Dewater, Elijah
| Birth Name | Dewater, Elijah |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 58 years, 10 months |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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| Burial | Lagrange, IN |
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| Birth | 1804-07-16 | Marcellus, Onondaga, NY |
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| Death | 1863-05-16 | Lagrange, IN |
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Drinkwater, Amos | 1772 | 1840-08-08 | |
| Mother | , Nancy | |||
| Brother | Drinkwater, Matthew | 1790 | 1854 | |
| Sister | Drinkwater, Martha | 1795 | ||
| Sister | Drinkwater, Naoma | 1797 | ||
| Sister | Drinkwater, Clarissa | 1800 | ||
| Sister | Drinkwater, Lucy | 1802 | ||
| Dewater, Elijah | 1804-07-16 | 1863-05-16 | ||
| Brother | Drinkwater, Hiram | 1808 | 1845 | |
| Brother | Drinkwater, William | 1812 | 1862-05-08 | |
| Brother | Drinkwater, Amos, Jr. | 1838 |
Families
| Family of Dewater, Elijah and Zeluff, Mary Ann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Zeluff, Mary Ann ( * 1810 + 1871-09-08 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children |
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Dewater, Mary Ann | 1830 | 1872-05-10 |
| Dewaters, Roswill Hamilton | 1832-08-20 | 1901-09-06 |
| Dewaters, George Nelson | 1839 | 1865-02-28 |
| Dewater, Lucy Jane | 1841-10-21 | 1864-04-18 |
| Dewaters, Charles H.T. | 1843 | |
| Dewater, Fidelia | 1846-03-10 | 1902-08-12 |
| Dewater, Eligah Hamilton | 1848-06-29 | 1895-02-27 |
| Dewaters, William Riely | 1851-08-13 | 1923-06-17 |
Narrative
Ancestor. Name change from Drinkwater to DeWaters occurredabout the time when Amos Drinkwater moved from New York toMichigan; one reason offered is that the Drinkwater family wereLoyalists. Came to Michigan with his Father before 1840. Raiseda large family. He bought and sold his land in Fawn RiverTownship, St. Joseph County, MI, and moved to LaGrange, IN.