William Franklin Elgin

Notes:

!Civil War Records including Marriage records of third marriage
Census Records 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Fulton Co. Ill.
1900 Census Records Catlin Twp Vermilion Co. Ill
William Franklin Elgin was born in Astoria Ill on 26 Feb 1841 and wa s married
there on 2 Dec 1864 to Lydia B. English, who was born on 6 July 1837 . She died
on 24 April 1870 at the birth of their second child and is buried i n the
Astoria cemetery.
Franklin remarried 3 Oct 1872 to Rebecca Sophia Holliday, who was bor n abt 1852
in Ohio, and was the daughter of Margaret Ann English and James G. Ho lliday.
Franklin and Rebecca had 5 children. Rebecca died with the birth o f the fifth
child, Gracie 12 Oct 1880. Gracie Rebecca Elgin/Tarter was born 30 S ept 1880.
and was put up for adoption. According to Civil War records, in 1880 , shortly
after his second wife died, Franklin moved from Astoria Fulton Co. Il l to
Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co. Ind. While in Crawfordsville, Frankli n married
again to Sarah Jane (Patterson) Driskell on 15 Feb 1883. Her mothe r was
Margaret Williams according to 1900 census. Marriage date and place
proved by Civil War Records. Also, according to Civil War records Fr anklin
and Sarah Jane moved to Catlin, Vermilion Co. Ill. in 1887. Willia m Franklin
Elgin died 24 Mar 1912 and Sarah Jane died 16 Nov 1917 and both are b uried in
Oakridge Cemetery.
The children of Franklin and Lydia Elgin were JAMES EDWIN and MCELROY
The children of Franklin and Rebecca Elgin were JOSIAH (CYRUS), SUSANNA
(SUSIE), WILLIAM, ALBERT (BERT), and GRACIE
There are no known children of Franklin and Sarah Jane Elgin, his thi rd wife.
My grandmother, Gracie, told me years ago, that her mother and her fa ther's
first wife were Aunt and niece and that her half brothers were also h er
cousins.
Records of Astoria Cemetery, Astoria Ill showing dates of death for L ydia
English Elgin and Rebecca Holliday Elgin. Also, date of death for Sa muel T.
Elgin Sr.
Pension Records, Dept of the Interior, Civil War Records.
Showed marriage Records to third wife and name of first wife. Showe d living
children as of that date, but not the name of second wife. Pension r ecords
also show where he lived and when.
Gracie Elgin Tarter's birth records and adoption records from Fulto n Co. Ill
giving names of parents and adopted parents.


Facts about this person:

Fact 1
Catlin, Vermilion, Ill

Burial
Catlin, Vermilion, Ill

William married on 2 Dec 1864 in Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Rebecca Sophia Holliday on 3 Oct 1872 in Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States. Rebecca (daughter of James Gillaspy Holliday and Margaret Ann English) was born in ABT. 1852 in Ohio, United States; died on 12 Oct 1880 in Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married on 15 Feb 1883 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Never married. Lived with sister and with her raised Dorothy and Le e Roy
Johnson, Children of Grace Elgin Johnson, daughter of James E. Elgin , Cyrus's
half brother.


Facts about this person:

Fact 1
Astoria, Fulton Co., Ill

Notes:

!

!Never married. Lived with brother and with him raised Dorothy and L ee Roy
Johnson, Children of Grace Elgin Johnson, daughter of James E. Elgin , Cyrus's
half brother. Susie and Cyrus Elgin lived near Danville Ill until th eir death.


Facts about this person:

Fact 1
Astoria, Fulton Co., Ill

Notes:

!Died young. Story is that he drowned in the river.


Facts about this person:

Fact 1
Astoria, Fulton Co., Ill

Notes:

!On 1880 Census Fulton Co. Ill
In VA Civil War Records of Frank Elgin, father
1900 Census Catlin Twp, Vermilion Co. Ill


Facts about this person:

Fact 1
Catlin, Vermilion, Ill

Notes:

!Birth Certicate & Marriage records from Fulton Co. Ill.
Family Bible
Death Records from Dan Diego Co. CA
Adoption papers of Gracie Rebecca Elgin


Facts about this person:

Fact 1 October 02, 1965
Dearborn Park, Poway, San Diego Co., CA

Gracie married Nathaniel Harvey Rauch on 8 Dec 1897 in Ipava, Fulton, Illinois, United States. Nathaniel was born on 8 Mar 1878 in Pleasant Twp, Fulton, Illinois, United States; died on 12 Jul 1966 in Escondido, San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gracie married on 8 Dec 1897 in Ipava, Fulton, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Birth records in Rauch Family Bible owned by Alice Schnakenberg Ri n #1
Burial at the Smith Cemetery on Arthur Smith's Farm Ipava Ill


