Name: Elijah P. Marrs
Alias:
Place of Birth: Shelby KY
Year of Birth: 1840
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 10
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Enlistment Date: September 26, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
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Congressional District: 5th
Company: L
Regiment(s): 12th USCHA
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: April 24, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Sergeant
Notes:
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
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Death Date: August 30, 1910
Cause of Death: Chronic bronchitis
Death Certificate
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: October 24, 1891
Application No.: 1065986 Certificate No.: 1023312
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: September 23, 1910 Application No.: 949494
Certificate No.: 713126
No other family pension card found
Pension File:
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No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
Several Freedmen’s Bureau documents were found, representing school reports completed by Elijah P. Marrs. These are two URLs https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62309/images/007675801_00106?pId=3605211. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62309/images/007641539_00151?pId=2997097.
Mother First Name: Frances Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Andrew Father Last Name: Marrs
Siblings: John W Marrs
Henry C Marrs
Wife #1 First Name: Julia Maiden Name: Gray
Wife #2 First Name: Betty Maiden Name: Frazier
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: James Marrs 1889
Elijah P Marrs Jr 1892
Charles H Marrs 1894
Nellie Marrs 1896
Andrew Marrs 1900
Alice 1905 Marrs
Family Notes:
Julia Gray was documented as Elijah’s first wife in a publication, “Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising” (documented in Researcher Notes in soldier folder. No marriage record was retrieved. They reportedly married in 1871 and Julia died in 1876. No death record has been retrieved for Julia Gray Marrs.
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1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: School Teacher
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
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1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Superintendent of the Baptist Normal and Theological Institute
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1880 Census Notes:
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Preacher
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Laborer at odd jobs
1910 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Servant
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Rent 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
In 1920, Betty Marrs was enumerated as a widow in the household of her son, Charles Marrs in Chicago, Cook County, IL. Betty Marrs was also enumerated in the household of Bernard L Engelke, working as a servant in Chicago, IL in 1920. This is the URL for that schedule https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/72620646:6061?_phsrc=IhC1753&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=bettie&gsln=marrs&ml_rpos=2&queryId=f1cc04d67a3a70b0a54cbaf49ccb82c0
Name: Jesse Robinson
Location: Simpsonville, Shelby County, KY
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
The 1850 slave schedule URL shows the page on which Elijah was probably listed, this is the second page for Jesse Robinson’s listing, first entries in left hand column. The 1850 in Drive file shows both pages.
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 18
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $23,000
1860 Personal Estate Value: $15,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 23
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $23,200 1870 Personal Estate Value: $6,900
Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? No
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