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| Eli Martin WYATT
Martha KEELING |
| Husband: Eli Martin WYATT
Birth according to secondary source: 18 May 1809, Todd Co., KY Birth according to censuses: 1805/06, KY, or 1809/10, TN {1850: 44, KY; 1860: 50, TN} Death: aft. 1860 Father: Thomas William WYATT Mother: Mary NEEDHAM In the 1880 Census, sons Edward and James both give their father's birthplace as KY. |
| Marriage: 25 Sep 1828, Todd Co., KY |
| Wife: Martha KEELING
Birth: 1804/5, TN Death: 1850-60, presumably in Morgan Co., IL Father: Edmund KEELING Mother: Nancy FRANCIS |
| Children — born in Morgan Co., IL (data in braces are {year: age, birthplace} from the censuses): |
| 1. Lucy WYATT, b. 1828/9 {1850:
21,
IL}
2. William WYATT, b. 1831/2 {1850: 18, IL} 3. Elizabeth WYATT , b. 1832/3 {1850: 17, IL} 4. Mary WYATT, b. 1834/5 {1850: 15, IL; 1860: 25, IL} 5. Edward M. WYATT, b. 10 Jan 1837 {1850: 14, IL; 1860: 23, IL; 1880: 43, IL} 6. John WYATT, b. 1837/38 {1850: 12, IL} or 1839/40 {1860: 20, IL} 7. Wesley Martin WYATT, b. 1840 {1850: 10, IL; 1860: 19, IL} 8. Martha Ellen WYATT, b. 1840 {1850: 10, IL; 1860: 19, IL} 9. James L. WYATT, b. 1841/2 {1850: 8, IL} or 1 Jul 1844 or 1845/6 {1860: 14, IL} 10. Minerva WYATT, b. 1843/44 {1850: 6, IL} or 1846/7 {1860: 13, IL} 11. Eliza WYATT, b. 1847/8 {1850: 2, IL; 1860: 12, IL} There are several discrepancies between the names and ages of the children as given in the censuses. I guess if anyone needs a lesson in the unreliability of census data, this family is a good example. |
| Sources:
1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):
2. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #43 of 148; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
3. 1840 Census Index (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):
4. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #262 of 386): Morgan Co., IL, p. 299B/519, 1809/1851, enumerated 16 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
5. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #177 of 563 — indexed "Cli M. Wyatt"): Murraysville Precinct, Morgan Co., IL, p. 177/499, 1242/1212, enumerated 28 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
6. Family Group Sheet by John Charles Tippet. |
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