Living + Zelda Bessie Bessia C. Spencer. Zelda (daughter of Wallace Wright Spencer and Mary Leoda Elkins) was born on 3 Sep 1893 in Parke County, Indiana; died in Oct 1969 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Social Security Death Index
Name: Bessie Boyd
SSN: Private
Last Residence: 46231 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States ofAmerica
Born: 3 Sep 1893
Died: Oct 1969
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951 )
Source Citation: Number: 317-24-4536;Issue State: Indiana;Issue Date:Before 1951.
Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line].

Notes:

SOURCE: "Citation: The Indiana GenWeb Project, Copyright ?1997-2007,Putnam County Website http://ibssg.org/putnam/
Putnam County, Indiana USGenWeb Project
RUSSELLVILLE CEMETERY
Russell Twp., Putnam Co., Indiana
SW corner of NE? Sec 5 T16N R5W (1375N, 750W)
Read by Charles & Patricia Ewing, May 1998; Typed by Penni Lynch Aug13, 2003.
SPENCER, Wallace W. h/o Mary L. b. 1862 d. 1897
SPENCER, Mary Leoto w/o Wallace b. 1885 d. 1913" [Transcribed 21March 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler]

Actual headstone photo taken by, SLJuhl, Compiler on 04 April 2008 atRussellville Cemetery, Russell Township, Russellville, Putnam County,Indiana. Wallace W. Wright, 1862 - 1897, Mary L., His Wife, 1885 -1913; Source: SLJuhl, Compiler; The third number in Mary's birth yearis difficult to read. [21 April 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler}

Wallace married Mary Leoda Elkins on 4 Sep 1884 in Parke County, Indiana. Mary (daughter of **William H. Elkins and *Margaret A. Cavender) was born on 22 May 1855 in Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana; died on 24 Feb 1913 in 54 Years Old, Bloomingdale, Parke County, Indiana; was buried in Feb 1913 in O.M. Davis Funeral Home; Lot 43, Russellville Cemetery, Russellville, Putnam County, Indiana Per Headstone. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Wallace Wright Spencer was not very old when he died. He left hiswife Mary Leoda with three small children under thirteen years of age. Mary Leoda Elkins Spencer married not too long after her husbandWallace's death due to requiring assistance in raising the threechildren. Even so, Mary Leoda was only 55 years old at her passing.That would make her children possibly in their 20's when she passed(died).

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary L Craft
Age in 1910: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Indiana
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Indiana
Mother's Birth Place: Indiana
Home in 1910: Penn, Parke, Indiana
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Mary L Craft 51 IN.
Blanche S Spencer 24 IN.
Bessia C Spencer 16 IN.
William L Spencer 15 IN.
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Penn, Parke, Indiana; Roll:T624_373; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 84; Image: 957.
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line].

"MARY LEODA SPENCER CRAFT--ROCKVILLE TRIBUNE--ROCKVILLE,INDIANA--TUESDAY MARCH 04, 1913, BLOOMINGDALE, INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIATOWNSHIP: The community was shocked last Monday, when the word waspassed around that Mrs. Leoda Craft was dead. She was washing andabout 9:30 complained of feeling numb, and in a few minutes fell fromher chair unconscious. A physician was called, but she never regainedconsciousness and died before 2 o'clock. The funeral was heldThursday from the M.E. Church with Rev. E.M. Woodard in charge. Thebody was taken to Russellville for internment. A daughter, Mrs.Blanche Brown and her husband and a son: Lee Spencer: came fromPennsylvania and were present at her funeral."
"ROCKVILLE REPUBLICAN--ROCKVILLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1913: Oda Craft was taken with Applexy about 10 o'clock and died near 2o'clock Monday afternoon." [both articles Transcribed by, SLJuhl,Compiler on 29 March 2005]

