About 1879 he seems to have put his (apparently) common-law wife out and married a 17 year old neighbor, Eudora Jane "Dora" Carder (12 March 1862-18 January 1946). (He and Maria had not had children, or none of them had survived if they had.) The twenty-eight year age difference coupled with Dora's irresponsibility and stubbornness made for a very unhappy home-life. Their eldest daughter, Daisy Edith Webber Roberts (7 April 1881-27 June 1972) recalled being taken to the fields with her father from a young age and helping him tend her four younger siblings as they came along because of their mother's neglect and the likelihood that she would go to town, leaving them home alone. In an attempt to save the marriage, Elisha moved his family to Oklahoma Territory in about 1890. After the death of his youngest daughter, True, due to his wife's carelessness, the marriage ended.
Elisha loaded his four eldest children into a covered wagon; they traveled through Indian country and other parts before sojourning at his brother Arms Royal Webber's farm in Ohio for a time. Before 1900 Elisha established the family home in Mississippi. In about 1902 he married Emma Love, the maternal aunt of his daughter-in-law Ethel Cline Webber (w/o elder son Lyman John Webber). He was noted for his penmanship, which he had taught, and was responsible for his children's early education.
About 1879 he seems to have put his (apparently) common-law wife out and married a 17 year old neighbor, Eudora Jane "Dora" Carder (12 March 1862-18 January 1946). (He and Maria had not had children, or none of them had survived if they had.) The twenty-eight year age difference coupled with Dora's irresponsibility and stubbornness made for a very unhappy home-life. Their eldest daughter, Daisy Edith Webber Roberts (7 April 1881-27 June 1972) recalled being taken to the fields with her father from a young age and helping him tend her four younger siblings as they came along because of their mother's neglect and the likelihood that she would go to town, leaving them home alone. In an attempt to save the marriage, Elisha moved his family to Oklahoma Territory in about 1890. After the death of his youngest daughter, True, due to his wife's carelessness, the marriage ended.
Elisha loaded his four eldest children into a covered wagon; they traveled through Indian country and other parts before sojourning at his brother Arms Royal Webber's farm in Ohio for a time. Before 1900 Elisha established the family home in Mississippi. In about 1902 he married Emma Love, the maternal aunt of his daughter-in-law Ethel Cline Webber (w/o elder son Lyman John Webber). He was noted for his penmanship, which he had taught, and was responsible for his children's early education.
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