Facts about this person:

Fact 1
Ipava, Fulton Co., Ill

Notes:

!Rauch Family Bible owned by Alice Schnakenberg Rin #1

Alice married David Noble Johnson on 21 Dec 1919 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States. David was born on 25 Dec 1900 in Parkville, Platte, Missouri, United States; died on 16 Feb 1963 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married on 21 Dec 1919 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Birth records in Rauch Family Bible owned by Alice Schnakenberg Ri n #1
Marriage records in Rauch Family Bible owned by Alice Schnakenberg

Arthur married Catherine Ellen Savage on 1 Sep 1929 in Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States. Catherine was born on 8 Feb 1912 in Swink, Otero, Colorado, United States; died on 19 Nov 1975 in Poway, San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married on 1 Sep 1929 in Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!In file held by daughter Alice Swaim Schnakenberg, Certificate of
birth. Funeral service remembrance card. RIN 1

Frances lived in Fulton Co. Ill until she was about ten, then, because
her father had TB the family sold their farm and moved to a cattle
ranch in Colorado Springs CO where the family lived until about 1920
when her parents went broke and left to live in Pueblo CO. From there
the family, which was really hard up by this time, built a canvas
house on the back of an old flat bed truck and traveled to Yuma AZ,
from there they traveled across the old plank road into California
and ended up in San Fernando CA where Grandfather found a job working
for a turkey ranch about 60 miles away in the Antelope Valley.
Here Grandfather was able to get ahead enough to homestead a ranch in
the Tierra Bonita district east of Lancaster. This is where France s met
Babe(Ronald) Swaim. After I was born, Babe & Frances lived and dad w orked for his father-in-law until after Ronald Jr. was born. Then w e moved to another ranch near-by called Avreys. From there we move d to McDonald's
ranch and then to the dairy where dad drove the milk truck until we
moved to Venice CA in Dec 1934. Early in 1935, in Feb. I think, we m oved up to Nipoma, near Santa Maria, where dad cut wood for George t o haul to LA for Grandpa Rauch to sell. Ronald Jr and I finished th e school year there, then we moved back to Santa Monica in late Aug . or first of Sept. and I, Ronald, and Richard started school at McKi nley. We stayed there with Granddad, George, and Babe in the wood bu siness. We stayed there from Sept. 1935 until Feb.1937 when we move d to AZ because the doctor thought mother had TB. Uncle Arthur and h is family moved to Nipoma to cut the wood, with Daddy driving the tru ck. We only lived in AZ one month as the doctors over there said mot her had had a heart attact due, I think to stress, so we were able t o move back to CA and Daddy back to working with George & Grandpa i n the wood business, but now he was no longer a pardner, but an emplo yee. Ronald, Richard, and I finished out the school year living in T arzania. Becky had started to school in Santa Monica, but couldn't f inish the year as Tarzania didn't have a kindergarden. Becky then st arted first grade there, but then we moved again to the West Adams di strict in LA where I graduated from the sixth in Feb. of 1938. Whe n mother got sick, we started living with our Grandmother & Grandfath er Rauch, so Grandma could take care of mother and us kids. That sum mer, before school started again, we moved over the store in Culver C ity. That winter, mother started to feel that she was well enough t o start caring for us again. So in March or April of 1939 we moved b ack up to Lancaster where I graduated from the eighth grade and enter ed Antelope Valley Hi'school.


Facts about this person:

Fact 2 February 19, 1999

Frances married Ronald Francis Swaim, Sr. on 07 Nov 1924 in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States. Ronald was born on 14 Mar 1903 in Bloomingdale, Parke, Indiana, United States; died on 22 Oct 1965 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Birth records in Rauch Family Bible owned by Alice Schnakenberg Ri n #1
Marriage records in Rauch Family Bible owned by Alice Schnakenberg
Interned at Oakwood Memorial Park, Santa Cruz CA
Obituary in THE VALLEY PRESS Wed., Sept. 30, 1987, Felton, CA


Facts about this person:

Fact 1 September 24, 1987
Santa Cruz, Monterey Co., CA

Notes:

!Birth records in Rauch Family Bible owned by Alice Schnakenberg Ri n #1
Interment at Resthaven Park Cemetery, Glendale AZ


Facts about this person:

Fact 1 October 28, 1991
Glendale, Maricopa Co., AZ

Family/Spouse: Donald R Schnakenberg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]