| Birth: | Oct. 5, 1816
Grayson County
Virginia, USA | | Death: | Jun. 4, 1881
Lane County
Kansas, USA | 
Elias was the fourth of ten children born to Samuel Carey, II and Anna McPherson. Elias was a farmer. He married Mary Kelso on February 2, 1837 in Highland County, Ohio. They had ten children; five sons and five daughters.
Obituary Notice: Lane County Gazette; Dighton (Lane County), Kansas. Article dated, June 9th, 1881. Excerpt from article; " . . . Elias Carey, age 64, died Saturday, June 4, and buried Sunday in the cemetery one mile west of this place. He was born in West Virginia {at time of Elias' birth West Virginia was still Virginia.} in 1816 and moved to Ohio at an early age. He moved to Missouri in 1866, to Iowa in 1872 and to Kansas in 1879. With three sons he lived in Lane County little more than a year. He had ten children, nine still living, and 37 grandchildren. A widow also survives. Mr. Carey contracted lung disease about 12 years ago and gradually lost his health, since that time. He was born of Quaker parents and has always been of that faith. . . ."
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Parents:
Samuel Carey (1785 - 1879)
Anne McPherson Carey (1786 - 1866)
Spouse:
Mary Kelso Carey Nordyke (1814 - 1897)*
Children:
M. Elizabeth Carey Nordyke (1837 - 1910)*
Mary Ann Carey Nordyke (1844 - 1914)*
Jonathon Carey (1846 - 1930)*
Rachel Jane Carey Day (1848 - 1932)*
*Calculated relationship
Note: Cemetery was known as Carey Family Plot (small farm pasture land) it is 3 miles north and 1 mile west of Dighton, Kansas | | | Burial:
Dighton Cemetery
Dighton
Lane County
Kansas, USA
Plot: There are only two graves in this cemetery |
Maintained by: M. Richards
Originally Created by: 5chandlers
Record added: Jul 28, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 94351988 |
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