Brief Life History of Elisha J.
When Elisha J. Wilbur was born on 29 August 1847, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Melvin Wilbur, was 46 and his mother, Eunice Dennis, was 39. He married Ellen Rosetta Worden on 6 July 1872, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Eden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 10 August 1942, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Meadow View Cemetery, Eden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Elisha Wilbur, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elisha Wilber, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1857
Historical Boundaries 1857: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Wilber .
History: Samuel Wilbur (c. 1585–1656), also known as Wilbore and Wildbore, is recorded in Boston, MA, before 1633 and purchased Boston Common in 1634. He and other religious exiles from MA purchased and settled Aquidneck Island (now RI) in 1637.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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"True Pioneer Stories" 16 January 1940 (probably in an Ogden newspaper)
Elisha Wilbur, 93, of 834 Twenty-seventh, one of the oldest surviving Utah pioneers, is a carefree and happy person who lives each day as it comes and delights in reciting for his friends episodes of …
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