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Elijah “Eli” Caris

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Elijah “Eli” Caris Veteran

Birth
Crawford County, Ohio, USA
Death
26 Jul 1901 (aged 77)
Troy Township, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Luckey, Wood County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 1A Row 8 Stone 12
Memorial ID
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GAR 189TH OVI COMPANY G
ENLISTED 20 FEBRUARY 1865
DISCHARGED 28 SEPTEMBER 1865

Eli was a farmer in Troy Township. He married Catherine Greiner on 26 August 1848 in Crawford County and had William (1850), Josephine(1853), Orlando(1855), Martha(1861), Sarah, and Mary(1862). Following her death in 1867, he married Christena Harroff on 7 November 1871 in Wood County and had a daughter, Estelle. Eli may have been the son of John and Susannah Baughman Caris of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the GAR.

Contributor:rmb:
Pemberville, The Leader, obit (dated 7-31-1919) 18 years after original 1901
- Eli Caris, aged farmer near Luckey was killed by Ohio Central passenger train Friday afternoon, when he was driving across the track in a wagon. The accident happened while crossing one mile South of Luckey
GAR 189TH OVI COMPANY G
ENLISTED 20 FEBRUARY 1865
DISCHARGED 28 SEPTEMBER 1865

Eli was a farmer in Troy Township. He married Catherine Greiner on 26 August 1848 in Crawford County and had William (1850), Josephine(1853), Orlando(1855), Martha(1861), Sarah, and Mary(1862). Following her death in 1867, he married Christena Harroff on 7 November 1871 in Wood County and had a daughter, Estelle. Eli may have been the son of John and Susannah Baughman Caris of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the GAR.

Contributor:rmb:
Pemberville, The Leader, obit (dated 7-31-1919) 18 years after original 1901
- Eli Caris, aged farmer near Luckey was killed by Ohio Central passenger train Friday afternoon, when he was driving across the track in a wagon. The accident happened while crossing one mile South of Luckey


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