Elias Hohimer

Before Elias was married to our Grandmother Lizzy,his first wife,Sarah Short,made a pair of pants for a young Abe Lincoln when he first arrived here in Illinois.

[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-07-17/news/9907170042_1_ill...]

http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-boys/james-short/[]

From "History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois", published in 1879 by O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, IL. Sandridge District: "Elias Hohimer, Reason Shipley, Jacob Short and his sons Obediah, James and Harrison, were added to the settlement during 1824. Hohimer and Shipley were from the "dark and bloody ground," and became permanent settlers of this section from the time of their first arrival."

During the Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848), Elias served in the U.S. Army as a Private in Company F, 4th Illinois Infantry. Sarah Short, his future wife's, first husband, David Rice Short, was also assigned to Company F, 4th Illinois Infantry.

He married Sarah Short (1808-1874) on September 26, 1848 in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois. Children: • Mary Ellen (1849-1926) • Anna Eliza (1852-1939) •

After Sarah (Short) Hohimer died, he then married Eliza Jane Pantier (1853-1935) on January 27, 1876 in Menard County, Illinois. Children: • Cynthia 'Cytha' Marie (1877-1966) • Grace F. (1879-1897) • Le Roy (1881-1949) • Marion Henry (1884-1971) • William Francis, Sr. (1883-1945)

After Elias Hohimer died, Eliza Jane (Pantier) Hohimer (1853-1935) married John Henry Gooden (1842-1913) in 1902 in Menard County, Illinois. No children.

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Spouses:

 Eliza Jane Pantier-Hohimer-Watkins Gooden (1853 - 1935)

 Sarah Short Hohimer (1808 - 1874)*

Children:

 Anna Eliza Hohimer Pantier (1853 - 1939)*

 Cynthia Marie Hohimer Gooden (1877 - 1966)*

 Grace F. Hohimer (1879 - 1897)*

 William Francis Hohimer (1883 - 1945)*

 Marion Henry Hohimer (1884 - 1971)*

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Inscription: Aged 72 yrs.

Burial: Concord Cemetery Petersburg Menard County Illinois, USA

• Residence: Menard, Illinois - 1850
• Residence: Township 19 Range 7, Menard, Illinois, United States - 1860
• Residence: Indian Creek, Menard, Illinois - 1865
• Residence: Township 19 Range 7, Menard, Illinois, United States - 1870
• Residence: Sand Ridge, Menard, Illinois, United States - 1880
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 20 2018, 1:21:08 UTC