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Submitted: 3/18/14 • Approved: 3/19/14 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R29558-G29558-S3
June 12, 1800 - February 14, 1873
Elisha Rhoton was born in North Carolina and on 28 July 1823 he married Caroline Matilda Salling in Scott Co., Virginia. The lived in Jackson Co TN in 1850 and he was a house carpenter. In 1858 they were in Benton Co Missouri and he was a Minister in the Baptist Church. In 1860 he moved his family to Bourbon Co Kansas and lived there until he died. He raised a large family. He had 11 children that were named in his will, Eliza Jane Rhoton (Swearngin), Nancy Rocton (Swearngin), Josiah Rhoton, Malinda Rhoton (Thompson), Elizabeth Rocton (Brown), Hiram W Rocton, Eli Rhoton, Martha A Rocton a twin (Porter), Mary H Rocton a twin, Manerva Rocton, Margaret Rocton.
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Robin Hixon
Contributed on 3/18/14
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Record #: 29558