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Elisha Lamar

Family Search ID: LH3B-ZJW

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
William Samuel Lamar 30 Aug 1799 Rebecca Gear ABT 1800

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 19 Jul 1841 Spencer County, Indiana, United States
Census 1850 Harrison Township, Spencer County, Indiana
Marriage 29 Apr 1860 Perry, Pike County, Illinois
Other Event 21 Nov 1861 US Army Military
Other Event Spencer County, Indiana, United States Twin
Occupation Farmer
Death 02 Feb 1902 Nashville, Washington County, Illinois
Burial 04 Feb 1902 Masonic Cemetery, Nashville, Washington County, Illinois

Facts

Fact Description
Physical Description 5'7", hazel eyes, light hair, light complexion

Notes

Perry County, Indiana 1870 census records give Elisha as 29, which woul d make him born in 1841, also on his muster card it states that he is 2 0 and the year was 1861. This is why the twins are not in the home in t he 1840 census of Spencer County, Indiana.
Elisha was promoted to Corporal in May 1865. He served with the 49th V olunteer of Indiana and his muster out date was 13 Sept 1865 in Louisvi lle, Kentucky.
There are differences in the descriptions of Elisha and Elijah on their m uster cards for the Civil War Records. Documentation included.
Elisha was wounded while in service of his county in the Civil War. He s uffered until his death with a "rupture" or hernia, that in those days t he only treatment that was available was the wearing of a "truss", whic h often was tremendously more painfulthan the hernia itself . Documen tation of the problems that he experienced with this ailment are docume nted in his war pension record, On file.
The home that Elisha and Nancy built when they arrived in Nashville sto od on the north side of the L and I tracks and was a dirt floor log str ucture. This structure stood until the 1930 's when Arthur Lamar (son) t ore it down and built his home on theproperty.
In his pension file, it states that Elisha died in church. There are a lso some discrepancies in the birthdates for the children of Elisha and N ancy, census records give one date and the pension record of Elisha giv es another. Both dates have been included where the discrepancies exis t.

Sources

Description Page Quality Information Evidence
Indiana Archives Don't know Don't know Don't know
Indiana Census Records Don't know Don't know Don't know
Indiana Civil War Records Don't know Don't know Don't know
Marci Lamar, GEDCOM file imported on 12 Feb 2000. Don't know Don't know Don't know