861 in Kansas

Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.


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