Elijah Oatman (98)

He married 1) (prob.) Polly Horth, who was born 10 August 1784, and died 30 July 1824. He then married 2) Lydia Richards, daughter of Hezekiah and Sinai (Mills) Richards, who was born 9 July 1803, Herkimer, New York, and died 28 April 1896 at Adams Center, New York. Polly and Lydia are both buried at State Road (Honeyville) Cemetery beside Elijah.

The 1840 census of Adams shows Elijah, aged 50-60, with two males 5-10, and two males 10-15, as well as a female aged 30-40 (Lydia). This indicates two more sons born between 1825 and 1830. In the 1830 census is a male under 5 years of age, and one aged 15-10.

Elijah served in the War of 1812, as shown from a claim for $33.00 which he submitted for military clothing and equipment used in his service.

History of Jefferson County, New York [1878], p. 249, states:

"After the completion of the railroad, a hotel was built near the depot by E. Oatman, which is generally used for this purpose [an inn]."

It has not been determined whether "E. Oatman" referred to Elijah or possibly to his brother Elias (#99).

Children of Elijah and 1) Polly (Horth) Oatman, all b. Adams, Jefferson Co., NY:

420 Lovina, b. 1808; d. 1899, Adams Center, Jefferson Co., NY; m. 1) Timothy Bunce in 1825. He was b. 1805 in Adams, NY, and died there 7 Apr 1848, son of Theodore Hudson and Jemima (Barber) Bunce. Both Lovina and Timothy are buried in State Road (Honeyville) Cemetery at Adams Center. Children, all b. Adams, Jefferson Co., NY, surname Bunce:

A Justice/Justus, b. 18 Mar 1828; d. 10 Jul 1828; bur. State Road (Honeyville) Cemetery, Adams Center, NY

B Jesse P., b. 4 Aug 1831; d. 2 Nov 1894; bur. Union Cemetery, Adams Center, NY; m. 1) Lucinda O'Dell in Sep 1849 (she b. 1831); m. 2) Harriet E. Enos (b. 1827, d. 1897). He living with Levi in 1870.

C Emeline, b. 1835; m. James Hannahs

D James R., b. Sep 1838; d. 11 Mar 1845; bur. State Road (Honey-ville) Cemetery, Adams Center, NY

E Levi, b. 1840; d. 1913, Adams, NY; bur. Union Cemetery, Adams Center, NY; m. Martha Blount (b. 1844; d. 1920). She was a dressmaker. Levi and his brother Jesse were butchers by trade.

F Alzina (Bunce), b. 1841; d. 1927; bur. Union Cemetery in Adams Center, NY; m. Willett W. White, who was b. 1834; d. 1897; bur. with Alzina in Union Cemetery, Adams Center, NY. Children, surname White:

I Nellie, b. ca 1861, NY

G Ellen, b. 1843

H Zebe Buell, b. 16 May 1847; d. 1922 (1925 per records of Union Cemetery where he is buried with his wife); m. Frances Wilder, 2 Nov 1868. She was b. 1845; d. 1912.Children, surname Bunce:

I Clinton A., b. 1872, Adams Center, NY; d. 1901; m. Myrtle E. Maloney, b. 3 Mar 1882, d. 12 Aug 1967, daughter of John and Anna Belle (Wright) Maloney; both bur. Union Cemetery, Adams Center, NY. Clinton was a druggist. No children.

II Vernon Wilder, b. 3 Jul 1879, Adams Center, NY; d. 1936, Adams, NY; m. 1) 5 Aug 1897, Rena Glass, b. 1880, d. 23 Mar 1910, daughter of Albert and Alzina (Crosby) Glass; she is buried in Union Cemetery, Adams Center, NY. He m. 2) Lottie Caulkins, from Worth, Jefferson Co., NY, in 1916. No children from second marriage. Vernon and Rena both attended schools in Adams Center and were married right out of high school. The only other formal schooling they had was when Vernon went to barbering school in Syracuse in 1909. He did not pursue this, but went into the restaurant business in Pulaski; he left this to become a bank cashier in the Farmer's National Bank in Adams, NY, where he worked until he died of a heart attack.

III Eugene Hannahs (Bunce), b. 6 Jan 1883, Adams Center, NY; d. 1 Jan 1952, at Jefferson County Hospital in Watertown, NY; bur. 4 Jan 1952, Union Cemetery, Adams Center, NY; m. Elizabeth C. Jones, 27 Jun 1906, Pulaski, Oswego Co., NY; she was b. 14 Dec 1882, Pulaski, Oswego Co., NY; d. 21 Feb 1958, at Jefferson County Hospital, Watertown, NY, daughter of Herbert A. and Arvilla (Brown) Jones.

