Aged: 79 Years, 6 months. First wife was Alletta L. VanNordstran who died June 1853. In 1865, he married Naomi L. Schroyer Rittenhouse.
ELIJAH COOK, born June 13, 1826, in Springfield, crossed the Plains in 1849, and remained on the Pacific coast until 1854, when he returned, and was married Feb. 3, 1857, in Springfield, to Alletta L. Vannordstran. They had two children, JOHN R. and LOUISA I. Mrs. Matheny died in June, 1864, and he was married, in 1865, to Mrs. Naomi L. Rittenhouse, a native of Pennsylvania, whose maiden name was Schroyer. She has two children by a former marriage, CHARLES E. and LOUIS PERCY Rittenhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny have three children, MIMA, PHILLIPS G., and ADA L., who reside with their parents. E. C. Matheny was deputy United States Marshal about nine years, for the southern district of Illinois, and during that time sold over $2,000,000 worth of confiscated property, at Cairo. He resides in Springfield, Illinois.
EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876, John Carroll Power
ELIJAH COOK, born June 13, 1826, in Springfield, crossed the Plains in 1849, and remained on the Pacific coast until 1854, when he returned, and was married Feb. 3, 1857, in Springfield, to Alletta L. Vannordstran. They had two children, JOHN R. and LOUISA I. Mrs. Matheny died in June, 1864, and he was married, in 1865, to Mrs. Naomi L. Rittenhouse, a native of Pennsylvania, whose maiden name was Schroyer. She has two children by a former marriage, CHARLES E. and LOUIS PERCY Rittenhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny have three children, MIMA, PHILLIPS G., and ADA L., who reside with their parents. E. C. Matheny was deputy United States Marshal about nine years, for the southern district of Illinois, and during that time sold over $2,000,000 worth of confiscated property, at Cairo. He resides in Springfield, Illinois.
EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876, John Carroll Power
Aged: 79 Years, 6 months. First wife was Alletta L. VanNordstran who died June 1853. In 1865, he married Naomi L. Schroyer Rittenhouse.
ELIJAH COOK, born June 13, 1826, in Springfield, crossed the Plains in 1849, and remained on the Pacific coast until 1854, when he returned, and was married Feb. 3, 1857, in Springfield, to Alletta L. Vannordstran. They had two children, JOHN R. and LOUISA I. Mrs. Matheny died in June, 1864, and he was married, in 1865, to Mrs. Naomi L. Rittenhouse, a native of Pennsylvania, whose maiden name was Schroyer. She has two children by a former marriage, CHARLES E. and LOUIS PERCY Rittenhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny have three children, MIMA, PHILLIPS G., and ADA L., who reside with their parents. E. C. Matheny was deputy United States Marshal about nine years, for the southern district of Illinois, and during that time sold over $2,000,000 worth of confiscated property, at Cairo. He resides in Springfield, Illinois.
EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876, John Carroll Power
ELIJAH COOK, born June 13, 1826, in Springfield, crossed the Plains in 1849, and remained on the Pacific coast until 1854, when he returned, and was married Feb. 3, 1857, in Springfield, to Alletta L. Vannordstran. They had two children, JOHN R. and LOUISA I. Mrs. Matheny died in June, 1864, and he was married, in 1865, to Mrs. Naomi L. Rittenhouse, a native of Pennsylvania, whose maiden name was Schroyer. She has two children by a former marriage, CHARLES E. and LOUIS PERCY Rittenhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny have three children, MIMA, PHILLIPS G., and ADA L., who reside with their parents. E. C. Matheny was deputy United States Marshal about nine years, for the southern district of Illinois, and during that time sold over $2,000,000 worth of confiscated property, at Cairo. He resides in Springfield, Illinois.
EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876, John Carroll Power
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