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Elvira KENNON

Elvira KENNON

Female Abt 1812 - 1849  (37 years)

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  • Name Elvira KENNON 
    Birth Abt 1812 
    Gender Female 
    Death 21 Jul 1849  St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Newspaper account in the New York Evening Post lists the death of Elvira in St. Louis due to "the prevailing epidemic".
    Elvira (Kennon) Ransom    		 Elvira (Kennon) Ransom
    Burial Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • This cemetery no longer exists, it was on the block bounded by California, Chouteau, Ohio, and Park Streets.
      Christ Church Episcopal was established ca. 1834–1840. In 1878 some bodies were moved to Wesleyan and Bellefontaine Cemeteries. A few bodies went to unknown gravesites. Church members and “strangers” were buried in this cemetery; however, no burial records have been located.

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    Person ID I1321  MM
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2023 

    Father David KENNON,   b. Abt 1786, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Beekmantown, Clinton, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 85 years) 
    Mother Sophia TOUSLEY,   b. Abt 1792   d. 5 Jun 1829 (Age 37 years) 
    Family ID F579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Marsh RANSOM,   b. 11 Aug 1813, Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1893, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage Y  [3] 
    • "Historical Outline of the Ransom Family" lists George's wife as Mary E. Kanner. The genealogy lists 3 children (Joseph, Wellington and Emma). Other researchers show these are the children of his second wife, Clarissa Holmes. No mention is made of George, b. ca 1847 in Missouri.
    Family ID F5303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Jul 1849 - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S601] Print Obituary, The Evening Post (New York, NY), July 21, 1849, page 3., 601.

    2. [S823] St. Louis Genealogical Society, 823.

    3. [S1077] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, 2016), Historical outline of the Ransom family of America : and genealogical record of the Colchester, Conn., 1077.