When William Anderson Elbon was born on 27 June 1837, in Strasburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, his father, Harold Reed Elbon, was 22 and his mother, Catherine Michael, was 18. He married Mary Elizabeth Dolly on 22 January 1857, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Mill Run District, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States in 1880 and Junior, Barbour, West Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 9 May 1909, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Junior, Barbour, West Virginia, United States.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
English: unexplained.
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