"Death Certificate: Mary Leoda (Elkins) Spencer - Craft. Died,February 24, 1913 age 54, in Bloomingdale, Indiana, Penn. Twp. ParkeCo., Ind., Widowed, Buried in Russellville Cemetery, Russellville,Ind. Born May 22, 1858 in Ind., Occ: Housekeeper, Husband: Joe Craft,Father: William Elkins, Mother: Margaret Cavender." Notes of JoyceLorraine Clore Elkins, Pg. 5 of 5, Page 15; Elkins Volumes.[Transcribed 20 March 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler]

Please check this: _MDCL: CONC Indiana; Local Book No. H-13, pg no. 51

(Medical):M.F. Woodard, M.D.; Death Certificate, Rockville, Parke County,

Notes:

Married:
Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Wallace Spencer
Spouse Name: Mary L. Elkins
Marriage Date: 4 Sep 1884
Marriage County: Parke
Performed By: J. H. Hollingsworth
Source Title 1: Parke County, Indiana Rockville, Indiana
Source Title 2: Marriages 1861 to 1900
Source Title 3: Compiled and Indexed by Genealogical Records Commi
OS Page: 139
Source Citation: Title: Parke County, Indiana Rockville, Indiana,Marriages 1861 to 1900, Compiled and Indexed by Genealogical RecordsCommi; Page: 139.
Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [databaseon-line].

Notes:

UPDATE: 31 MARCH 2007 - WILLIAM H. ELKINS FATHER WAS JAMES ELKINS WHOMARRIED MARY (POLLY) A. REYNOLDS IN KNOX COUNTY, KENTUCKY. MARY'SPARENTS WERE LIVING IN KNOX COUNTY, KENTUCKY AT THE TIME OF HERMARRIAGE TO JAMES ELKINS. AFTER JAMES ELKINS DIED, MARY RE-MARRIED TOJAMES C. GRAHAM, AND WILLIAM H. ELKINS WAS RAISED BY HIS UNCLE AMAZIAHELKINS. THE SCENERIO GIVEN BELOW WAS DONE IN THE PROCESS OFRESEARCHING THE FAMILY.
SLJUHL, COMPILER.

SOURCE OF MOST ORIGINAL CENSUS RECORDS: Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkinsof Parke County, Indiana; Records kept in Elkins volumes under Drury &Margaret Elkins section. [daughter, SLJuhl, compiler;SLJuhl1234@yahoo.com]

