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Jacob Eller

Jacob Eller[1]

Male 1817 - 1886  (69 years)

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  • Name Jacob Eller 
    Born 5 Sep 1817 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Dec 1886  Labette County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1  Jacob Eller (1817-1866)
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2019 

    Family Malinda E, Rash,   b. 1827, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1907, Labette County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 3 Sep 1849  Jefferson County, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lante Eller,   b. 3 Aug 1847, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Andrew Eller,   b. Abt 1849, Jefferson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1931, Vinita, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
     3. Ann Eller,   b. Abt 1853, Jefferson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. John Eller,   b. Abt 1856, Jefferson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. W. Harrison Eller,   b. Abt 1860, Jefferson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. J. Watson Eller,   b. Abt 1866, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1922, Butte, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
     7. Leanna Eller,   b. Abt 1868, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Levi Allen Eller,   b. 22 May 1869, Parsons, Labette County, KS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1945, Helena, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2019 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • EFA Research - People
    'My Eller Family'    		"My Eller Family"
    John Jacob Eller Line, by Robert C. Eller

  • Notes 

    • According to records left by Levi Allen Eller--one of his sons--Jacob Eller was born in Virginia on September 5,1817. In contrast, the 1850 census records of Jefferson County, Tennessee, list his age as 28, thus placing his birth date at 1822 or thereabouts. These census records also indicate that he was born in Tennessee, not Virginia.The names of his parents are not known.

      Jacob was evidently raised in Jefferson County and, as an adult, owned land there.

      Jacob married Malinda E. Rash of Tennessee on or some time soon after September 3, 1849, the date a license was issued to them.

      At the time of the beginning of the Civil War, Jacob, who was then at least 39 years of age joined the Northern forces. This sympathy with the North may have stemmed from his ancestors earlier residence above the Mason and Dixon Line. To prevent possible harassment and persecution of his family by their neighbors in the Confederate state of Tennessee, the Northern army moved the family to Iowa. This may have been one of the conditions that Jacob insisted on at the time of his voluntary enlistment.

      By the time of this move to Iowa, five children had already been born to them. While living in Iowa, two more children were born to them--Watson and Leanna.

      After the war in May 1869 1 Jacob moved his family by covered wagon to Labette County, Kansas, near the southeast corner of the state. There Jacob took up a homestead about 3 miles east of Parsons.

      Lanty, the oldest son, being already married by this time, took up a homestead nearby. Malinda, at the time of the move, was pregnant with Levi Allen, who was born within days of their arrival.

      Jacob died there on December 8, 1886 (one source says 1883).

      Malinda lived until March 121 1907, dying on what may have been her 80th birthday. They both died in their original Kansas home.

      Jacob had a brother, Frederick Eller, who was born in Tennessee in 1828. In 1850, Frederick married Fanny Fielden, also born in 1828, place of birth unknown. He also had a sister, Catharine (sic), whose date and place of birth are not known. She married a Henry Luring.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Robert C. Eller, pp. 14-20.