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==NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR==
 
==NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR==
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''Elliott Harvey Stoughton'' is not in my direct ancestry. He is 2 steps removed in the following ways:
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[[Elliott Harvey Stoughton]] is not in my direct ancestry. He is 2 steps removed in the following ways:
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* Son of [[Barnard V. Stoughton]] & Sysan Myer (Hagan)/
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* Nephew of [[Andrew Stoughton]]
 
* Nephew of [[Andrew Stoughton]]
 
* Grandson of [[John Stoughton]] and [[Catherine Covert]]
 
* Grandson of [[John Stoughton]] and [[Catherine Covert]]
 
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| '''Birth''' ||1840 ||   || || <sup class="reference"> [2] </sup>
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| '''Birth''' || 1840-2 || PA || || <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][4]</sup>
 
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| '''Marriage''' ||4 July 1879, Corsica, Clarion Co. PA    ||  ||To Melissa Jane Spence <br>b. 1850, Jefferson Co.. PA  || <sup class="reference">[5][8] </sup>
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| '''Marriage''' || >Jul 1870, <1873 ||  || to Melissa J. (unknown), b. ~1850 || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
 
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| '''Death''' ||1897 "in Washington" <br>expect Wash. Twp. Clarion Co. PA ||   || <sup class="reference"> [8] </sup>
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| '''Death''' || ||  || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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| '''Burial''' ||   ||   ||  || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| '''Burial''' || || ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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= Ancestry chart segment =
 
= Ancestry chart segment =
  
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   ''Generation 5''         ''Generation 6''             ''Generation 7''  
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   ''Generation 5''                 ''Generation 6''                   ''Generation 7''
 
    
 
    
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                                                            +-- [[John Stoughton]]
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                                                            |  (1773-1833)       
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                                                +-- [[John Stoughton]]  
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                            +-- [[Barnard VanZant Stoughton]] --+            
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                                                |  (1773-1833)       
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                            |   (1817-1887)                 |                  
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                      +--[[Barnard V. Stoughton]] --+                  
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[[Elliott Harvey Stoughton]] --+                              +-- [[Catherine Covert]]
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                      | (1817-1887)           |                      
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(~1841-????)              |                                  (1778->1850)
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                      |                        +-- [[Catherine Covert]]
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                            +-- [[Susan Harvey]]
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  ''' Elliott Stoughton'''--+                          (1778->1850)
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                                (1817-1847)
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   Sources: <sup class="reference">[1][2][5]</sup>
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                      +--Susan Myer (Hagan)
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                        (1810-1888)
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   Sources: <sup class="reference">[2][7] </sup>
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=Children=
 
=Children=
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(children with Melissa Jane Spence )
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(children with Melissa J. (unknown))
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! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
 
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| Louella   Stoughton  || F||27 Jan 1872   ||Clarion Co. PA || unknown Lambert ||2 children: <br>Ruth Elliott(Lambert?)Hays<br> & Bessie L. Lambert || <sup class="reference"> [5][8]  </sup>
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| [[Louella Stoughton]] || F || 27 Jan 1872 || PA ||  || || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
 
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| William Osborn Stoughton  || M ||1874   ||Barnett Twp., (Jefferson Co. PA?)<br> or Barnett Twp., Forest Co. PA  ||   || See Source Notes section || <sup class="reference"> [5]{8]  </sup>
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| [[William Bernard Stoughton|William Stoughton]] || M || ~1874 || PA || || || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
 
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|  Sarah Blanche Stoughton  || F ||b. 15 Dec 1875 <br>d.15 Feb 1934, Emporium,<br> Cameron Co., PA || Scotch Hill, (Farmington Twp.) Clarion Co. PA || John Samuel Krackenmeister<br>b. 1866 Copenhagen Denmark ||dau.:<br>Beth Ruth Krackenmeister<br>b. 24 Oct 1895 Rootsweb || <sup class="reference"> [5][8]  </sup>  
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|  [[Sarah Blanche Stoughton]] || F || 15 Dec 1876 || Scotch Hill, Clarion Co., PA || || || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
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|Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co PA || parents res. 1840 ||  || <sup class="reference"> [1]  [8]</sup>
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| Piney Twp., Clarion Co., PA || 1850 ||  || <sup class="reference">[1]</sup>
 
