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Erastus Elmer

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: November 14, 1890 (92)
Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Elmer, Jr and Chloe Elmer
Brother of Ansel Elmer; Alfred Elmer; Watson Elmer; Wilson Elmer; Nathan Elmer and 1 other

Managed by: Tommaso Valarani
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About Erastus Elmer

Elmer-Elmore Genealogy by Johnson, number 231. Direct line: 72-Samuel(5th gen.), 23-Samuel(4), 10-Hezekiah(3), 5-Edward (2), Edward(1).

Page 19: Second child of 72-Samuel & Chloe (Chapin) Elmer. Siblings were 230-Ansel, 1795-1865; 232-Nathan, 1800-1863*; 233-Alfred, 1803-unm.; 234-Mary, 1805; 235-Clarissa, 1808; 236-Wilson, 1810-1885; 237-Watson, 1810-1882; 238-Consider, 1815-1841, unm.

  • Footnote on page 19: Nathan married Julia Smith, daughter of Rev. Enos Smith. Mary, his sister, married Horace Flower and died in Michigan; had a son living at Muir, Mich. Clarissa married Joseph Wight, lived at Shelburne Falls, Mass. Her daughter -in-law, Mrs. Joseph Wight, lived at Hatfield, Mass.

Page 31: 231-Erastus(6th gen)and Susan (Smith) Elmer had Children of the Seventh Generation: 452-Clarissa, 1826-1859*; 453-Delilah, 1828; 454-Ansel, 1830; 455-Darwin, 1833-1859; 456-Edwin, 1835-1843; 457-Margaret, 1837-1845; 458-Sylvester, 1839-1845; 459-Isreal, 1841-1842; 460-Emeline, 1844; 461-Angeline, 1846-1846; 462-Samuel, 1849; 463-Edwin R. 1850.

  • Footnote on page 31: Clarissa married Harvey Tolman. Ansel, her brother, married 1st Helen Hickok; married 2d, Mary Spears; lives at 78 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, O. Emeline married Ansel C. Elmer, son of her uncle Ansel. Samuel married Alma E. Whiting and lives in Boston, Mass. Edwin R. married Mary E. Ware, who died June 10, 1882. He lives at Shelburne Falls, Mass.

Note: no further descendants listed in the book of this line. Inscription: FATHER Dec. 23, 1797 Nov. 14, 1890

Note: Large ELMER stone is near the cemetery road.

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Erastus Elmer's Timeline

1797
December 23, 1797
Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
1890
November 14, 1890
Age 92
Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
November 14, 1890
Age 92
Arms Cemetery (Plot L 33), Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States