Alpheus Elmer1

#5060, (26 November 1795 - 28 April 1867)
Relationship1st cousin 4 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*Gedediah Gad Elmer1 (1760 - 1819)
Mother*Anna Phillips1 (1763 - 1812)
Birth*26 November 1795He was born on 26 November 1795 at Buckland, Massachusetts.1 
24 July 1860He appeared on the census of 24 July 1860 in the household of Wellington Johnson and Mary A Stevens at Northfield Twp., Summit Co., OhioG, as Alfias, age 65, b. MA, farm laborer [brother of Wellington's mother].2 
Death*28 April 1867He died on 28 April 1867 at Summit Co., OhioG, at age 71.3,4 
Burial*He was buried at Northfield-Macedonia Cemetery, Northfield, Summit Co., OhioG; (same headstone as sister Betsey.)5 

Citations

  1. [S595] Fannie Smith Shaw Kendrick, Mary Lyon and Lucy Jane Cutler Kellogg, compilers, The History of Buckland 1779–1935 (Buckland, Mass.: The Tuttle Publishing Co., printer, 1937), pp. 454-456.
  2. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Wellington (45), b. MA, farmer; Mary (31), b. OH.
  3. [S952] Rev. William W. Johnson, compiler, Elmer-Elmore Genealogy (North Greenfield, Wisconsin: self-published, 1899), p. 18.
  4. [S692] Rutherford B. Hayes Presendential Center, Ohio Obituary Index, online www.rbhayes.org, Alpheus Elmer, d. 1867; obituary published 16 May 1867, Akron Beacon Journal, p. 2.
  5. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, Inscription "Josiah Johnson, Aged 75 Years / Betsey Johnson, Aged 85 Years / Alpheus Elmer, Aged 65 Years." Northfield-Macedonia Cemetery, Northfield, Summit Co. OH. Memorial 79118535, created by Bev Thomas Sexton.