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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Eli Nations |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
16 Apr 1826 |
Alabama |
| Marriage |
1 Apr 1853 |
Gonzales County, Texas(5 children)
to Eliza Austin Woodruff |
| Census[3] |
1860 |
Gonzales County, Texas |
| Census[4] |
1870 |
Gonzales County, Texas |
| Census[5] |
1880 |
Gonzales County, Texas |
| Census[6] |
1900 |
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas |
| Census[7] |
1910 |
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas |
| Death[1][2] |
24 May 1912 |
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas |
| Burial[1] |
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Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas |
Gonzales County, Texas, 1860 census:[3]
- Nations, M. A. [f] 56 yrs Farmer (real estate = $2,000; personal estate = $2,500) b. Alabama
- Carrol 21 yrs Farmer (personal estate = $2,000) b. Mississippi
- Eli 31 yrs Farmer (personal estate = $3,500) b. Alabama
- Margaret 17 yrs Student b. Mississippi
- Phebe 19 yrs b. Mississippi
- Rob B. 13 yrs b. Mississippi
- Eliza A. 24 yrs b. Texas
- Jos. 4 yrs b. Texas
- Eliza A. 2 yrs b. Texas
Gonzales County, Texas, 1870 census:[4]
- Nations, Eli 44 yrs Farmer (real estate = $800; personal estate = $1,120) b. Alabama
- Eliza 34 yrs Keeping house b. Texas
- Joseph 13 yrs b. Texas
- Susana 11 yrs b. Texas
- Oliver, Walter 11 yrs Orphan (real estate = $1,000) b. Texas
- Nations, Ida 4 yrs b. Texas
- Robert 24 yrs Rancher "Bro[ther]" (real estate = $800) b. Mississippi
- Carrie 26 yrs Sister b. Mississippi
Gonzales County, Texas, 1880 census:[5]
- Nations, Eli 53 yrs Farmer b. Alabama (parents, b. Alabama)
- Eliza 43 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Texas (parents, b. [blank])
- Joseph H. 22 yrs Son Works on farm b. Texas (parents, b. Alabama/Texas)
- Ida 13 yrs Dau At home b. Texas (parents, b. Alabama/Texas)
- Sledgy 7 yrs Son At home b. Texas (parents, b. Alabama/Texas)
El Paso County, Texas, 1900 census:[6]
- Nations, Eli Head 74 yrs (b. Apr 1826) (marr. 48 yrs) b. Alabama (parents, b. Alabama)
- Eliza Wife 63 yrs (b. Jul 1836) (5 children, 2 living) b. Texas (parents, b. Kentucky/Arkansas)
El Paso County, Texas, 1910 census:[7]
- Nations, Eli Head 84 yrs (marr. 57 yrs) b. Alabama (parents, b. Alabama) Retired
- Eliza A. Wife 73 yrs (5 children, 2 living) b. Texas (parents, b. Kentucky/Tennessee)
- Hale, Robert Lodger 74 yrs (single) b. Scotland (parents, b. Scotland) Retired
- Lehmann, Carlos F. Lodger 26 yrs (single) b. Switzerland (parents, b. Switzerland) Laborer (Odd Jobs)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.
- ↑ Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gonzales, Texas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 97, dwelling/family 387/357.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gonzales, Texas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 443A, dwelling/family 83/83.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gonzales, Texas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
ED 69, p. 451A, dwelling/family 473/473.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 El Paso, Texas, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
ED 21, p. 8B, dwelling/family 162/171 (1201 Third St).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 El Paso, Texas, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
ED 65, p. 12A, dwelling/family 213/239 (1924 Myrtle Ave).
- Alpine [Texas] Avalanche
30 May 1912.
ELI NATIONS DEAD
The El Paso Times of last Satruday had the following announcement of the death of Mr. Eli Nations who was well and favorably known to many Brewster County Citizens. It says:
Eli Nations, a pioneer of El Paso and one of the best known cattlemen in the southwest, died Friday morning at Hotel Dieu. His grief at the death of his wife, who died last March, and an accident suffered in a fall last February, hastened his end. Mr. Nations was 86 years of age in April.
Eli Nations was born near Birmingham, Ala., in 1826, and when a young man came to Texas, locating in Gonzales County. He was married fifty-seven years ago.
In 1882 he emigrated with his son, J. H. Nations to Alpine, Texas. He continued in the cattle trade and J. H. Nations, as he grew up, gradually took over the active management of the partnership. It was six years latter that he came to El Paso.
During the Civil War he enlised in the Confederate army from Gonzales County.
Eli Nations was always prominent in church affairs. At the time of his death he was a senior deacon in the First Baptist Church of this city and he and his wife always took an active interest in church work. He was not a member of any lodges.
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