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Elias Flesher

14 April 1814–7 February 1852 (Age 37)
Warren, Ohio, United States

The Life of Elias

When Elias Flesher was born on 14 April 1814, in Warren, Ohio, United States, his father, William Flesher, was 28 and his mother, Lucinda Jackson, was 26. He married Susan Scudder on 6 September 1837, in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salem, Salem Township, Warren, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 7 February 1852, in Warren, Ohio, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Pleasant Plain, Harlan Township, Warren, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Elias Flesher

1814–1852

Susan Scudder

1817–1902

Marriage: 6 September 1837

Julia Ann Flesher

1837–1865

Eliza J Fletcher

1842–

Alfred Flesher

1844–

William Flesher

1846–1862

Adelia Sophia Flesher

1847–1919

Elias Flesher Jr.

1848–1852

Benjamin Flesher

1852–

Albert Flesher

1853–

Andrew Flesher

1854–

Spouse and Children

Elias Flesher

Male1814–1852Male

Susan Scudder

Female1817–1902Female

MARRIAGE
6 September 1837
Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, United States

children

(9)

Julia Ann Flesher

Female1837–1865Female

Eliza J Fletcher

Female1842–Female

Alfred Flesher

Male1844–Male

William Flesher

Male1846–1862Male

Adelia Sophia Flesher

Female1847–1919Female

+4 More Children

Parents and Siblings

William Flesher

Male1786–1817Male

Lucinda Jackson

Female1787–1853Female

siblings

(4)

Mary Flesher

Female1812–1870Female

Ruth Flesher

Female1813–1860Female

Elias Flesher

Male1814–1852Male

Lemuel Flesher

Male1816–Male

World Events (7)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 5

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 6

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1825 · The Crimes Act

Age 11

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

Flesher

Elias

English: occupational name for a butcher. In part it is from Middle English flescher, an agent derivative of Old English flæ¯sc ‘flesh’, ‘meat’; in part a reduced form of Middle English fleschewere, Old English flæ¯schēawere, in which the second element is an agent noun from hēawan ‘to hew or cut’.

Sources (3)

Elias Fletcher, "United States Census, 1850"
Elias Flesher, "United States, Cemetery Abstracts"
Elias Flesher in entry for Alfred Flesher and Bertha B Evans, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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