1830 U.S. Census:
Wayne Twp., Greene Co. PA


Elijah Stoneking

 

one male under 5 (George); one male thirty to forty years (Elijah); and one female twenty to thirty years (wife of Elijah).

 

 

 

1840 U.S. Census:
Precinct 1, Schuyler, Illinois

 

Elisha Stoneking

 

2 Males under 5 (Erastus and ?), 1 Male 5-9 (Elijah Jr.), 1 Male 30-39 (Elijah), 1 Female under 5 (?), 1 Female 30-39 (Sarah Cox Stoneking)

 

 

 

1850 U.S. Census:
Schuyler, Brooklyn, Illinois

 
Elijah Stoneking
38y
Sarah Stoneking
37y
Elijah Stoneking
17y
Erastus Stoneking
11y
Fenetta Stoneking
8y
Levi Stoneking
1y
Neri Stoneking
5m

 

 

 

1860 U.S. Census:
Schuyler, Brooklyn, Illinois

1634

Elijah Stoneking
55
Levi Stoneking
12
Martha J Fagle
23
Joseph Fagle
3
Leanderren Fagle
5/12

1635

George Stoneking
34
Ary Stoneking
31
Anna Stoneking
13
Harriet Stoneking
8

 

 

 

1870 U.S. Census:
Schuyler, Brooklyn, Illinois

Elijah Stoneking
61
Martha Jane Stoneking
31
Joseph Stoneking
13
Martin V Stoneking
7
Jonathan B Stoneking
5
Sarah Alice Stoneking
2

 

 

 

 

 

Elijah Stoneking

b. between 1805-12 (PA) - d. 1878 (Schuyler Co., IL)

 

US General Land Office Records, 1796-1907:
Elijah Stoneking Purchassed 40 Acres in Noble Co., Ohio / Issue Date: April 21, 1835:

NOTE: This record states that Elijah is living in Morgan Co., OH in 1835, so he moved to Ohio from Greene Co., PA sometime between 1830-1835 / The 1850 Census states that his son, Elijah Jr., were born in Ohio.

 

Document Number: 5113 / Legal Land Description:
Section
Twp
Range
Meridian
Counties
22
8-N
10-W
Ohio River Survey
Noble

 

Elijah purchased an additional 40.25 Acres in Noble Co., Ohio / Issue Date: April 10, 1837

 

Document Number: 7547 / Legal Land Description:
Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
26
8-N
10-W
Ohio River Survey
Noble

 

 

US General Land Office Records, 1796-1907:

Elijah Stoneking Purchassed 80 Acres in Illinois / Issue Date: Nov. 3, 1840

 

Document Number: 12547 / Legal Land Description:
Section
Twp
Range
Meridian
Counties
10
3-N
3-W
4th PM -
1815 Illinois
Schuyler

 

The Ill Archives: list a land transaction for Elijah Stoneking on 19 May 1837. He purchased eighty acres in Schuyler Co. IL. He bought the land from the public domain and paid $1.25 per acre for it.

 

 

The Gin Ridge Clans, Being a Comprehensive genealogy and History of the Frakes, Stoneking, Willey, Mason, Clark, Hendrickson, Womack, and Allied Families who were Pioneers in Southwestern McDonough County and Northwestern Schuyler County, IL; by Arthur Kent Hall: Elijah Stoneking was born about 1798 in Dunkard Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He died September 27, 1878 in Schuyler County, IL. He was first married in Pennsylvania, but his wife's name is not kknown. He married second to Sarah Cox on April 5, 1840 in Schuyler County, IL. Sarah was born about 1813 and died in 1858. She was the daughter of Jarrett H. Sr. and Katrina Cox. Elijah married for a third time to Mrs. Martha Fagle (Fogle) not long after the 1860 census. Elijah Stoneking and his family have been found in the censuses from 1830-1870.