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| Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA|| by 1850 , with parents ||  || <sup class="reference">[2]   </sup>
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| Tionesta Twp., Venango Co., PA || 1860 ||  || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 
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| Tionesta Twp., Forest Co. PA ||by 1860, with family  ||  || <sup class="reference"> [3] </sup>
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| WA || <1866 ||  || <sup class="reference">[5]</sup>
 
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| Clarion Co. PA || by 1872, married, birth of dau. Louella||  || <sup class="reference"> [8]</sup>
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| MO || 1866-67 ||  || <sup class="reference">[5]</sup>
 
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| Barnett Twp., Forest Co. PA || by 1874 - at least1880 ; married, birth of son William||  || <sup class="reference"> [5] [8]</sup>
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| Kingsley Twp., Forest Co., PA || 1870 ||  || <sup class="reference">[3]</sup>
 
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| Scotch Hill, Farmington Twp., Clarion Co. PA || by 1875 ; birth of dau. Sarah ||  || <sup class="reference"> [5] [8]</sup>
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| Barnett Twp., Forest Co., PA || 1880 ||  || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
 
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| '''1840 United States Federal Census''', Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 23.  Census is not dated.<br>Family headed by Barnard Stoeton(''sic''): 2 males <5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30.<br>The male and female in their 20's are the proper ages for '''Barnard Stoughton''' and his wife Susan.  The two youngest males are likely to be their children, but the 10-15 year old seems too old to be a child of someone in their 20's.<br> Family headed by Margaret Stoeton is two entries earlier; William Wimer is next entry.
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| '''1850 United States Federal Census''', Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 24.  Previous page dated 30 Sept. 1850.<br>Lines 16-25: '''B.W. Stoughton''', 33, shoemake; Susannah, 33; John, 14; Joseph, 12; Elliott, 10; Hannah, 8; Catharine, 6; Susannah, 4; Jane, 2; Elizabeth, 1/2.  John, Joseph, Elliott and Hannah attended school.  
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| [[Image:1840 census pa butler muddy creek pg 23.jpg|50px|center]]
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! '''2'''
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| '''1850 United States Federal Census''', Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 24.  Previous page dated 30 Sept. 1850.<br>Lines 16-25: B.W. Stoughton, 33, shoemake; Susannah, 33; John, 14; Joseph, 12; '''Elliott''', 10; Hannah, 8; Catharine, 6; Susannah, 4; Jane, 2; Elizabeth, 1/2.  John, Joseph, '''Elliott''' and Hannah attended school.<br>The ages of the children align well with other census data, as does the age for [[Barnard V. Stoughton|Barnard  Stoughton]].
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| [[Image:1850 census pa clarion piney pg 24.jpg|50px|center]]
 
| [[Image:1850 census pa clarion piney pg 24.jpg|50px|center]]
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! '''3'''
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! '''2'''
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| '''1860 United States Federal Census''', Tionesta Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 13.  Census dated 15 Aug 1860.<br>Lines 6-14:D.V. Stoten, 42, farmer, $500 real, $150 personal property; Susan, 46; Joseph, 21, farmer; E.H., 18, farmer; Hannah, 18, house keeping; Catherine, 16, house keeping; June, 12; Elizabeth, 10; Ida, 7.  All b. PA.<br>This family is a good match for that of [[Barnard V. Stoughton]] in names and ages.  The discrepancy in the name of Barnard is possibly an notation error by the census taker.  
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| '''1860 United States Federal Census''', Tionesta Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 13.  Census dated 15 Aug 1860.<br>Lines 6-14:'''D.V. Stoten''', 42, farmer, $500 real, $150 personal property; Susan, 46; Joseph, 21, farmer; E.H., 18, farmer; Hannah, 18, house keeping; Catherine, 16, house keeping; June, 12; Elizabeth, 10; Ida, 7.  All b. PA.<br>Note: discrepancy in the name of Barnard V. ( as D.V.)Stoughton is likely a notational error by the census taker.
 
