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Samuel Elder

Birth	:	3 Jul 1817 Coshocton County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	5 Dec 1906 Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Cunningham Cemetery, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7360992, -93.5369034
Inscription	:	Prepare To Meet Me In Heaven
Description	:	The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886 Samuel ELDER, section 33, Clay Township, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, July 3, 1817, a son of John Elder, who came from Ireland to the United States about the year 1803. He first located in Virginia where he remained a year and a half, when he removed to Coshocton County. Coshocton County was mostly inhabited by Indians and wild animals when John Elder first settled there, and there he experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life, making his home in that... Read More	The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886 Samuel ELDER, section 33, Clay Township, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, July 3, 1817, a son of John Elder, who came from Ireland to the United States about the year 1803. He first located in Virginia where he remained a year and a half, when he removed to Coshocton County. Coshocton County was mostly inhabited by Indians and wild animals when John Elder first settled there, and there he experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life, making his home in that county till his death. Our subject remembers well when his father had to keep the sheep in high pens at night to protect them from the wolves. He was reared in his native county, remaining there till 1846. He was married March 23, 1843, to Ann E. Baker, a daughter of George Baker. Of the nine children born to this union five survive -- Mrs. Margaret E. Mendenhall, Mrs. Euphemia S. Acheson, Mrs. Martha S. Acheson, John N. and Elmer E. Mr. Elder settled in the woods of Green County, Indiana, in 1846, where he improved a farm, on which he lived till the spring of 1853 when he removed to Monroe County, Michigan. He came to Wayne County, Iowa, in the year 1866, when he settled on the farm where he has since resided. Mr. Elder has a fine farm containing 188 acres of well cultivated land, which he has acquired by his industry and good management. He is a highly respected citizen of his township, where he has lived so many years and which he has served satisfactorily as justice of the peace, and has also served as school treasurer for five years. He also held the office of justice of the peace while a resident of Monroe County. He and his wife and daughters are members of the United Presbyterian church.

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Samuel Elder's memorial is located at: Cunningham Cemetery, Wayne County, USA.
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Samuel Elder death on 5 Dec 1906 in Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.7360992
Longitude: -93.5369034

Family Members:

Spouse

Annie E Baker Elder

(1818 - 1896)

Children

Margaret “Maggie” Elder Mendenhall

(1846 - 1931)

Euphemia Elder Acheson

(1847 - 1917)

Selena Martha Elder Acheson

(1857 - 1903)

John Newton Elder

(1859 - 1902)

Elmer Elsworth Elder

(1861 - 1955)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Cunningham Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7360992, -93.5369034

2. Lewisburg Cemetery
Humeston, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7677994, -93.5274963

3. High Point Cemetery
High Point, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7591392, -93.5911989

4. Shriver-Higley Cemetery
Clio, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7107000, -93.4777000

5. Big Springs Cemetery
Lineville, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6824989, -93.5335999

6. Shield Goff Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6674995, -93.5171967

7. Lentz Cemetery
Woodland, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6918983, -93.6144028

8. Hall Cemetery
Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7107000, -93.6321000

9. Beaver Cemetery
Woodland, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7092018, -93.6314011

10. Trullinger Cemetery
Garden Grove, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7827988, -93.6331024

11. Corder Cemetery
Lineville, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6475900, -93.5509400

12. Shields Cemetery
Woodland, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6589012, -93.5988998

13. Green Bay Cemetery
Humeston, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8264008, -93.5286026

14. Hamilton-Hayes Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6371994, -93.5008011

15. Garden Grove Cemetery
Garden Grove, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8305580, -93.5957730

16. McAllister Cemetery
Garden Grove, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8041992, -93.6433029

17. Saint Marys Cemetery
Woodland, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6761017, -93.6556015

18. Green Ridge Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6664009, -93.4261017

19. Mount Tabor Cemetery
Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7178000, -93.6818000

20. Hazel Dell Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7392006, -93.3861008

21. Garden Grove Mormon Burial Grounds
Garden Grove, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8275070, -93.6285160

22. Clio Cemetery
Clio, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6341742, -93.4654947

23. Greenlee Cemetery
Humeston, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7779900, -93.3911060

24. White Oak Cemetery
Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6208000, -93.5761032