Elisha White Sackett

Elisha W Sackett1 was born in 1794 in PA, USA.4 He died on 17 Jan 1848 at the age of 54 in Montgomery, IL, USA.4 "1882 HIST of BOND and MONTGOMERY COUNTIES", HILLSBORO, IL., PUB LIB P 193. HIST ENCL OF IL & HIST OF MONTG CO, IL, by JONATHAN SMITH, VOL 2: "ELISHA W. SACKETT MARR ELIZABETH VOYLES; ISSUE, 4 SUSAN, B 25 DEC 1842, MADISON CO., IL" AND "SAMUEL VOYLES (born N.C.) & ELIZABETH- - - - - VOYLES WERE EARLY SETTLERS TO MADISON CO., ISSUE; ELIZABETH VOYLES." By CORRES 1971, ORLETA FALKNER, she says she has proof Elisha & Elizabeth were marr in Tn. COUNTY HISTORY GIVES BIRTH AS FEB 1849, STONE READS; 17 JAN 1848, 53Y 4M 24D, THIS WOULD MAKE BIRTH DATE, 30 AUGUST 1794, BURIED AT KIRKLAND CEMETERY. DEATH: RACHEL'S D CERT. CEN: 1850 MONTG CO ILLINOIS. DEATH: SUSAN'S HEADSTONE. One SAMUEL SACKETT MARR MARGARITE CAMPBELL, SANGAMON CO IL., 5 FEB 1847. DOES A JAMES BELONG HERE? BUR KIRKLAND, S WILLIAM D LITCHFIELD, ABT 1933 AGE 90 RACHEL'S D CERT SAYS FATHER B N.Y; MOTHER B ILLINOIS.~ Elizabeth Voyles and Elisha W Sackett were married in Muskingum, OH, USA.

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 15 2017, 15:34:34 UTC (claims birth as S.C. - probably wrong)

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Elisha W Sackett, son of Almeron Sacket and Rachel White, was born in Pennsylvania in 1794. He died in Walshville, Montgomery County, Illinois, on 17 January 1848. He married in Muskingum County, Ohio, between 1820 and 1822, Elizabeth Voyles, daughter of Samuel Voyles and Elizabeth.

    In 1850 Elisha's widow Elizabeth was living in the Southwest part of District 22, Montgomery County, Illinois, and was recorded in the census as Elizabeth Sackett, aged 44 and born in Tennessee. Living with her were her children, Mariah, 15, Samuel, 14, Jasper, 10, Susan, 9, Elisha, 8, and William, aged three.