Written by Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins, "WILLIAM H. ELKINS, (Born inSeymour, IND. 3-1-1836 - Died 8-22-1906 in Crawfordsville, IND., andburied in Russelleville Cem., Russelleville, Ind. with his secondwife. First married, Margaret Cavender and had Franklin Asbury, MaryLeoda, Belle (Isabelle) and Anna. Second married Martha Duree, (Born:9-26-1839 and Died 2-14-1898) Children: Louise, William O., Lida andAlbert Harry. William H. came to Montgomery Co. Ind. after his firstmarriage as his children by Margaret were born in Seymour, Ind."[Transcribed by, sljuhl, 11 Jan 2005]
"WILLIAM H. ELKINS: (b. IN. 3-1-1836 s/o Father (James) and Mary(Polly) A. Reynolds Elkins. d. Crawfordsville, IN. 8-22-1906 and isburied with his second wife in Russellville, IN.) Served in the CivilWar in 1865. Was disabled and applied for his pension. Firstmarried: 1853/5 Margaret Cavender, (b. 1835 d. 1860's) d/o Robert andIsabelle Boas Cavender. Children: Franklin Asbury Elkins, Mary LeodaElkins, Isabelle Elkins. Married second: Martha Duree' in August 1869in Putman Co., IN. (b. 9-26-1839 and d. age 60 2-14-1898). Children:Louisa Elkins, Anna Elkins, William O. Elkins, Lydia Elkins and AlbertHarry Elkins." [Transcribed by, sljuhl, 11 Jan 2005]
"WILLIAM H. ELKINS: ONLY CHILD KNOWN OF (FATHER) {We now know JamesElkins was his father} AND MARY (Polly) A. REYNOLDS ELKINS, laterGraham. William H. Elkins, born in Jackson County, Indiana, (CivilWar Record) on March 01, 1836. We find him in the 1850 Jackson Co.,IN. Census living with the Amayiah Elkins family and next door toWilliam Elkins (first settler in what is now Brown County, Indiana).Amayiah is believed to be the son of William Elkins. Our William H.Elkins is not a son of Amayiah Elkins, but he was possibly living withhis Uncle Amayiah (See census records kept in the ElkinsVolumes)(Note: Confirmed that William H. Elkins was living in AmayiahElkins household in 1850 census, SLJuhl.) He was not found in thehousehold of his mother and step-father James C. Graham in 1850. Nonames are mentioned except head of household in the 1840 census, sohave been unable to locate them. Possibly living with other families. Seems likely that William H. Elkins married about age 17/19 as hisfirst child was born in 1855. No record of marriage (to Margaret) hasbeen found, (Update, found record of marriage of Margaret Cavender toWilliam H. Elkins and confirmed date of 1853 and Jackson County, 26Nov 2004, SLJuhl.) but death certificate of son, Franklin A. Elkinssays his mother was, Margaret Cavender. Can only assume that Williamand Margaret were married in Jackson Co., IN. and their two daughters,Mary L. and Isabel were born near Court land, IN., which is in JacksonCounty. They were living in Jackson Co., Hamilton Twp. in 1860'sCensus record. Margaret died (no grave found) between 1861 and 1869in Jackson County or Putman County, Indiana. Note: In the 1870 censusthe family was in Putnam Co., IN. WILLIAM H. ELKINS, enlisted in theCivil War at Terre Haute, IN. on January 23, 1865 and was dischargedas a Corpl. on July 15, 1865. Was in the hospital in Huntsville,Alabama in May of that year and finally succeeded in getting a pension(due to chronic Malaria). His records state that he was born inJackson Co., IN. and that at the time of his enlistment he resided inPutman Co., IN. (See Civil War Record kept in Elkins Family Volumes).William H. married the second time to Martha Duree' of French/Germanancestry in August 1869 in Putman Co., IN. (marriage record) and theyhad five children. They are buried together and have a large monumentin Russelleville, IN. Cemetery. William died of Arteriosclerosis onAugust 22, 1906 (death certificate)." [Transcribed 11 Jan 2005,SLJuhl, compiler].
"OBITUARY: THE CRAWFORDSVILLE JOURNAL - CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. THURSDAY- AUGUST 23, 1906. Title: Death Of An Old Soldier
William H. Elkins, an Old Soldier, who resides at Russellville, diedon Wednesday afternoon at the home of John Galey his son-in law, onGrace Street, in South Englewood, of paralysis, aged seventy years.He was visiting his son-in law when he took sick two weeks ago. Heleaves a son and three daughters. The deceased was a retired farmer.He suffered his first attack a year ago while visiting his daughterhere. The funeral party will leave here Friday morning and go to thehome of Mr. Todd, another son- in law who resides a mile east ofRussellville, where the funeral will be conducted at 10 o'clock byRev. J. H. Cliphant. Burial at Russellville Cemetery." [Transcribedby, sljuhl, 11 Jan 2005]

"Death Certificate: William H. Elkins, died August 22, 1906, atEnglewood, Crawfordsville, Indiana, age 70, Widowed. Buried:Russellville Cemetery, Russellville, Indiana. Born: March 1, 1836,Father: Unknown (we now know his father was James Elkins), Mother:Mary Reynolds of Virginia."
Notes of Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins, Elkins Volumes, Pg. 4 of 5, Page14.
[Transcribed 20 March 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler]

"Large headstone in Russellville Cemetery, Russellville, Indiana
William H. Elkins b. 3-1-1836 d. 8-22-1906
Martha A. Elkins b. 8-26-1839 d. 2-14-1898"
Notes of Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins, Elkins Volumes, Pg. 5 of 5, Page15.
NOTE: Compiler obtained photo of headstone on 04 April 2008 atRussellville Cemetery. It reads: William H. Elkins Mar. 1, 1836Aug. 22, 1906 Line Martha A. Wife Of Wm. Elkins Sept. 26, 1838Feb. 14, 1898.
[Transcribed 20 March 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler]