| [[Image:1860 census pa venango tionesta pg 13.jpg|50px|center]]
 
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| '''1870 United States Federal Census''', Kingsley Twp, Forest Co, PA, page 14.  Census dated 12 July 1870.<br>Lines 19-27:  Jacob Peas, 38, enuneer, $300 personal property; Agnes, 28, keeping house; Jane, 12, attendend school; Mary, 8, attended school; Catharine, 6, attended school; Sarah, 5; Elliott Stoten, 28, works on sawmill; John Guilion, 21, works on sawmill.  All b. PA.
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| '''1870 United States Federal Census''', Kingsley Twp, Forest Co, PA, page 14.  Census dated 12 July 1870.<br>Lines 19-27:  Jacob Peas, 38, engineer, $300 personal property; Agnes, 28, keeping house; Jane, 12, attendend school; Mary, 8, attended school; Catharine, 6, attended school; Sarah, 5; '''Elliott Stoten''', 28, works on sawmill; John Guilion, 21, works on sawmill.  All b. PA.
 
| [[Image:1870 census pa forest kingsley pg 14.jpg|50px|center]]
 
| [[Image:1870 census pa forest kingsley pg 14.jpg|50px|center]]
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!'''4'''
 
|'''1880 United States Federal Census''', Barnett Twp., Forest Co. PA, pg. 7/ancestry.com pg. 4. Census date June 1880, day date not legible.  Lines 27-43:<br>
 
|'''1880 United States Federal Census''', Barnett Twp., Forest Co. PA, pg. 7/ancestry.com pg. 4. Census date June 1880, day date not legible.  Lines 27-43:<br>
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* Stoughton, E. H. white male age 39, married, manager saw mill;<br>Melissa J., wife, age 30, white female, married<br>Lewella, daughter, age 8, in school<br>William, age 6, son, in school<br>Sarah, age 4, daughter<br> Kellerman, Clemant, white male age 25, single,work on sawmill<br>Verner, William C., white male age 21, single, work on sawmill.
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* '''Stoughton, E. H.'' white male age 39, married, manager saw mill;<br>Melissa J., wife, age 30, white female, married<br>Lewella, daughter, age 8, in school<br>William, age 6, son, in school<br>Sarah, age 4, daughter<br> Kellerman, Clemant, white male age 25, single,work on sawmill<br>Verner, William C., white male age 21, single, work on sawmill.
 
|[[Image:1880 census pa forest barnett pg 4.jpg|50px|left]]
 
