HISTORY OF THE ELSON FAMILY

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1. JOHN WILLIAM ELSON, b. (about 1708) Kent, England,
d.10-23-1750 in Prince George Co., MD
m. Johanna Bradcutt, 2-1-1728
b.5-1-1708, d. 7-23-1774

Children:
2. Rachel Elson - - - - - - - - m. Zadock Moore
2. Sarah Elson (Davis?)
b. 12-15-1729
2. John Elson
b. 10-8-1732
2. William Elson - - - - - m. Sarah Peach on 9-2-1764
b. 9-4-1734, d.1770 (90?)
2. RICHARD ELSON - - - - m. MARY TURNER
b. 1738, d. 1804
2. Archibald Elson - - - - - - m. Mary Peach in 1765
b. 1740

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2. RICHARD ELSON, b. about 1738 in Prince George Co., Maryland. d. 12-28-1804
m. MARY TURNER at Hanover Parish, Prince George Co., Maryland in 1762.
b. 12-25-1741, d. 1810 (Wellsburg, Brooke co., WV)
(daughter of Thomas Turner and Mary Taliferro)

Children:
3. Richard Turner Elson - - m. Anne Cornelius
b. 1765, d. 1804
3. Sarah Elson - - - - - - - - m. Edmond Baxter
b. 1766, d. 1786
3. Ruth Elson - - - - - - - - - - m. William Baxter
b. 1-26-1768, d. 1841
3. John Harris Elson - - - - - - m. Margaret Wiggins
b. 2-18-1771 - d. 10-15-1822
3. Archibald Henson Elson - - - m. Mary Comly
b. 8-8-1777, d. 3-8-1830
3. WILLIAM ELSON - - - - -m. HANNAH STEWART
b. 5-12-1784, d. 9-20-1849
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3. WILLIAM ELSON, b. 6-12-1784, d.9-20-1849 born in Yohogania Co., VA
m.HANNAH STEWART in 1804, b. 2-15-1785, d. 2-22-1856
Moved from Virginia to Carrollton, Ohio, in 1810
Children:
4. Mary Elizabeth Elson - - - - - m. William Free
b. 5-11-1805, d. 6-16-1866
4. Henson Elson - - - - - - - - - m. Elizabeth Cahill
b. 12-28-1806, d. 2-15-1866
4. Charles Elson - - - - - - - - - - - m. Ann Harbaugh
b. 4-7-1809, d. 2-24-1876
4. Richard Elson
b. 5-10-1811 Died in infancy
4. John Elson - - - - - - - - - - m. Margaret Everett
b. 5-7-1815, d. 7-21-1880
4. Isabel Elson - - - - - - - - - - - - - m. James Webster
b. 8-5-1812, d. 4-5-1899
(picture and obituary shown elsewhere in this webpage)
4. William Elson - - - - - - - - - - - m. Rebecca Brown
b. 12-26-1817, d. 2-6-1894
4. Stewart Elson - - - - - - - - - m. Louisa Jane Brice
b. 10-9-1819, d. 3-29-1892
4. *Thomas Elson - - - - - - - - - m. Hannah Alexander
b. 4-4-1822, d. 9-9-1879
. 5. William Harris Elson, b. 1854, d. 1934
. m. (1) Minnie Trueblood in 1874 in Parke Co. IN, d. 187?
. 6. Carl Worth Elson
. m. (2) Martha Ellen Welch in 1879
. 6. Frank Welch Elson
4. TURNER ELSON - - - - - - m. **MARY LOVETT
b. 10-24-1824, d. 9-14-1899 (98?)
4. Hannah Elson - - - - - - - - - - - m. William Catlin
b. 9-4-1827, d. 8-25-1872 (born in Parke Co., IN)

*William Harris Elson, author of Elson Readers,
son of Thomas and Hannah Alexander Elson.
(See History Of Elson Readers)
**Mary Lovett's father,Richard Lovett, was born in Ireland.
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4. TURNER ELSON, b. 10-24-1824, d. 9-14-1898
**MARY LOVETT, b. 1-1-1834 (Washington Co.?), d. 2-24-1916
m. 8-15-1853 in Carroll Co., Ohio
Lived and died East of Trilla, Cumberland Co., IL
(buried at Beals Cemetery, east and north of Trilla, IL - just past the ravine and up the hill on the far side)

Children:
5. Christiana Albertine Elson - - - - - m. Levi Beals
b. 9-10-1853, d. 10-24-1928
5. Wm. Montroville Elson - - - - - m. Lizzie Campbell
b. 8-22-1855, d. 3-18-1918
5. Richard Turner Elson - - - - - - - - m. Sarah Reed
b. 5-11-1862, d. 5-11-1944
5. Charles Free Elson - - -
b. 5-10-1866, d. 3-8-1933 (lived and died in CA)
5. Lilly May Elson - - - - - - - - - - - - m. John Haga
b. 6-29-1868, d. 1953
5. EDMUND COMBS ELSON - - - - m. MABEL LORENA THOMPSON
b. 12-21-1872, d. 6-11-1955
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