1810 - 1883 (72 years)
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| Name |
Elvira Sophia Squires |
| Birth |
17 Dec 1810 |
Harrison Co., VA  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
14 Dec 1883 |
Taylorville, Christian Co., IL [1] |
| Burial |
Rosemont Cemetery, Rosemont, Cook Co., IL [1] |
| Person ID |
I6507 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
| Last Modified |
1 May 2017 |
| Father |
Col. Asa Squires, b. 12 May 1785, Fauquier Co., VA d. 22 Aug 1861, Braxton Co., VA (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Cartwright Eastep, b. 6 Oct 1785, MD d. 8 Apr 1869, Braxton Co., WV (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Jun 1803 |
Frederick, Frederick Co., MD [2] |
| Family ID |
F2666 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Atchison-Cowan Database
Christian County Probate Court Records:
December 22,1883; B.F.Carper produced a will attested by A.M.Caskill and James F. Cheney.
December 26,1883:B.F. Carper and James F. Cheney submit to the court for approval their Bond as Executors of the estate.
February 18, 1884: Adjustment Day and Filing Inventory; D.K. Cornell- $15.00, O.B. Squiers-$750.00 (Olin Burr Squires was the son of Elvira's brother, Daniel.)
February 25, 1884: Report of sale of real estate: W.W. Anderson sold Elvira's property in Goodrich's Addition to Taylorville on February 6, 1884 to Gulbraud Anderson(SIC) for $1,800.00.
April 18, 1884: Contested claim by Sarah McFarland.
In "Tichenor Families in America" by Harold A. Tichenor, published in 1988, it is reported that Elvira sold a 60 acre tract in Pleasant District, Preston Co., WV in 1883. She was living in Taylorville at the time...Her will provided that her property in Taylorville, Ill be sold and the proceeds to go to the Church Extension Society subject to an annuity of eight percent to her brother, Thomas Hauson Squires, for the remainder of his natural life.
In Sutton's History of Braxton County, wrote in 1919, he reported that; "More recently a church was built on Salt Lick near the mouth of Bickel's fork, called Tichnal. The widow of Moses Tichnal contributed largely to its erection."
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| Sources |
- [S15] Cowan, Oralee, Atchison-Cowan Database, (Name: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1889512;).
- [S2390] John Davison Sutton, History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia, (1919; reprint, Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company, 1997.), p. 439. (Reliability: 3).
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