Dewater, Eligah Hamilton

Birth Name Dewater, Eligah Hamilton
Gender male
Age at Death 46 years, 7 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Burial   Cemetery, Orienta, OK  
 
Birth 1848-06-29 Fawn River, MI  
 
Death 1895-02-27 Orienta, OK  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Dewater, Elijah1804-07-161863-05-16
Mother Zeluff, Mary Ann18101871-09-08
    Sister     Dewater, Mary Ann 1830 1872-05-10
    Brother     Dewaters, Roswill Hamilton 1832-08-20 1901-09-06
    Brother     Dewaters, George Nelson 1839 1865-02-28
    Sister     Dewater, Lucy Jane 1841-10-21 1864-04-18
    Brother     Dewaters, Charles H.T. 1843
    Sister     Dewater, Fidelia 1846-03-10 1902-08-12
         Dewater, Eligah Hamilton 1848-06-29 1895-02-27
    Brother     Dewaters, William Riely 1851-08-13 1923-06-17

Families

    Family of Dewater, Eligah Hamilton and Webber, Elizabeth Melissa Jane
Married Wife Webber, Elizabeth Melissa Jane ( * 1849-11-27 + 1931-04-03 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1867    
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Dewater, Anna Bell1868-01-16
Dewater, Ezra Eligah1870-01-26
Dewater, Cora Ellen1871-10-04
Dewater, Ella Mae1874-01-081951-09-12
Dewater, Bertha Anne1876-10-06
Dewater, Eula Jane1877-08-23
Dewater, Myrtle Ethel1879-04-19
Dewater, Jessie Irean1881-01-29
Dewater, Livera Irean1882-12-02
Dewater, Elma Irean1884-11-14
Dewater, Elmer Irean1884-11-14
Dewater, Charles Curtis1885-12-131957-05-12
Dewater, Carrie Elizabeth1888-07-08
Dewater, Phillip Ola1890-05-311951-07-28
Dewater, William Lauerence1892-10-14

Narrative

Ancestor. Only six of Eligah Hamilton's children lived to marryand have children: Ella, Jessie, Charles, Carrie, Phillip andWilliam; all except William had large families; William had oneson who lives near Ft. Worth, TX; Ella had four children; Jessieabout 10, two of whom live in Wichita and one in Clinton, OK;Charles had 15 and lived in Hutchinson, KS; several of Charles'children lived in Hutchinson, including Merel, Helen and Martha;one lives in Arkansas and son, Ray lives in Sun City, AZ. Hisgrave marker reads "E. Hamilton DeWater"; at least one of hischildren is also buried at Orienta, OK. On his father's Will,he signed his name Eligah. His mother, Dorothy, and Eligahsigned both as Drinkwater and as Dwater on different papers. On4 September 1871, Eligah and Melissa signed an indenture to herfather, Daniel J. Webber for land.

Pedigree

  1. Dewater, Elijah
    1. Zeluff, Mary Ann
      1. Dewater, Mary Ann
      2. Dewaters, Roswill Hamilton
      3. Dewaters, George Nelson
      4. Dewater, Lucy Jane
      5. Dewaters, Charles H.T.
      6. Dewater, Fidelia
      7. Dewater, Eligah Hamilton
        1. Webber, Elizabeth Melissa Jane
          1. Dewater, Anna Bell
          2. Dewater, Ezra Eligah
          3. Dewater, Cora Ellen
          4. Dewater, Ella Mae
          5. Dewater, Bertha Anne
          6. Dewater, Eula Jane
          7. Dewater, Myrtle Ethel
          8. Dewater, Jessie Irean
          9. Dewater, Livera Irean
          10. Dewater, Elma Irean
          11. Dewater, Elmer Irean
          12. Dewater, Charles Curtis
          13. Dewater, Carrie Elizabeth
          14. Dewater, Phillip Ola
          15. Dewater, William Lauerence
      8. Dewaters, William Riely

Ancestors