Family/Spouse: Thelma Dephue. Thelma was born in Monroe County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information on the children supplied by www.RootsWeb.com WorldConnectProject; No Title; Contact: Dave--buchroeder@telus.net. [11 January2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

Melvin married Cora Sipes on 17 Jan 1916 in Monroe County, Indiana. Cora was born on 20 Jul 1895 in Monroe County, Indiana; died in Monroe County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SOURCE OF CENSUS RECORDS: Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins of ParkeCounty, Indiana; Records kept in Elkins volumes under William & RhodaElkins section. [daughter, SLJuhl, compiler; SLJuhl1234@yahoo.com]

The Birth & death dates on the last 6 children was supplied bywww.RootsWeb.com WorldConnect Project; No Title; Contact:Dave--buchroeder@telus.net. [11 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

John married Elizabeth Harris on 10 Mar 1874 in Brown County, Indiana. Elizabeth was born in 1851 in Indiana, USA; died on 4 Jun 1929 in Jackson Co., Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This Thomas Elkins is either the brother of William Sr. Elkins or hiseldest son. He drops out of the Indiana census after c.1850.

"1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Thomas Elkins
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
Birth Place: Kentucky
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Johnson, Brown, Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
Austrew j Elkins 4
George W Elkins 6
Margaret Elkins 2
Nancy Elkins 13
Patsy Elkins 16
Rebecca Elkins 37
Rhoda Elkins 18
Richard Elkins 9
Thomas Elkins 37
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Johnson, Brown, Indiana;Roll: M432_137; Page: 245; Image: 113. Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005."

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]

Another Source For the Families Genealogy: www.RootsWeb.comWorldConnect Project; Descendant Register Report of Drury Elkins, b.12 Oct 1819; Dave - buchroeder@telus.net; Updated: 2007-01-01,20:29:31 UTC (Mon); Entries: 1010808; Obtained 11 Jan 2008 [SLJuhl,Compiler & Family Genealogist; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Thomas Elkins
Issue Date: 10 May 1848
State of Record: Indiana
Acres: 40.07
Accession Number: IN2870__.072
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Jeffersonville
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 19618
Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
31 8-N 3-E 2nd PM Brown
Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [databaseon-line].
[Obtained & Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler-copy infiles]

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Thomas Elkins
Issue Date: 10 Apr 1849
State of Record: Indiana
Acres: 80
Accession Number: IN2910__.004
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Jeffersonville
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 21517
Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
31 8-N 3-E 2nd PM Brown
31 8-N 3-E 2nd PM Brown
Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [databaseon-line].
[Obtained & Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler-copy infiles]

THE ELKINS EAGLE NEWSLETTER, VOLUME I, # 4, PAGE 85: #43 - THOMASELKINS
"In 1850 Brown Co., IN., Thomas Elkins b. ca. 1813 KY probable son ofRichard & Rhoda Stevens Elkins, is living next to his step-fatherWilliam Elkins. He is mar. to Rebecca Stogdill, dau. of Samuel &Martha (Elkins) Stogdill, m. 1831. Their children: Rhoda b. ca. 1832m. Harvey Johnson; Cumberland b. ca. 1833 IN., m. 1st Lucy Shipley m2nd Nancy C. Davis; Patsy b. ca. 1834 No further info; Nancy b. ca.1837 m WM Sullivan Jr.; Richard b. ca. 1841 No further info; Thomasdisappeared by 1860 and I want to know where he went. Any descendantsout there to correspond with??? 19E-Carol Stultz 165 No SR RD75,Danville, IN 46122."

*Thomas married *Rebecca Stogdill on 8 Jun 1830 in Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana. *Rebecca (daughter of Samuel James Stagdol Stogsdill and Martha Elken Elkin Elkins) was born in 1813 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died in 1856 in Brown County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Thomas Elkins
Spouse Name: Rebecca Stogdill
Marriage Date: 8 Jun 1830
Marriage County: Jackson
Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
OS Page: 1314624
Source Citation: Title: , , ; Book: Family History Library, SaltLake City, UT;Page: 1314624.
Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [databaseon-line].
[Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Thomas Elkins
Spouse Name: Rebecca Stogdill
Marriage Date: 8 Jun 1830
Marriage County: Jackson
Performed By: Elkins, Thomas
Comment: Elkins, Thomas married Stogdill, Rebecca on 08 Jun 1830 inJackson County, Indiana
Source Title 1: Elkins, Thomas married Stogdill, Rebecca on 08 Jun1830 in Jackson County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Indiana
Jackson County
Source Citation: Title: Elkins, Thomas married Stogdill, Rebecca on 08Jun 1830 in Jackson County, Indiana, Indiana
Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [databaseon-line].
[Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

Jackson County, Indiana Marriage Book; Elkins; Bride/Groom, Volume II,# 4, page 173 gives marriage date of 1831/06/08, Book A & B, Page 189.[21 April 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler]