Elias P. Gilpin

Male1817–1864

Brief Life History of Elias P.

When Elias P. Gilpin was born in 1817, in Ohio, United States, his father, Elias P. Gilpin, was 36 and his mother, Lydia Ball, was 31. He married Ailsey Jones about 1841, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Newton Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Benton Township, Hocking, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died in 1864, at the age of 47.

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Family Time Line

Elias P. Gilpin
1817–1864
Ailsey Jones
1823–1870
Marriage: about 1841
John I. Gilpin
1842–
Lydia B. Gilpin
1844–
Pason G. Gilpin
1847–
Samuel L. Gilpin
1847–
James William Gilpin
1848–1917
Elias P Gilpin
1850–
Elsie Polly Gilpin
1851–1927
Thomas J Gilpin
1856–1936
Caleb C. Gilpin
1857–1936
Maria Jane Gilpin
1862–

Sources (17)

  • Elias P Gilpin, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elias P Gilpin, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Elias Gilpin in entry for Caleb Gilpin and Lottie Coakley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1841Ohio, United States
  • Children (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 2

    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 3

    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.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 13

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    English: unexplained. This surname is found mainly in Devon and Yorkshire.

    Irish (Connacht): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fionn ‘son of the fair-haired lad’. In Ulster, the name may be of northern English origin (see 1 above).

    History: A family of this name (see 1 above) is recorded in the 13th century in south Westmorland; it apparently gave its name to the River Gilpin there.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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