 

 

 

Children:

 

Children of Elijah & his first wife

 

  • George Stoneking
    b. 1825 (PA) - d. 1900 (Washington Co., OH)
    -
  • Elijah Stoneking Jr.
    b. abt 1833 (OH) - d. ?
    Married Maria Morgan in 1853 (McDonough Co., IL)
    -
  • Unknown Male
    b. between 1835-1840
    1840 US Census lists 2 males under the age of 5. One of these would be Erastus, the other is unknown.
    -
  • Unknown Female
    b. between 1835-1840
    1840 US Census lists a female under the age of 5
    -

 

 

Children of Elijah & Sarah Cox Stoneking

 

  • Erastus Stoneking
    b. abt. 1839 (IL) - d. ?
    Married Sarah Willey (b. ?) July 5, 1857 (McDonough Co. IL) / Children: Finnetta Stoneking Downey (b. 1862), Mary E. Stoneking Pastel (b. 1867),
    --------------------Mary E. Stoneking Pastel b. 1867 - d. ? / Married Jacob A Pestel in 1885 (IL)
    --------------------Finnetta Stoneking Downey b. 1862 - d. 1923 (IL) / Married John Downey
    -
  • Fenetta Stoneking
    b. abt. 1842 - d. ?
    -
  • Levi Stoneking
    b. Dec. 25, 1847 (IL) - d. Nov. 7, 1920 (Schuyler Co., IL)
    Prather Cemetery (Schuyler Co., IL)
    Married: Mary Purdum / Children: William Stoneking (b. 1872 Schuyler IL - d. 1947 McDonough, IL). / Death Certificate: lists date of birth and death and says parents were Elijah Stoneking (b. VA) and Sarah Cox (b. IL). No spouse is listed.
    -
  • Neri Stoneking
    b. abt. 1850 (IL) - d. maybe before 1860
    Note: The other male children of Sarah Cox are listed in her fathers will, Neri is not among them, so it is assumed he died before the will was written. Neri is also not listed in the 1860 census.
    -

 

 

Children of Elijah & Martha Fogle Stoneking

 

  • Joseph Fogle
    listed as Joseph Stoneking on the 1870 Census, but as Joseph Fogle in 1860. This was Martha's son from her first marriage.
    -
  • Leanderren Fogle
    b. 1860 - d. before 1870
    Martha's son from her first marriage. He is listed with Martha in 1860 (5 months old), but no further record of this child anywhere, so I assume he died in infency.
    -
  • Martin V Stoneking
    b. Dec. 18, 1862 (Schuyler Co., IL) - d. March 8, 1928 (McDonough Co., IL)
    Oakwood Cemetery (McDonough, IL)
    Married Emma Boozel (b. ?) / Death Certificate: lists date of birth and death and says parents were Elijah Stoneking and Martha Fogel. Spouse is Emma Boozel.
    -
  • Jonathan B. Stoneking
    b. abt. 1865 (IL) - d. ?
    -
  • Sarah Alice Stoneking
    b. abt. 1868 (IL) - d. ?
    -

 

Spouse1:

Rebecca Roberts Stoneking

b. ? - d. before 1839

Married before 1825 in PA

CAUTION: some sources list Rebecca as the first wife of Elijah but this has not been confirmed. One of these sources: "Hennen's Choice" Vol 2 by Dorthy T> Hennen at Cornerstone Gen. Library, Greene Co PA. pg 607 lists the 9 ch of Robert & Elizabeth Roberts and who they married. Rebecca is 3rd of 9 ch m: Elijah Stoneking. Data from deeds conveying her father's land.

 

 

 

Spouse2:

Sarah Cox Stoneking

b. abt. 1813 (OH) - d. before 1860 (IL)

Married between 1835-1839

 

Sarah's Father was Jarrett H. Cox b. 1793 (MD) - d. 1862 (Schuyler Co., IL)

From "The Gin Ridge Clans" by Arthur K. Hall Footnote in this book: Wills and Estates Order Book A, covering Jan. of 1850 to Aug of 1868 for Schuyler Co., IL, page 571: July 24, 1862, Will of Jared Cox names his grandchildren Erastus Stoneking and Levi Stoneking, the children of his deceased daughter Sarah Cox-Stoneking.

 

NOTE: Sarah Cox also lived in Noble Co., OH, I found this note in "The History of Noble Co., OH" page: 486-487: Some of the early elections were held at the house of Jarrett Cox. Later they were held at his brother Benjamin's.

 

 

Spouse3:

Martha Jane Fogel Stoneking

Married between 1860-1870

 

 

 

 

 

Father:

Jacob Stoneking

 

 

Mother:

Charlotte Samuel Stoneking

CAUTION: This has not been confirmed.