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Eli Vanover

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Eli Vanover

Birth
Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
20 Jan 1913 (aged 83)
Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA
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Eli was the 7th, of eleven children born to Cornelius VI and Sarah (Hill) Vanover. He was a farmer and the first postmaster of Holly Creek (now Clintwood), Virginia. Eli fought for the UNION during the Civil War and at the "Battle of Cranesnest", he was wounded in the arm.

Eli married Oley Mullins, a daughter of John and Ollie (Cox) Mullins who were the first settlers of Clintwood, Virginia. Eli and Oley lived on a farm just west of Clintwood at the old fairgrounds and both are buried in the family cemetery on a hill above the old homeplace. Eli died at the age of 83 years.
(Source: The Vanover Family, by Greg Vanover).

Eli and Oley had ten children:
1. Weddington, (m. Jennie Mullins)
2. James Henderson, (m. Jane Baker)
3. Martha Jane, (m. John Calvin Swindall)
4. Hazy, (m. Gaston Baker)
5. Kezziah "Kizzie", (m. Andrew J. Mullins)
6. William "Sherman", (m. Frances Baker)
7. Maranda TWIN to Marinda, (m. Charles Hughes)
8. Marinda TWIN to Maranda, (m. David D. Hughes)
9. Dora Louise, (m. Sam Meade)
10. George W., (m. Ara Hughes)

Bio written by: Debby Haase-Vanover McLean, a 2nd great grand-niece.
Eli was the 7th, of eleven children born to Cornelius VI and Sarah (Hill) Vanover. He was a farmer and the first postmaster of Holly Creek (now Clintwood), Virginia. Eli fought for the UNION during the Civil War and at the "Battle of Cranesnest", he was wounded in the arm.

Eli married Oley Mullins, a daughter of John and Ollie (Cox) Mullins who were the first settlers of Clintwood, Virginia. Eli and Oley lived on a farm just west of Clintwood at the old fairgrounds and both are buried in the family cemetery on a hill above the old homeplace. Eli died at the age of 83 years.
(Source: The Vanover Family, by Greg Vanover).

Eli and Oley had ten children:
1. Weddington, (m. Jennie Mullins)
2. James Henderson, (m. Jane Baker)
3. Martha Jane, (m. John Calvin Swindall)
4. Hazy, (m. Gaston Baker)
5. Kezziah "Kizzie", (m. Andrew J. Mullins)
6. William "Sherman", (m. Frances Baker)
7. Maranda TWIN to Marinda, (m. Charles Hughes)
8. Marinda TWIN to Maranda, (m. David D. Hughes)
9. Dora Louise, (m. Sam Meade)
10. George W., (m. Ara Hughes)

Bio written by: Debby Haase-Vanover McLean, a 2nd great grand-niece.

Inscription

PVT CO K
39 KY INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR

ASLEEP IN JESUS, BLESSED SLEEP
FROM WHICH NONE EVER WAKE TO WEEP

Gravesite Details

The Military Headstone is inscribed with the wrong death date. Should be JANUARY.

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