William Fletcher Elkin (1792 - 1880)

Born 13 Apr 1792 in Clark, Kentucky, United States

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Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1880 at age 88 in Macon, Illinois, United States

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Plot: Block 8, 14

Biography

William Elkin is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Black Hawk War

William was born in 1792 to Zacharia Elkin b: 3 June 1769 in Virginia and Mary Fletcher.

Marriage

Spouse: Elizabeth Edmondson Constant b: 14 June 1799 in Clark County, Kentucky

Date: 5 December 1813

Place: in Xenia, Greene, Ohio

Source: Census records

The 3 orphaned children of his daughter, Mary Ann Pickrell, are found living with him, they would be William Thomas Pickrell b: 6 March 1836 would be 14 years old and listed.

AND Francis Marion Pickrell b: 11 October 1837 Francis would be 13, he is not listed.

AND Eliza, who was born 1839, so she would be 11 years of age, which matches the Eliza ELKIN listed.......

1850 Sangamon county, part of, Sangamon, Illinois

Age 58

Birthplace Kentucky

Wm F Elkin, Farmer 58 Kentucky

Eliza Elkin 51 Kentucky

Magary Elkin 18 Kentucky [this would be their daughter]

W F Elkin [Male] 14 Kentucky

Thos Elkin 3 Kentucky

Eliza Elkin 11 Kentucky (s/b Illinois)

1860 Springfield District 16, Sangamon, Illinois

Age 21

Birthplace Illinois

Page 113

Wm F Elkin M 56 Kentucky

Elizabeth Elkin F 51 Kentucky

Wm A Elkin M 22 Illinois

Eliza F Elkin F 21 Illinois

Diley Williams F 18 Prussia

Pat Lenehan M 42 Ireland

Here Eliza is living with her grandfather, her age is off and the state of birth, but it is surely her maternal grandparents, William F/Elizabeth ELKIN.

1870 Decatur, Macon, Illinois

Age 28

Birthplace Kentucky

Edward Jones Farmer 32 Ohio

Martine Jones 37 Illinois

Luella Jones 17 Illinois

Ida Jones 14 Illinois

Hattie Jones 11 Illinois

William Elkin 78 Kentucky

Occupation: Land Office Holder

Eliza Elkin 72 Kentucky

Eliza Pickrell 28 Kentucky

Ellen Bell , Servant 21 Illinois

Edward Besse, Servant 21 Prussia

From rootsweb.com Family Tree:

"William F. Elkin was one of the Representatives of Sangamon County in the legislature of 1828 and 1829.

He raised a company in Springfield in 1831, and was

Captain of it in the Black Hawk War of that year.

He served as a Senator from 1832 to 1834.

He was again elected as a Representative in 1836 and 1838, for two years each time and was consequently a member of the legislature that enacted the law for the removal of the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield.

His last labors in the legislature was at its first meeting in Springfield, in December 1839.

In 1840 and 1842, he was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county, for two years each term, and was elected County Judge in 1857.

He was appointed Register of the U.S. Land Office at Springfield in September 1861, by his old "Long Nine" college, Abraham Lincoln.

In 1867 he moved to Decatur, Illinois, but held the office in Springfield until 1872, when he resigned.

He resided near Decatur Illinois with his daughter Mrs. Margery Jones.

Children

1. Robert T. Elkin b: 17 December1814 in Xenia, Greene, Ohio
2. Thomas C. Elkin b: 16 September 1816 in Xenia, Greene, Ohio
3. Mary Ann Elkin b: 8 May 1818 in Xenia, Greene, Ohio Mar: Benjamin Pickrell
4. John G. Elkin b: 28 March 1820 in Xenia, Greene, Ohio
5. Zachariah E. Elkin b: November 1821 in Brownsville, Union, Indiana
6. Garrett Elkin b: 2 March 1823 in Brownsville, Union, Indiana
7. Andrew H. Elkin b: November 1825 in Brownsville, Union, Indiana
8. Margery Frances Elkin b: 8 July 1832 in Fancy Creek, Sangamon, Illinois
9. William F. Elkin b: 29 February 1836 in Fancy Creek, Sangamon, Illinois

NOTE: William is I believe the son of Mary Ann/Benj PICKRELL, age is right

He passed away in 1880.

Sources

1. Find A Grave: Memorial #23972647 A very nice bio/obit BY: Maintained by: janet donner--Originally Created by: Charles W Brown--Record added: January 15, 2008
2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85S-Q85 : 12 April 2016), Wm F Elkin, Sangamon county, part of, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing family 2272, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. rootsweb.com sources.
4. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6H7-M8X : 12 April 2016), Eliza Pickrell in household of Edward Jones, Illinois, United States; citing p. 120, family 894, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,748.
5. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHL-9KK : 13 December 2017), Eliza F Elkin in entry for Wm F Elkin, 1860.

• "1881 History of Sangamon County, Illinois". Inter-State Publishing Company. Chicago, Illinois, 1881. P. 510.

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