|[[Image:1880 census pa forest barnett pg 4.jpg|50px|left]]
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|'''Obituary of Susan Myer, wife of B. V. Stoughton''', The Medicine Lodge Cresset, 5 Jan. 1888, pg. 3, col. 2.<br>"Died: Mrs. Susan Stoughton, the wife of B.V. Stoughton who passed away last March, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Geo. W. Osborne, on Tuesday, January 3rd, 1888, aged 77 years and 3 months. Mrs. Stoughton was married in 1833 to John Hagan. In February 1848, she was married to B.V. Stoughton. Her children are: J.E. Hagan, Mrs. G.W. Lowerrie, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs.McCray of Mingona and Mrs. Geo. W. Osborne. For a long term of years, Mrs. Stoughton had been a consistent member of the Baptist church."   <br>From: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/barber/news/KSHS-M866-88.html
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|'''Memories''' by Jennie Stoughton Osborn, Copyright 1935 by Jennie Stoughton Osborn, Medicine Lodge, Kansas.<br>  
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*Pg. 1 "Father had married [[Susan Harvey]], but she had died, leaving six children John, Joseph, '''Elliott''', Hannah, Catharine, and Susan Blanche..."
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*Pg. 2 "My mother was living on her farm near Matildaville, Pennsylvania when she met my father, ''Barnard VanZant Stoughton'', who was working at his trade, the shoe business, in Kalensburg, Armstrong, Co., Pa."
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*Pg. 12 "While we younger children were growing up, two of our brothers and two of our sisters were married.  One brother, Elliot, went to Washington State..."
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*Pg. 16 "At Odin, IL, we waited again several hours for a train going west to St. Louis. When we arrived at the Mississippi again, ... we were driven to the Gault House, where we expected to meet father. Brother Elliot was coming from Washington, and he, also, was to meet us there. ... When he came and found us there and Elliot, too, he saw the necessity of moving out of the city." [NB: this takes place in autumn/winter of 1866 - RBW 16 Aug 2012]
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*Pg. 17 "Brother Elliot took the real old-fashioned Missouri chills followed by penumonia." [NB This took place in spring 1867. I can't find any mention of Elliot marrying and he isn't mentioned after his sickness on pg. 17 - RBW 16 Aug 2012]
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|[["Memories" by Jennie Stoughton Osborn,1935|See full text]]
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===Source Notes===
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* A previous version of this page used extensive data from an undocumented webpage which eventually disappeared.  We have re-written this page to remove data that was only available from this unsubstantiated source.  The middle name "Harvey" falls into this category, but changing a page name in this wiki is a pain so for the time being I have left the page title the same.  However, to the best of our knowledge at this time, the middle initial H is all we can stand behind.
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=Research=
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From Jennie Stoughton Osborn's memoirs [5], we know that Elliot went to WA (pg. 12).  Although he meets back up with Jennie in Missouri (pg. 16), it is not clear if this was a visit and he returns to WA or not.  If he does return to WA, there are some documents relating to an Elliot H. Stoughton in Lewis Co., WA some time later:
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|'''Correspondence of Elizabeth Wilson Williams''', great-granddaughter of [[Elizabeth Ann Stoughton]].
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|'''Marriage Certificate''' indicating that [[Elliot Harvey Stoughton|Elliot H. Stoughton]], born in Butler Co., PA, on 22 Oct 1842, residing at (illegible), sawyer by occupation, was married before and divorced in Clarion Co., PA, on 28 Sep 1887.  [[Rosalie California Coleman|Rosalie C. Coleman]], born in Forest Co., PA, on 1 Jul 1848, residing in Forest Co., PA, seamstress by occupation, was married before and divorced in Jefferson Co., PA, on 25 Feb 1889.  They were married in Tylersburg, PA on 6 May 1889. 
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|[[Image:Elliot Harvey Stoughton and Rosalie C. Coleman Marriage Record.jpg|50px|left]]
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!'''R2'''
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|'''1892 Washington State Census''' showing E. H. Stoughton, 49 year old male, married to R. C. Stoughton, 43 year old female.  He is a farmer.  They were both born in PA.  Image courtesy of A. Fix. 
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|[[Image:E.H. Stoughton and R.C. Stoughton Census Record for Lewis Co WA 1892.jpg|50px|left]]
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|''Rootsweb file, family of Elliott Harvey Stoughton & Melissa Jane Spence''', submitted to Rootsweb by Julie unknown. Her sources not specified.
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|'''Chehalis Bee Newspaper Clipping''' regarding an earthquake.  "Earthquake Monday Morning.  Many persons in Chehalis, Centralia, and other points about here felt a distinct earthquake shock about 5 o'clock. A card from E. H. Stoughton of Fulton in the western part of the county says the shock was felt there at 4:30 first followed by a slight shock fifteen minutes later."  Chehalis Bee, 1 Mar 1895, page 2, column 3.   This information was used as source data for the Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog, 1793-1929, provided by The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, for individual event report #275.  
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<br> See http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=beersjul&id=I11044.
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|'''BLM Land Patent Record''' issued on 27 Dec 1898 showing Elliott H. Stoughton and Roselie C. Stoughton owning 167.15 acres in Lewis County, WA.    BLM document serial # WAVAA 067217.  As of 15 Aug 2012, the BLM does not have an electronic version of this document available.  See online reference: [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=WAVAA%20%20067217&docClass=SER&sid=l2lmwuyz.mg4]  Image courtesy of A. Fix. 
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|[[Image:Land Patent Details Elliott H. Stoughton 1898.jpg|50px|left]]
 
   
 
   
 
