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Susannah Yerkes <I>Howell</I> Elkins

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Susannah Yerkes Howell Elkins

Birth
Moreland Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
Nov 1903 (aged 108)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section Bridge Lot 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 33 to 39, 40 N part, 48 to 53, 54 N part
Memorial ID
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Burial Date 11/27/1903
No death certificate or obituary have been found.Daughter of Daniel Howell and Elizabeth Yerkes, wife of the late paper manufacturer, George Elkins (1786-1849), of Master & 12th Street. Susanna was born in Moreland Township, which was then a part of Montgomery County. She and her husband resided in Philadelphia. Together they had seven children:

i) Louisa Ann Elkins, b. September 21, 1814, d. April 25, 1897, m. Henry Baker Newlin
ii) Mary Hise Elkins, b. May 24, 1816, m. William Read
iii) Sarah Ann Elkins, b. July 6, 1819, d. Aug. 25, 1821
iv) Elizabeth Elkins, b. June 16, 1823, d. March 14, 1909, m. George Thomas Peters
v) Matilda Beaver Elkins, b. April 15, 1825, d. June 27, 1908, m. John T. Schell
vi) George Washington Elkins, b. March 15, 1828, d. July 7, 1905 in Pittsburgh, PA
vii) William Lukens Elkins, b. May 2, 1832, d. November 7, 1903, m. Mary Louise Broomall

Originally interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, established March 24, 1849 at 23rd and Diamond Streets in Philadelphia. In 1951, the cemetery was acquired by the City of Philadelphia in order to build the Raymond Rosen Housing Development. Most of the graves were moved to the Memorial Park section of Lawnview Cemetery, in Rockledge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and some were removed to Philadelphia's Mount Peace Cemetery.
Burial Date 11/27/1903
No death certificate or obituary have been found.Daughter of Daniel Howell and Elizabeth Yerkes, wife of the late paper manufacturer, George Elkins (1786-1849), of Master & 12th Street. Susanna was born in Moreland Township, which was then a part of Montgomery County. She and her husband resided in Philadelphia. Together they had seven children:

i) Louisa Ann Elkins, b. September 21, 1814, d. April 25, 1897, m. Henry Baker Newlin
ii) Mary Hise Elkins, b. May 24, 1816, m. William Read
iii) Sarah Ann Elkins, b. July 6, 1819, d. Aug. 25, 1821
iv) Elizabeth Elkins, b. June 16, 1823, d. March 14, 1909, m. George Thomas Peters
v) Matilda Beaver Elkins, b. April 15, 1825, d. June 27, 1908, m. John T. Schell
vi) George Washington Elkins, b. March 15, 1828, d. July 7, 1905 in Pittsburgh, PA
vii) William Lukens Elkins, b. May 2, 1832, d. November 7, 1903, m. Mary Louise Broomall

Originally interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, established March 24, 1849 at 23rd and Diamond Streets in Philadelphia. In 1951, the cemetery was acquired by the City of Philadelphia in order to build the Raymond Rosen Housing Development. Most of the graves were moved to the Memorial Park section of Lawnview Cemetery, in Rockledge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and some were removed to Philadelphia's Mount Peace Cemetery.


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  • Maintained by: CMWJR
  • Originally Created by: Meges
  • Added: May 16, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110642712/susannah_yerkes-elkins: accessed ), memorial page for Susannah Yerkes Howell Elkins (5 Dec 1794–Nov 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110642712, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).