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Elijah Rownd

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Elijah Rownd

Birth
Worcester County, Maryland, USA
Death
14 Oct 1881 (aged 65)
Delaware, Ripley County, Indiana, USA
Burial
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Elijah Rownd was born on August 12, 1816 in Worcester County, Maryland to Joshua Rownd (1787-1875) and Hannah (Shockley) Rownd. His parents were also natives of Worcester county and removed from Maryland to Ripley county, Indiana, when Elijah was still a baby. There they engaged in farming and were among the early pioneer settlers of the state of Indiana.

Note that Elijah's Surname Rownd is often misspelled as Round or Rounds.

Elijah Rownd Married Ruth Angeline Lester on 13 June 1843 in Ripley Co., Indiana.

Elijah and Ruth were enumerated on the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal Census under the name 'Round' or 'Rounds' in Delaware Township, Ripley County, Indiana. There were no children in their household on any of those census records.

Elijah Rownd died October 14, 1881. His obituary can be found in the 'Osgood Ripley County Journal' Newspaper, October 27, 1881, page 3

   1 William Rownd b: 1722 in England d: Abt 1817 in Snowhill, Worcester Co, MD. Married Martha Read b: 1747 in Snowhill, Worcester Co, MD
   2 Joshua Rownd b: Sep 06, 1786 in Snowhill, Worcester Co, MD d: Dec 06, 1875 in Ripley, IN. Married Hannah Shockley b: Nov 23, 1795 in Parsonsburg, Wicomico Co, MD d: Nov 14, 1865 in Ripley, IN.
    3 Elijah Rownd b: Aug 12, 1816 in Worcester Co, MD d. 14 Oct 1881 Delaware, Ripley, IN "Oddfellow" buried in Methodist cemetery. Married Ruth Angeline Lester b: 6 Mar 1825, d: 7 apr 1890, m: 13 Jun 1843.
Elijah Rownd was born on August 12, 1816 in Worcester County, Maryland to Joshua Rownd (1787-1875) and Hannah (Shockley) Rownd. His parents were also natives of Worcester county and removed from Maryland to Ripley county, Indiana, when Elijah was still a baby. There they engaged in farming and were among the early pioneer settlers of the state of Indiana.

Note that Elijah's Surname Rownd is often misspelled as Round or Rounds.

Elijah Rownd Married Ruth Angeline Lester on 13 June 1843 in Ripley Co., Indiana.

Elijah and Ruth were enumerated on the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal Census under the name 'Round' or 'Rounds' in Delaware Township, Ripley County, Indiana. There were no children in their household on any of those census records.

Elijah Rownd died October 14, 1881. His obituary can be found in the 'Osgood Ripley County Journal' Newspaper, October 27, 1881, page 3

   1 William Rownd b: 1722 in England d: Abt 1817 in Snowhill, Worcester Co, MD. Married Martha Read b: 1747 in Snowhill, Worcester Co, MD
   2 Joshua Rownd b: Sep 06, 1786 in Snowhill, Worcester Co, MD d: Dec 06, 1875 in Ripley, IN. Married Hannah Shockley b: Nov 23, 1795 in Parsonsburg, Wicomico Co, MD d: Nov 14, 1865 in Ripley, IN.
    3 Elijah Rownd b: Aug 12, 1816 in Worcester Co, MD d. 14 Oct 1881 Delaware, Ripley, IN "Oddfellow" buried in Methodist cemetery. Married Ruth Angeline Lester b: 6 Mar 1825, d: 7 apr 1890, m: 13 Jun 1843.


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