Elijah Boots [12257]
- Born: May 1814, OH ,?Ross Co/?Franklin Co.,
- Marriage: Sarah Rebecca Jones [4790] on 18 Jul 1836 in , Randolph, Indiana, USA
- Died: 17 Jul 1901, Petrolia, Humboldt, California, USA at age 87
 Another name for Elijah was Elgin Boots.
General Notes:
“Descendants of Elijah (Elgin) Boots” ["Mark & Ron"
<marknron@bigfoot.com]: vital statistics as ‘b. 1818, OH; d. 17
Jul 1901, Mattole (Humbolt Co.) CA; marr. Aug 1838, IN’; “Saint
Clair Co., MO History” p. 27: ‘Elijah Boots = Sarah, 4 children;
Gloria Boots at genforum.genealogy.com/boots/messages/61.html
[1-V-2001]: Notes on Elijah: ‘born c. 1816, tho possibly as late
as 1819; 1836 married Sarah Jones; shortly thereafter they moved
to MO; 7 children (known to her) … settled in Washington
Territory in the early 1850s, then moved to Humboldt Co., CA in
1865; in 1866 moved to the Mattole Valley’ — another message
says “Elijah is in the 1910 Morgan Co., MO census (Buffalo
township) [doubtful; he is in Humboldt Co., CA in 1900];
Randolph Co., IN Marriage Records: ‘Elisha Boots = Sally Jones,
18 Jul 1836’; “Descendants of Adam Boots” [LDS film#1033425] by
Clyde S. Boots, p. 4; family charts and letters; absent 1850
census, Randolph Co., IN; 1850 Morgan Co., MO census (Buffalo
township) p. 271: age 31, born OH; farmer; 1860 Washington
Territory census (Klickitat Co. — P. O. Dalles, OR), p. 57: as
‘Elgin’, age 42, born OH; farmer; real property valued $200;
personal assets $500; 1900 Humboldt Co., CA (Mattole township)
[E.D. 30; Sh. 1; ll. 92-(next page) 2]: age 85 (‘May 1814’),
born ‘IN’ — living with son, Aaron’s family, with wife, Sarah,
and son, John; “Obituaries, Humboldt Co., CA 1900-1910” compiled
by Marilyn Milota, p. 36: surviving, ‘9 children including Mrs.
Jacob Thrap; came to Portland, OR 10 Oct 1852, to Humboldt 1866,
to Upper Mattole 1867’; “Humboldt Co., CA Death Records”
‘Abstracts of Books 1 & 2 1873-1925’: recorded as ‘Josiah
Boots’; “Heydays in Mattole” [1996] by Stanley “Neb” Roscoe, pp.
11ff: anecdotes; death & burial notices, obituries “Ferndale
Enterprise” & “Daily Humboldt Times”[23, 26 Jul/7 Aug 1901]: ‘9
children, 4 sons, 5 daughters … [many] grandchildren’
Noted events in his life were:
1. Religion: Lutheran.
2. Occupation: farmer.
Elijah married Sarah Rebecca Jones [4790] [MRIN: 5804] on 18 Jul 1836 in , Randolph, Indiana, USA. (Sarah Rebecca Jones [4790] was born about 1812 in , , Ohio, USA, died on 26 Nov 1909 in Humboldt Co. (Upper Mattole) CA and was buried in Upper Mattole, Humboldt, California.)
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