The above is unsourced information from the original profile. Some family trees show Elihu as the brother or half-brother of Richard Bandy (husband of Jane Epperson).
Elihu served in the War of 1812 as a private in Capt. Allen Wilkinson's Company. He enlisted on January 28, 1814, and was discharged on May 26, 1814.[2]
In 1850 he was living in Greene County,Illinois with his wife Elizabeth and their younger children. Age 62. Farmer. Also in household are Samuel & Elihu Yates, possibly the sons of daughter Nancy.[3]
An Elihu Bandy, born June 9, 1788, died January 13, 1881, is buried in Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Carrollton, Greene Co., Illinois. One of the comments on the memorial indicates he fought in the war of 1812.[4]
↑ Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15.
↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Between Macoupin and Apple Creeks, Greene, Illinois; Roll: M432_108; Page: 37B; Image: 82.
[3] Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, Vol. 9, 1900 Date: 1900 Place: Illinois, USA Publication place: Springfield, Illinois, USA
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