Elias P. Gilpin

1817–1864 (Age 47)
Ohio, United States

The Life 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–

Spouse and Children

    Elias P. Gilpin

    Male1817–1864Male

    Ailsey Jones

    Female1823–1870Female

MARRIAGE
about 1841
Ohio, United States
children

(10)

    John I. Gilpin

    Male1842–Male

    Lydia B. Gilpin

    Female1844–Female

    Pason G. Gilpin

    Male1847–Male

    Samuel L. Gilpin

    Male1847–Male

    James William Gilpin

    Male1848–1917Male

+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

1 English: in the northeast, from the Gilpin river in Cumbria; in southern counties, probably a variant of Galpin .2 Irish (Connacht): reduced 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).

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

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Sources (3)

  • Elias P Gilpin, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elias P Gilpin, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Basil Gilpin in entry for Caleb C Gilpin, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

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