Eugene attended school in Adams Center and then clerked in Farmer's Market store until he went to work for Rice's Company in Adams, NY. Elizabeth taught school at the age of 16 in a country school, teaching children of lumbermen outside of Pulaski. She then went to teach high school in Adams Center and then in Adams. Eugene and Elizabeth went to operate the Farm School outside of Burrville, Jefferson Co., NY, in 1913. In 1922 they became managers for the Jefferson County Children's Home in Watertown. They left this in 1940 to retire to their farm in Burrville. For a few years Elizabeth resumed teaching in the one-room school house in Burrville. They were parents to hundreds of children who passed through the Farm School and Children's Home. They also parented Karl Bunce, their nephew by Vernon.

On 31 Mar 1849, Lovina Bunce of the town of Adams petitioned for Letters of Administration of Timothy Bunce who d. 28 Nov 1848 of natural causes.

On 18 Nov 1849, Lovina married 2) Alonzo Green(e). His first wife, Lydia, had d. 2 Sep 1848 at the age of 38; their children were: 1) Milton, b. 1832; 2) William Duane, b. 1834; 3) Eveline, b. 1836, who m. _____ Racey; 4) Homer N., b. 20 Aug 1838, d. 20 Oct 1864, bur. Union Cem., Adams Center, NY; 5) Alzina and/or Luthena (both names are mentioned in census records and both indicate a birth date of ca 1841); and 6) Ellen, b. 1843.

Lovina and Alonzo had one more child, surname Green(e):

I Elizabeth L. "Libbie", b. 13 Mar 1851, Jefferson Co., NY; in 1870, she was living with her half-brother Levi Bunce and his family. SHe m. Charles A. Curry, 2 Sep 1876. Children, surname Curry:

I William, b. 1879

In 1850, Adams, NY, Lovina and Alonzo, both 42 years old, had the following children living with them: Eveline (Emeline?) Bunce, 14; Levi Bunce, 10; Alzina Bunce, 9; Ellen Bunce, 7; Zebe Bunce, 3; Duane W. Green, 16, a farmer; and Homer Green, age 12.

By 1855 the state census lists Lorenzo, 45, living on a farm valued at $600, with Lovina, 45; Honor, 17 (Homer); Alzina, 13; Ellen, 10; Zebe, 8; and Elizabeth, 2. By 1860, only Ellen, 17, Zeba, 13, and L. L. (Libbie), 7, were living at home.

The 1865 state census lists Alonzo, 56, born in Rensselaer and married twice, Lovina, 56, born in Jefferson County, also with two marriages and 13 children, which apparently includes Alonzo's children by his first marriage; Levi Bunce, 24, a stepson now in the Army; Elizabeth Green (Libbie), 12; and Lutheria Green, 25, a tailoress.

Alonzo died 31 Oct 1880, age 71 years, 11 months, making his birthdate 30 Nov 1808. He is buried with his first wife, Lydia, in Union Cem., Adams Center, NY, next to their son Homer.

Children of Elijah and 2) Lydia (Richards) Oatman:

425 Lorin M., b. 2 Dec 1831, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY; d. 28 Oct 1905, Adams Center, NY; bur. Union Cemetery, Adams Center, NY; m. Clarissa Getman, b. 1832, d. 1914, bur. Union Cemetery.

426 William W., b. 1834, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY; d. 1896, Adams, NY; bur. Union Cem., Adams Center, Jefferson Co., NY; m. Helen M. Tyler, who was b. Oct 1835 and d. 16 Dec 1901 in Watertown, NY. Children, surname Oatman:

A Etta C., b. Sep 1861, Canada (MI per 1900 census)

B Elmer S., b. 1862, NY

In Adams, NY, 1900 census, living with Helen are her daughter Etta, and a grandson, Tyler Oatman, b. Sep 1884, NY, possibly Etta's son.

428 Harriett E., b. 1849

Bernie Capron Hayes, Calcium, NY
Helen B. McDonald, Alexandria Bay, NY
Will of Helen H. Oatman dated 15 Feb 1897
"Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812" [1969]
1820 - 1880, 1900 census, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY
1880 census, Lorraine, Jefferson Co., NY