When James C. Elwood was born on 14 April 1817, in Slippery Rock Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Elwood, was 37 and his mother, Gertrude Marie Daniels, was 28. He married Jane Riley in 1843, in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lincoln Township, Washington, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Greenleaf Township, Washington, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 27 November 1901, in Greenleaf, Washington, Kansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Greenleaf, Washington, Kansas, United States.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold (Old English Ælfweald, ælf ‘elf’ + weald ‘rule’). The surname is now rare in Scotland, but was once quite common in the Scottish borders where it was altered to Elliott and Ellett . The different surnames may have co-existed and become confused with one other.
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