Eli Oatman (375)

Eli Oatman (375) Genealogy Eli (Darius, Benjamin, George, John, Johannes), son of Darius and Jerushia Oatman, was born at Adams Center, Jefferson County, New York, 12 July 1825, and died 11 April 1886 at South Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, of "asthma and inflammation of the lungs."

He removed with his father in 1833 to South Norwich, where he married in 1846 to Eltha McCollow; she was born 28 January 1829 in South Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, and died 28 January 1906 at the home of her son William, where she had resided since her husband's death in 1886.

The family settled on a farm near Tillsonburg, Ontario. Eli later joined the New Road Methodist Church, of which Eltha had been a member most of her life and near which they are both buried.

Eltha's obituary from the Tillsonburg Observer of 1 February 1906 reads:

"Was a Pioneer of S. Norwich

Death of Mrs. Eltha Oatman

Mrs. Eltha Oatman, one of the pioneers of South Norwich, died on Sunday, aged seventy-seven years. She had been ill a long time and was cared for in the kindest manner possible by her son, William and wife, with whom she lived after the death of her husband nineteen years ago.

Mrs. Oatman was born in South Norwich and forty-six years ago moved onto the homestead on which she died. She was a member of the Free Methodist Church nearly all her long life.

She is survived by seven children. They are: John and William and Mrs. Singer of South Norwich; Lorne of North Norwich; Mrs. Patterson of Argyle, Mich.; Mrs. Tilton of Steveston, B.C.; Mrs. James Rodgers of Tillsonburg. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon and proceeded to the New Road church, where a service was held. The interment was made in the New Road Cemetery."

Children of Eli and Eltha (McCollow) Oatman:

1378 John, b. 6 Aug 1848; d. 18 Mar 1930; m. 1) Rosetha Barnum; 2) Jannette Cooper

1379 Lucinda, b. 1850; m. Edward Barnum, 22 Dec 1872, Tillsonburg, ON, son of Solomon and Mary Jane Barnum. In the 1901 census is an Edward Barnum, b. 6 Nov, with wife Eliza, b. 22 Mar 1850, and their children, Harvey, b. 6 Aug 1874; Clara, b. 28 Jun 1886; and Charles, b. 12 Dec 1890.

1380 Caroline, b. 1852; m. _____ Patterson; moved to Argyle, MI

1381 Loren, b. 18 Aug 1854; d. 1939; m. 1) Nancy Frances Patterson (b. 1866, d. 1905); 2) Sophia _____ (b. 1875, d. 1955; widow of George Otis)

1382 Milo, b. 1856; d. 30 Nov 1860

1383 Matilda, b. 1858; d. 1861

1384 Elmer M., b. Mar 1862; d. 13 May 1864

1385 Mary Ellen "Ella", b. 1865; d. 16 Apr 1933; m. 1) Charles H. Singer, b. 1858, d. 1903; 2) Matthew/Melbourne L. Hicks, b. 16 Apr 1863, d. 13 Jul 1941, son of Martin Hicks, Jr., and Margaret Crossett. Ella, Charles and M.L. are buried in New Road Cem., Tillsonburg, ON. Children, surname Singer:

A Ross, b. 1891; d. 18 Jul 1892, age 11 mo.; bur. New Road Cem.

B Lewis C., b. 1895; d. 30 Apr 1932; bur. New Road Cem.

C Clifford, b. 1898; d. 2 Oct 1917 in France; bur. New Road Cem.

D Pearl, m. Arthur Scott. Son, Don Scott (b. 1926) m. Grace Lonsbary (see #1338)

1386 Ida, b. 27 Feb 1868; m. James Rogers, 19 Oct 1892, S. Norwich, ON. Children, surname Rogers:

A (Baby), b. 5 Oct 1893; d. 6 Oct 1893

B James Arthur, b. 8 Jan 1895

C George Earl, b. 5 Sep 1897; m. Olive Blanche Pearce, 1 Jan 1924. Children, surname Rogers:

I Louis Ross, b. 24 Feb 1925

II Donald Mack, b. 26 Mar 1935

1387 Hartwell William, b. 3 Aug 1870; d. 20 Jun 1957; m. Etta Smith, 27 Sep 1893

1388 Alfretta, b. 1873; m. William Tilton, 6 Oct 1898 (he d. 1931). They moved to Steveston, BC. Children, surname Tilton:

A Paul, b. 30 Aug 1899

B Eli, b. 11 Sep 1900

C John, b. 11 Jun 1902; d. 30 Mar 1906

D Earl George, b. 11 May 1904; m. Lulu Babcock, 21 Nov 1933. Children, surname Tilton: Lillian, b. 26 Oct 1934

E Dorothy Alfretta, b. 13 May 1912; m. Raymond Babcock, 1 Jan 1934. Children, surname Babcock: William, b. 11 Oct 1934

1389 Susan, b. ca 1855 (per 1881 census)


Sources:
Bennett, Rolland, Foliage on Ontario Branches [1982]
Death certificate of Eltha Oatman
Records of S. Norwich, Oxford Co., ON
DAR Application #692049
1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 census, S. Norwich, Oxford Co., ON
Tillsonburg Observer, 9 Jan 1873; 1 Feb 1906; 21 Oct 1892; 29 Sep 1893; 16 Apr 1886
Family records
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