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If this is our Elliot, then by 1889 he is married to Roselie California Stoughton and by 1892 they are living in WA.  Additional records are available for her:
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* Source *, Rootsweb file, lists son William Osborn Stoughton as born in Barnett Twp., Jefferson Co. PA; however the 1880 census shows the family living in Barnett Twp., Forest Co. PA with William at age 6.  We suspect a miss-transcription of the county name.
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|'''Marriage certificate''' for John Strange Stansbury and Roselie California Stoughton dated 31 May 1901 in Lewis Co., WA.  Their wedding license was issued on 27 May 1901. 
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|[[Image:Rose C. Stoughton and John S. Stansberry Marriage Record May 1901.jpg|50px|left]]
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|'''Marriage notice''' in the Chehalis Bee-Nugget dated Friday, 17 Aug 1923, indicating that a marriage license was granted in Lewis Co., WA, for William Justice of Riffe and Roselie C. Stansbury of Nesika. 
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|[[Image:Roselie C. Stansbury and William Justice Marriage License Announcement.jpg|50px|left]]
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!'''R7'''
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|'''Obituary''' for Mrs. Rosalie Justice in the Chehalis Bee-Nugget, dated Friday 10 May 1929.  Rosalie Justice, who had moved to Riffe 40 years earlier, died on Sunday, 5 May 1929, following a paralytic stroke she suffered on 30 Apr 1929.  She was 81 and born in PA. Her husband and a large family of step-children survived her.  Burial at Riffe cemetery.
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|[[Image:Rosalie Justice Obituary.jpg|50px|left]]
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|'''Gravestone''' for Rosalee Justice, 1848-1929, at Doss Cemetery, Mossyrock, Lewis Co., WA.  From findagrave.com, regarding Riffe Cemetery:  "The original location of Riffe Cemetery is now under the Riffe Lake reservoir created when the Mossyrock Dam was constructed. Before the dam was completed in 1968, the majority of the graves were relocated to Doss Cemetery in Mossyrock. Others were relocated to cemeteries in lewis and surrounding counties.  Although the original cemetery records were destroyed in a fire around 1900, some records can be found at the Chehalis Timberland Library and Lewis County Historical Museum."
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|[[Image:Rosalee justice.jpg|50px|left]]
 
   
 
   
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So, from this, it appears that Roselie/Rosalie/Rosalee California Coleman married Elliot H. Stoughton in 1889 and they moved to WA within the year, but by 1901 she had married her next husband.
  
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=Conjecture=
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* The timing on travel to and from Washington for Elliott is somewhat unknown. If all of the above sources are relevant, then he was in PA for the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, but was in WA for some time leading up to 1866, when he met with his father and sister in St. Louis and stayed there until at least spring of 1867.  He married Rosalie in 1889 in PA, which is approximately the same year she moved to WA according to the obituary, so presumably he moved there with her at that time.
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* Obituary for Elliott H. Stoughton, establishing his death date.
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Latest revision as of 17:42, 26 August 2012


[edit] NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR

Elliott Harvey Stoughton is not in my direct ancestry. He is 2 steps removed in the following ways:


Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 1840-2 PA [1][2][3][4]
Marriage >Jul 1870, <1873 to Melissa J. (unknown), b. ~1850 [4]
Death
Burial

[edit] Ancestry chart segment 

 Generation 5                  Generation 6                    Generation 7
 
                                                           +-- John Stoughton
                                                           |   (1773-1833)      
                           +-- Barnard VanZant Stoughton --+              
                           |   (1817-1887)                 |                    
Elliott Harvey Stoughton --+                               +-- Catherine Covert
(~1841-????)               |                                   (1778->1850)
                           +-- Susan Harvey
                               (1817-1847)

 Sources: [1][2][5]

[edit] Children

(children with Melissa J. (unknown))

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Louella Stoughton F 27 Jan 1872 PA [4]
William Stoughton M ~1874 PA [4]
Sarah Blanche Stoughton F 15 Dec 1876 Scotch Hill, Clarion Co., PA [4]

[edit] Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
Piney Twp., Clarion Co., PA 1850 [1]
Tionesta Twp., Venango Co., PA 1860 [2]
WA <1866 [5]
MO 1866-67 [5]
Kingsley Twp., Forest Co., PA 1870 [3]
Barnett Twp., Forest Co., PA 1880 [4]

