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Eli Vanderford (3015)

Father: Eli Vanderford (2013)
Mother: Susannah Ratcliff

b. February 4, 1816 in Ohio [census-Mo]

d. March 3, 1892, aged 76 years, 1 month, 27 days, buried in Brummett Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri [Brummett]

m. November 2, 1837 in Ohio, Christina Fee, daughter of Thomas Fee (fee2001) and Sarah Collins, b. January 14, 1819 in Ohio, d. July 3, 1911 of old age in Liberty Township, Sullivan County, Missouri, buried July 4, 1911 in Brummett Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri.

Issue: (had 8 children - 7 living in 1900) [census-Mo]

Sarah Vanderford, b. 1839 in Ohio

Harriet Morain Vanderford(4154), b. January 1841, d. 1934

Susannah, b. 1843 in Missouri

William Washington Vanderford(4061), b. March 1846, d.1919

Eli Milton Vanderford(4070), b. November 1849, d. May 12. 1925

Amanda L. Vanderford(4147), b. March 31, 1851, d. April 6, 1915

John M. Vanderford(4062), b. December 1854, d. 1942

Nancy Vanderford, b. 1857 in Missouri

Information:

1850:
Eli and his family were farming in Mercer County, Missouri.

1860:
Eli lived in Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri with his wife (Christina), 3 sons (William, Eli and John) and 3 daughters (Susannah, Amanda and Nancy). He was a farmer and the appraised value of his real property $2000 and his personal property was $2000. The five oldest children attended school.

May 1, 1865 (recorded September 27, 1866):
Eli purchased for $100 the North East Quarter of the South West Quarter in Section 13, Township 63, Range 25 in Grundy County, Missouri. [GrC deed R:98]

1870:
Eli and his son Eli were farming in Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri. His son William (4061) and his daughter Amanda (4147) were farming on either side of him.. The value of his real property was $6000.

1880:
Eli and his wife were farming in Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri.

1900:
Christina, Eli's widow, was living in Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri.

1910:
Christina, Eli's widow, was living in Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri with her daughter Amanda and her husband George Nigh who was a farmer.

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