Peter ELY & Mary Ann HORN

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Peter ELY
Mary Ann HORN

Husband: Peter ELY / ELEY
Birth: 22 Apr 1785, PA
Death: 7 Apr 1869, Butler Twp., Knox Co., OH
Disposition: buried Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
Father: George ELY
Mother: Eva Christina STROH-SCHNEIDER / STROSNIDER

Marriage: 9 Nov 1809, Washington Co., PA

Wife: Mary Ann "Polly" HORN
Birth: 16 Sep 1790, Buffalo Twp., Washington Co., PA
Death: 23 Mar 1862, Knox Co., OH
Disposition: buried Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
Father: Hardtman HORN
Mother: Elizabeth HOUGH

Children:

— born in Washington Co., PA
1. Benjamin ELY, b. 7 Dec 1810
2. Rosanna ELY, b. 3 Nov 1812
3. Peter ELY, b. 14 Nov 1814
4. Abraham ELY, b. 9 Jun 1817

— born in Butler Twp., Knox Co., OH:
5. Sampson ELY, b. 31 May 1821
6. Elizabeth ELY, b. 2 Nov 1824
7. Zipporah ELY, b. 1825/6
8. Martin ELY, b. 21 Sep 1830

This child is living with them in the 1850 Census and would appear to be a grandchild:

. Mahala ELY, b. 1837/8, OH

Timeline
Year	Location	Event
1781	PA: Washington Co. formed from Westmoreland Co.
1785	PA	birth of Peter ELY
1790	PA: Washington Co.: Buffalo Twp.	birth of Polly HORN
1805	OH: Fairfield Co.: formation of Butler Twp.
1808	OH: Delaware Co. formed from Franklin Co.; Knox Co. formed from Fairfield Co.
1809	PA: Washington Co.	marriage of Peter ELY & Polly HORN
1810 Census		not found
1810		birth of son, Benjamin
1812		birth of daughter, Rosanna
1814		birth of son, Peter
1817		birth of son, Abraham
1820 Census
1821	OH	birth of son, Sampson
1824	OH	birth of daughter, Elizabeth
1825/6	OH	birth of daughter, Ziporrah
1830	OH: Knox Co.	marriage of daughter, Rosanna, to William HAMMEL
1830	OH	birth of son, Martin
1830 Census	OH: Knox Co.: Butler Twp.	Peter ELY, head-of-household
1837	OH: Knox Co.	marriage of son, Benjamin, to Maria STAATS
1839	OH: Knox Co.	marriage of son, Peter, to Sabina WOLF
1839	OH: Knox Co.	marriage of son, Abraham, to Elizabeth BARR
1840 Census	OH: Knox Co.: Butler Twp.	Peter ELY, head-of-household
1842	OH: Knox Co.	marriage of son, Sampson, to Hannah KEMMER
1844	OH: Knox Co.	marriage of daughter, Elizabeth, to William ROSS
1846	OH: Knox Co.	marriage of daughter, Ziporrah, to Louis McKAHAN
1848	OH: Morrow Co. formed from Knox, Delaware, Marion, and Richland Cos.; Knox in its final form.
1850 Census	OH: Knox Co.: Butler Twp.	Peter ELY, head-of-household
1854	OH: Knox Co.	marriage of son, Martin, to Sarah Ann HORN
1860 Census
1862	OH: Knox Co.	death of Mary Ann (HORN) ELY
1869	OH: Knox Co.	death of Peter ELY

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

1. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313): not found.

2. 1820

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830 Ely, Peter OH Knox Co. Butler Twp. p. 216

4. Family Quest Archives: Ohio Federal Census 1840: Knox County. Heritage Quest CD M704-406 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen).

1840 OH Knox Co. Butler Twp. Peter Ely p. 406B 001 100 010 -001 100 100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = Martin (b. 1830)

1 male 15-19 1820-1825 = Sampson (b. 1821)

1 male 50-59 1780-1790 = Peter (b. 1785)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Zipporah (b. 1825/6)

1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Elizabeth (b. 1824)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Mary Ann (b. 1790)

5. Family Quest Archives: Ohio Federal Census 1850: Knox County. Heritage Quest CD M432-700: Butler Twp., Knox Co., OH, p. 393A, 2385/2445, enumerated 21 Sep 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Peter Ely 65 M Farmer 3500 Penn

Polly " 63 F "

Martin " 20 M Farmer Ohio

Mahala " 12 F "

Mahala is not in their household in 1840, and she is too young to be Polly's child, so is she their granddaughter?

6. 1860

7. Descendants of George ELEY by Bernard Eley.

8. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 6, Pedigree No. 3451.

9. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File.

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