[edit] Sources

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1 1850 United States Federal Census, Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 24. Previous page dated 30 Sept. 1850.
Lines 16-25: B.W. Stoughton, 33, shoemake; Susannah, 33; John, 14; Joseph, 12; Elliott, 10; Hannah, 8; Catharine, 6; Susannah, 4; Jane, 2; Elizabeth, 1/2. John, Joseph, Elliott and Hannah attended school.
1850 census pa clarion piney pg 24.jpg
2 1860 United States Federal Census, Tionesta Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 13. Census dated 15 Aug 1860.
Lines 6-14:D.V. Stoten, 42, farmer, $500 real, $150 personal property; Susan, 46; Joseph, 21, farmer; E.H., 18, farmer; Hannah, 18, house keeping; Catherine, 16, house keeping; June, 12; Elizabeth, 10; Ida, 7. All b. PA.
Note: discrepancy in the name of Barnard V. ( as D.V.)Stoughton is likely a notational error by the census taker.
1860 census pa venango tionesta pg 13.jpg
3 1870 United States Federal Census, Kingsley Twp, Forest Co, PA, page 14. Census dated 12 July 1870.
Lines 19-27: Jacob Peas, 38, engineer, $300 personal property; Agnes, 28, keeping house; Jane, 12, attendend school; Mary, 8, attended school; Catharine, 6, attended school; Sarah, 5; Elliott Stoten, 28, works on sawmill; John Guilion, 21, works on sawmill. All b. PA.
1870 census pa forest kingsley pg 14.jpg
4 1880 United States Federal Census, Barnett Twp., Forest Co. PA, pg. 7/ancestry.com pg. 4. Census date June 1880, day date not legible. Lines 27-43:
  • 'Stoughton, E. H. white male age 39, married, manager saw mill;
    Melissa J., wife, age 30, white female, married
    Lewella, daughter, age 8, in school
    William, age 6, son, in school
    Sarah, age 4, daughter
    Kellerman, Clemant, white male age 25, single,work on sawmill
    Verner, William C., white male age 21, single, work on sawmill.
1880 census pa forest barnett pg 4.jpg
5 Memories by Jennie Stoughton Osborn, Copyright 1935 by Jennie Stoughton Osborn, Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
  • Pg. 1 "Father had married Susan Harvey, but she had died, leaving six children John, Joseph, Elliott, Hannah, Catharine, and Susan Blanche..."
  • Pg. 2 "My mother was living on her farm near Matildaville, Pennsylvania when she met my father, Barnard VanZant Stoughton, who was working at his trade, the shoe business, in Kalensburg, Armstrong, Co., Pa."
  • Pg. 12 "While we younger children were growing up, two of our brothers and two of our sisters were married. One brother, Elliot, went to Washington State..."
  • Pg. 16 "At Odin, IL, we waited again several hours for a train going west to St. Louis. When we arrived at the Mississippi again, ... we were driven to the Gault House, where we expected to meet father. Brother Elliot was coming from Washington, and he, also, was to meet us there. ... When he came and found us there and Elliot, too, he saw the necessity of moving out of the city." [NB: this takes place in autumn/winter of 1866 - RBW 16 Aug 2012]
  • Pg. 17 "Brother Elliot took the real old-fashioned Missouri chills followed by penumonia." [NB This took place in spring 1867. I can't find any mention of Elliot marrying and he isn't mentioned after his sickness on pg. 17 - RBW 16 Aug 2012]
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  • A previous version of this page used extensive data from an undocumented webpage which eventually disappeared. We have re-written this page to remove data that was only available from this unsubstantiated source. The middle name "Harvey" falls into this category, but changing a page name in this wiki is a pain so for the time being I have left the page title the same. However, to the best of our knowledge at this time, the middle initial H is all we can stand behind.

