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Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Nov 11, 2007 17:47:35 GMT -5
Friendship News April 1980
Elijah Friend was born in Hardin County, KY, in 1797. He was one of a family of five brothers, namely, Charles; Abraham; Miles; Ephraim and himself. He was wed to Hannah Ashcroft and to this union was born 4 sons and 2 daughter; Franklin, 1828; George W.; Vardeman; James; Sarah and Jane. He was a neighbor of Abraham Lincoln in both Hardin Co., KY and in Springfield, IL, where he migrated ca 1820. Later he moved to Belle Fountain, Marion Co., Missouri in 1845, then on the Lynnville, Jasper County in 1848. His 2nd marriage was to Effie Chitwood, who lived only about a year after their marriage. Elijah died in August 1864."
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Post by jenlane57 on Dec 16, 2007 1:44:06 GMT -5
Pat -
Do you know anything about his brother, Charles? I have a Charles Friend, b ca 1800 KY. He married in Schuyler Co., IL in 1830 (though I am sure they were in that part of Schuyler that became Brown Co a few years later). Charles and Eleanor had sons named Ephraim and Miles B. I believe he must be connected to the Joseph Friend who purchased land in (now) Brown Co., IL in Aug 1836; this land adjoined land purchased by Eleanor's sister and brother-in-law (her parents and a brother also purchased land in same section). -Jennifer
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Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Dec 16, 2007 16:00:20 GMT -5
Sorry Jennifer, I know nothing about Charles, other than what I posted here, naming him as part of the family.
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Post by jenlane57 on Dec 17, 2007 1:14:27 GMT -5
Oh well... Can you tell me where you found the information identifying the five men as brothers? Or anything about the family? Charles and Eleanor migrated to Iowa before 1850... there was a Miles B. Friend also in Iowa who was too old to be their son. I had wondered if he could be a brother of Charles, but had no idea who Charles' family was.
Does anyone know anything about the Joseph Friend who bought land in Brown Co., IL in 1836? There was an Andrew Friend (age 50-60) on the 1830 census record of Schuyler County with a family of 8 (including Andrew and a female also 50-60).
Were these Friends connected to the large family who was in (Greene) County IL in 1830:
Joseph, 50-60
Charles, 20-30
George, 20-30
All had a family. They appear to be the group that moved to Washington Co., IL by 1840 (along with an Andrew, too young to be the man who was in Schuyler in 1830).
The Charles Friend of that group also had a son named Elijah, but that Charles was born ca 1804 in NC (though his wife and at least one older child was born in KY).
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Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Mar 4, 2009 7:29:49 GMT -5
Jennifer,
I have found, what might be a few more pieces of the puzzle, but I still do not have this family worked out in detail.
I found a Charles Friend b. 1845 KY. He was living in KS in 1880 (I could not locate him in the 1870 census). Charles indicated in a bio that he decended from the family of Polly Hanks and Jesse Friend (both of KY).
I believe Polly had children: Charles, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Elijah, Jesse, James F., and Miles B. Friend. (I can't document this family with 100% accuracy-it is a work in progress).
I think this Charles born in 1845 KY, is a son of one of Polly's sons but I haven't been able to figure out which son, to date.
Have you found anymore informatin about this family?
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