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1980371
Russellville Cemetery is in Russellville, Russell Township, PutnamCounty, Indiana. Directions. 236E to 650N-through town ofRussellville traveling north to county road 1375-turn east (right) andgo past
N. Warren St.-cemetery is on the county road 1375E, right hand side ofthe road about one mile.
"Elkins, Clara Mae Tyler - w/o Franklin Asbury Elkins
b. May 16, 1875 d. Jun. 11, 1940 Russellville Cemetery
Putnam County
Indiana, USA
Elkins, Franklin Asbury - h/o Clara Mae Tyler Elkins
b. Aug. 26, 1855 d. Jan. 9, 1913 Russellville Cemetery
Putnam County, no stone available
Indiana, USA
Elkins, Martha A Duree' - 2nd w/o William H. Elkins
b. Sep. 26, 1839 d. Feb. 14, 1898 Russellville Cemetery
Putnam County
Indiana, USA
Elkins, William H - h/o Martha A. Duree' Elkins
b. Mar. 1, 1836 d. Aug. 22, 1906 Russellville Cemetery
Putnam County
Indiana, USA
ELKINS, (2) Infant children of William & Martha
[Transcribed 30 March 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler]

"William H. Elkins; http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
Son of James Elkins and Mary Reynolds
Served In The Civil War
Union Army
149th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, Co. I, Infantry
Rank In: Pvt
Rank Out: Cpl
Film #: m540
Roll#: 22
UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 1, 1865. LeftState for Nashville, Tenn., March 3; thence moved to Decatur, Ala.,and garrison and guard duty there till September. Regiment receivedthe surrender of Generals Roddy and Warren. Mustered out September 27,1865.
Lost during service 43 by disease."
(We already have his military records, and copies are stored in theElkins Family Volumes.)
Note: All grandchildren of William H. Elkins, Franklin Elkins, andSamuel C. Elkins are his direct descendants. You are eligible to bemembers of the Sons Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War. Even theladies may join the organization. Our family has copies of all of theinformation you would need to apply for membership, and copies mayalso be obtained of the information needed to apply for membership atthe Crawfordsville Library in Crawfordsville, Indiana from The ElkinsFamily Volumes that are there as well. If you wish you may send forWilliam H. Elkins Military Records through the above Internet WebSite, Sandra Lee Elkins Juhl, 02 April 2005.

"U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; www.Ancestry.com
Name: William H. Elkins
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment Name: 149 Indiana Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
COMPANY: I
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Alternate Name: William/Elkins or William H./Elkin
Film Number: M540 roll 22
Source Information:
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and SailorsSystem, online , acquired 2007."[Transcribed 11 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

1860 United States Federal Census Record for Hamilton Township,Courtland, Jackson County, Indiana
William Elkins 30 (24) years farmer 300 Indiana
Margaret (Cavender) 25 years Indiana
Frank (Franklin Asbury) 4 years Indiana
Zoty (Leoda) 2 years Indiana"
NOTE: 1870 - The family is in Putnam County, Indiana Federal Census.
SOURCE OF CENSUS RECORDS: Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins of ParkeCounty, Indiana; Records kept in Elkins volumes under William & RhodaElkins section, plus in William H. Elkins section. [daughter,SLJuhl, compiler; SLJuhl1234@yahoo.com]

07 July 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: William H Elkins
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Age in 1870: 34
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1870: Russell, Putnam, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Russellville
William H. Elkins 34, M, W, Farm labor, 100, Indiana
Martha A. 28, F, W, Keeping house, Indiana
Franklin 14, M, W, Farm labor, Indiana
Mary L. 11, F, W, At Home, Indiana
Isabel 9, F, W, Indiana
NOTE: George F. Graham (half-brother) is living next door. Livingnear by is George W. Proctor, Hermin Proctor, Franklin Hamilton, andMary A. Reynolds, Elkins, Graham (Mother).
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Russell, Putnam, Indiana;Roll: M593_353; Page: 229; Image: 459; dwelling 21/21; page 3.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2003. Original data: 1870.