[edit] Research

From Jennie Stoughton Osborn's memoirs [5], we know that Elliot went to WA (pg. 12). Although he meets back up with Jennie in Missouri (pg. 16), it is not clear if this was a visit and he returns to WA or not. If he does return to WA, there are some documents relating to an Elliot H. Stoughton in Lewis Co., WA some time later:

Ref. Num. Description Image of original
R1 Marriage Certificate indicating that Elliot H. Stoughton, born in Butler Co., PA, on 22 Oct 1842, residing at (illegible), sawyer by occupation, was married before and divorced in Clarion Co., PA, on 28 Sep 1887. Rosalie C. Coleman, born in Forest Co., PA, on 1 Jul 1848, residing in Forest Co., PA, seamstress by occupation, was married before and divorced in Jefferson Co., PA, on 25 Feb 1889. They were married in Tylersburg, PA on 6 May 1889.
Elliot Harvey Stoughton and Rosalie C. Coleman Marriage Record.jpg
R2 1892 Washington State Census showing E. H. Stoughton, 49 year old male, married to R. C. Stoughton, 43 year old female. He is a farmer. They were both born in PA. Image courtesy of A. Fix.
E.H. Stoughton and R.C. Stoughton Census Record for Lewis Co WA 1892.jpg
R3 Chehalis Bee Newspaper Clipping regarding an earthquake. "Earthquake Monday Morning. Many persons in Chehalis, Centralia, and other points about here felt a distinct earthquake shock about 5 o'clock. A card from E. H. Stoughton of Fulton in the western part of the county says the shock was felt there at 4:30 first followed by a slight shock fifteen minutes later." Chehalis Bee, 1 Mar 1895, page 2, column 3. This information was used as source data for the Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog, 1793-1929, provided by The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, for individual event report #275. N/A
R4 BLM Land Patent Record issued on 27 Dec 1898 showing Elliott H. Stoughton and Roselie C. Stoughton owning 167.15 acres in Lewis County, WA. BLM document serial # WAVAA 067217. As of 15 Aug 2012, the BLM does not have an electronic version of this document available. See online reference: [1] Image courtesy of A. Fix.
Land Patent Details Elliott H. Stoughton 1898.jpg

If this is our Elliot, then by 1889 he is married to Roselie California Stoughton and by 1892 they are living in WA. Additional records are available for her:

Ref. Num. Description Image of original
R5 Marriage certificate for John Strange Stansbury and Roselie California Stoughton dated 31 May 1901 in Lewis Co., WA. Their wedding license was issued on 27 May 1901.
Rose C. Stoughton and John S. Stansberry Marriage Record May 1901.jpg
R6 Marriage notice in the Chehalis Bee-Nugget dated Friday, 17 Aug 1923, indicating that a marriage license was granted in Lewis Co., WA, for William Justice of Riffe and Roselie C. Stansbury of Nesika.
Roselie C. Stansbury and William Justice Marriage License Announcement.jpg
R7 Obituary for Mrs. Rosalie Justice in the Chehalis Bee-Nugget, dated Friday 10 May 1929. Rosalie Justice, who had moved to Riffe 40 years earlier, died on Sunday, 5 May 1929, following a paralytic stroke she suffered on 30 Apr 1929. She was 81 and born in PA. Her husband and a large family of step-children survived her. Burial at Riffe cemetery.
Rosalie Justice Obituary.jpg
R8 Gravestone for Rosalee Justice, 1848-1929, at Doss Cemetery, Mossyrock, Lewis Co., WA. From findagrave.com, regarding Riffe Cemetery: "The original location of Riffe Cemetery is now under the Riffe Lake reservoir created when the Mossyrock Dam was constructed. Before the dam was completed in 1968, the majority of the graves were relocated to Doss Cemetery in Mossyrock. Others were relocated to cemeteries in lewis and surrounding counties. Although the original cemetery records were destroyed in a fire around 1900, some records can be found at the Chehalis Timberland Library and Lewis County Historical Museum."
Rosalee justice.jpg

So, from this, it appears that Roselie/Rosalie/Rosalee California Coleman married Elliot H. Stoughton in 1889 and they moved to WA within the year, but by 1901 she had married her next husband.


  • The timing on travel to and from Washington for Elliott is somewhat unknown. If all of the above sources are relevant, then he was in PA for the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, but was in WA for some time leading up to 1866, when he met with his father and sister in St. Louis and stayed there until at least spring of 1867. He married Rosalie in 1889 in PA, which is approximately the same year she moved to WA according to the obituary, so presumably he moved there with her at that time.
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