Daughter of Barber and Elizabeth (Slater) Cone
She has 2 tombstones with two different months.
Married 1st
She married Green Knight born 1830, the son of Alexander and Saleta Knight. They were neighbors. They were married in 1855 and had a daughter named Sarah in 1856. Green died that year or the next.
She married 2nd
John Daniel McElveen ~ married April 14, 1858
On the Bulloch Co marriage record, she is listed as America A Knight. They had one daughter, Mary Jane McElveen, born in 1859.
On the 1860 census she, John and two daughters are in the home. He died in 1860 or 1861. His tombstone death of 1858 is incorrect.
Married 3rd., ...
Her father-in-law, Dr. William Emanuel McElveen ~ married 1861
She is not buried with him in the family cemetery. If she died at her daughter's home, they may have had trouble getting her to the family cemetery in time. hot days, no embalming, swollen creeks etc
Statesboro News
Issue of Friday, January 20, 1905
Died - Yesterday at her home in Arcola, Mrs. America McElveen. She was the mother of Moses, P. R. and J. M. McElveen and the widow of Wm. McElveen. Burial at Lane's Church Cemetery.
Statesboro News
Issue of Tuesday, January 24, 1905
Memoriam - Mrs. America McElveen, wife of Wm. E. McElveen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barber Cone, was born September 7, 1839 and died January 19, 1905, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. F. Floyd of Stilson. Her children are: Mrs. J. A. Warnock, Mrs. J. A. Bunce, Mrs. Dr. F. F. Floyd, Mr. P. R. McElveen, Mr. M. J. McElveen, Mr. Aaron McElveen, Mr. B. C. McElveen and Dr. J. M. McElveen, all of this county.
She has 2 tombstones with two different months.
Married 1st
She married Green Knight born 1830, the son of Alexander and Saleta Knight. They were neighbors. They were married in 1855 and had a daughter named Sarah in 1856. Green died that year or the next.
She married 2nd
John Daniel McElveen ~ married April 14, 1858
On the Bulloch Co marriage record, she is listed as America A Knight. They had one daughter, Mary Jane McElveen, born in 1859.
On the 1860 census she, John and two daughters are in the home. He died in 1860 or 1861. His tombstone death of 1858 is incorrect.
Married 3rd., ...
Her father-in-law, Dr. William Emanuel McElveen ~ married 1861
She is not buried with him in the family cemetery. If she died at her daughter's home, they may have had trouble getting her to the family cemetery in time. hot days, no embalming, swollen creeks etc
Statesboro News
Issue of Friday, January 20, 1905
Died - Yesterday at her home in Arcola, Mrs. America McElveen. She was the mother of Moses, P. R. and J. M. McElveen and the widow of Wm. McElveen. Burial at Lane's Church Cemetery.
Statesboro News
Issue of Tuesday, January 24, 1905
Memoriam - Mrs. America McElveen, wife of Wm. E. McElveen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barber Cone, was born September 7, 1839 and died January 19, 1905, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. F. Floyd of Stilson. Her children are: Mrs. J. A. Warnock, Mrs. J. A. Bunce, Mrs. Dr. F. F. Floyd, Mr. P. R. McElveen, Mr. M. J. McElveen, Mr. Aaron McElveen, Mr. B. C. McElveen and Dr. J. M. McElveen, all of this county.
Daughter of Barber and Elizabeth (Slater) Cone
She has 2 tombstones with two different months.
Married 1st
She married Green Knight born 1830, the son of Alexander and Saleta Knight. They were neighbors. They were married in 1855 and had a daughter named Sarah in 1856. Green died that year or the next.
She married 2nd
John Daniel McElveen ~ married April 14, 1858
On the Bulloch Co marriage record, she is listed as America A Knight. They had one daughter, Mary Jane McElveen, born in 1859.
On the 1860 census she, John and two daughters are in the home. He died in 1860 or 1861. His tombstone death of 1858 is incorrect.
Married 3rd., ...
Her father-in-law, Dr. William Emanuel McElveen ~ married 1861
She is not buried with him in the family cemetery. If she died at her daughter's home, they may have had trouble getting her to the family cemetery in time. hot days, no embalming, swollen creeks etc
Statesboro News
Issue of Friday, January 20, 1905
Died - Yesterday at her home in Arcola, Mrs. America McElveen. She was the mother of Moses, P. R. and J. M. McElveen and the widow of Wm. McElveen. Burial at Lane's Church Cemetery.
Statesboro News
Issue of Tuesday, January 24, 1905
Memoriam - Mrs. America McElveen, wife of Wm. E. McElveen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barber Cone, was born September 7, 1839 and died January 19, 1905, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. F. Floyd of Stilson. Her children are: Mrs. J. A. Warnock, Mrs. J. A. Bunce, Mrs. Dr. F. F. Floyd, Mr. P. R. McElveen, Mr. M. J. McElveen, Mr. Aaron McElveen, Mr. B. C. McElveen and Dr. J. M. McElveen, all of this county.
She has 2 tombstones with two different months.
Married 1st
She married Green Knight born 1830, the son of Alexander and Saleta Knight. They were neighbors. They were married in 1855 and had a daughter named Sarah in 1856. Green died that year or the next.
She married 2nd
John Daniel McElveen ~ married April 14, 1858
On the Bulloch Co marriage record, she is listed as America A Knight. They had one daughter, Mary Jane McElveen, born in 1859.
On the 1860 census she, John and two daughters are in the home. He died in 1860 or 1861. His tombstone death of 1858 is incorrect.
Married 3rd., ...
Her father-in-law, Dr. William Emanuel McElveen ~ married 1861
She is not buried with him in the family cemetery. If she died at her daughter's home, they may have had trouble getting her to the family cemetery in time. hot days, no embalming, swollen creeks etc
Statesboro News
Issue of Friday, January 20, 1905
Died - Yesterday at her home in Arcola, Mrs. America McElveen. She was the mother of Moses, P. R. and J. M. McElveen and the widow of Wm. McElveen. Burial at Lane's Church Cemetery.
Statesboro News
Issue of Tuesday, January 24, 1905
Memoriam - Mrs. America McElveen, wife of Wm. E. McElveen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barber Cone, was born September 7, 1839 and died January 19, 1905, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. F. Floyd of Stilson. Her children are: Mrs. J. A. Warnock, Mrs. J. A. Bunce, Mrs. Dr. F. F. Floyd, Mr. P. R. McElveen, Mr. M. J. McElveen, Mr. Aaron McElveen, Mr. B. C. McElveen and Dr. J. M. McElveen, all of this county.
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