Eligah Hamilton Dewater

1848 - 1895  (46 years)

• Name	Eligah Hamilton Dewater  [1]
  Birth	29 Jun 1848	Fawn River, Michigan, -USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	Ancestor. Only six of Eligah Hamilton's children lived to marry and have children: Ella, Jessie, Charles, Carrie, Phillip and William; all except William had large families; William had one son who lives near Ft. Worth, TX; Ella had four children; Jessie about 10, two of whom live in Wichita and one in Clinton, OK; Charles had 15 and lived in Hutchinson, KS; several of Charles' children lived in Hutchinson, including Merel, Helen and Martha; one lives in Arkansas and son, Ray lives in Sun City, AZ. His grave marker reads 'E. Hamilton DeWater'; at least one of his children is also buried at Orienta, OK. On his father's Will, he signed his name Eligah. His mother, Dorothy, and Eligah signed both as Drinkwater and as Dwater on different papers. On 4 September 1871, Eligah and Melissa signed an indenture to her father, Daniel J. Webber for land.
  Death	27 Feb 1895	Orienta, Oklahoma, -USA   [1]
  Burial	Cemetery, Orienta, Oklahoma, -USA   [1]
  Person ID	I20558	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Elijah Dewater,   b. 16 Jul 1804, Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, -USA d. 16 May 1863, Lagrange, Indiana, -USA (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Zeluff,   b. 1810   d. 8 Sep 1871, Lagrange, Indiana, -USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1829  [1]
  Family ID	F4977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Melissa Jane Webber,   b. 27 Nov 1849, Fawn River, Michigan, -USA d. 3 Apr 1931, Wichita, Kansas, -USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1867  [1]
  Children	1. Anna Bell Dewater,   b. 16 Jan 1868   2. Ezra Eligah Dewater,   b. 26 Jan 1870   3. Cora Ellen Dewater,   b. 4 Oct 1871   4. Ella Mae Dewater,   b. 8 Jan 1874   d. 12 Sep 1951, Wichita, Kansas, -USA (Age 77 years)   5. Bertha Anne Dewater,   b. 6 Oct 1876   6. Eula Jane Dewater,   b. 23 Aug 1877   7. Myrtle Ethel Dewater,   b. 19 Apr 1879   8. Jessie Irean Dewater,   b. 29 Jan 1881   9. Livera Irean Dewater,   b. 2 Dec 1882   bur. Clearwater, Kansas, -USA   10. Elma Irean Dewater,   b. 14 Nov 1884   11. Elmer Irean Dewater,   b. 14 Nov 1884 > 12. Charles Curtis Dewater,   b. 13 Dec 1885, Allengan County, Michigan, -USA d. 12 May 1957, Greenwood Cemete, Oatville, Kansas, -USA (Age 71 years)   13. Carrie Elizabeth Dewater,   b. 8 Jul 1888 > 14. Phillip Ola Dewater,   b. 31 May 1890, Hutchinson, Kansas, -USA d. 28 Jul 1951, Waterloo, Iowa, -USA (Age 61 years)   15. William Lauerence Dewater,   b. 14 Oct 1892
  Family ID	F4982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Lorinda Stover Steadman 'Lori' (Reliability: 1).