17 June 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: William Elkins
Home in 1880: Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837
Birthplace: Indiana
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Martha
Father's birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: Farming
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
William Elkins 43
Martha Elkins 40
Louisa Elkins 10
Anna Elkins 8
William Elkins 6
Eliza Elkins 4
Harry Elkins 1
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Waveland, Montgomery,Indiana; Roll: T9_300; Family History Film: 1254300; Page: 473.4000;Enumeration District: 109; Image: 0588; page 27; Super. 4; Enum. 109;Dwelling 118/121.
Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [databaseon-line].

After the death of Margaret, William married second, to Martha Dureein Putman co., Ind. on August 1869. (Library Marriage Record). Theyhad five possibly six children; Louisa Elkins, Anna Elkins, William O.Elkins, Eliza Elkins, Lydia Elkins and Albert Harry Elkins. Theylived in Russell Twp. Ind. in 1870 and Brown Twp. Montgomery Co., Ind.in 1880. [SLJuhl]
Please check this: CONC Brown County, " Indiana 1889 - Johnson Township).
_MDCL: CONC physically. He had been a large robust man in his middle years prior
_MDCL: CONC to it's effects on his body.

(Medical):He contracted Malaria while in the Civil War, and it incapacitated him

**William married *Margaret A. Cavender on 3 Apr 1853 in Jackson Co., Indiana, USA. *Margaret (daughter of *Dr. Robert Cavender and Isabel Boas) was born in 1835 in Jackson Co., Indiana, USA; died between 1861 and 1869 in Putnam County, Indiana; was buried between 1861 and 1869 in Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"MARGARET CAVENDER, DAUGHTER OF ROBERT AND ISABEL (BOAS) CAVENDER:Margaret Cavender, born about 1835/6 in Indiana, married about age17/18. Margaret died between 1861 and 1869. Death date and placeunknown. Possibly Jackson or Putman Co., IN. A Doctor Cavender wassponsor on the marriage license of William and Margaret, probably herfather. 1850 Census: Hamilton Twp. Jackson Co., Ind. Page 110:Robert Cavender, age 41 m/w KY. Physician: Mary S., age 33 f/w Ohio:age 14 m/w Ind: Phebe Vermilya, age 12 f/w Ind: Robert M. Vermilya,age 8 m/w Ind: Adeline A. Vermilya, age 5 f/w Ind: Note: RobertCavender, married first, Isabel Boas, Jackson Co., Ind. June 8, 1833. Married second, Mary J. Vermilya, Jackson co., Ind. September 17,1849. Margaret's mother was Isabel (Boas) Cavender, and she had abrother, George W. The rest of the children are step brothers andstep sisters, by the name of Vermilya." [Transcribed from the recordsof Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins, copies kept in the Elkins Records, 14Jan 2005, SLJuhl, compiler]

Notes:

Married:
"Indiana Tonit Jackson County; This certifies that I joined immarriage as husband and wife William Elkins and Margaret Cavender the3rd day of April 1853. Signed, John Robertson-Justice of Peace-seal." "Listing 528-consent Doctor Cavender. April 1, 1853; William Elkinsand Margaret Cavender." [Transcribed from copy of records in theElkins Family Volume, sljuhl, 08 April 2005]. Note: Margaret musthave been about 17 years old at the time, and probably reason for herfather signing for the marriage. Marriage Documented in the JacksonCounty Book, Volume II, #4, page 173--book C, page 074. [21 April2008, Sljuhl, Compiler]

William Elkins found in:
"Marriage Index: Indiana, 1851-1900
Married: Apr. 03, 1853 in: Jackson, IN Gender: M
Source: County Court Records Film reference number: 1314624 - 1314628
Spouse name: Cavender, Margaret Spouse gender: F
Data Introduction" Taken from http://www.Genealogy.com web site onNovember 16, 2004, marriage records for Indiana. [SLJuhl]