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Elkanah Carson Wilson
27 Jan 1847 – 20 Mar 1923
| Birth | 27 Jan 1847 |
| Death | 20 Mar 1923 |
| Cemetery | Loma Vista Memorial Park Fullerton , Orange County , California , USA |
| Added by | Orange County, California Veterans on 20 Feb 2007 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8722546 |
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With gratitude to Paul Gillette and the Civil War Roundtable Orange County Civil War Graves Registration Project at http://www.cwrtorangecounty-ca.org/ Contact Paul at [email protected]
Bio
Elkanah was the son of Daniel Ross & Lucy (Samson) Wilson. He was one of eight children. Elkanah was a Civil War Veteran. He was mustered in as a Private, Co. H. 36th Infantry Regiment Iowa on May 7, 1864 at Wapello Co., Iowa. He was transfered to Co. K. 47th Infantry Regiment Iowa on June 4, 1864 and he was mustered out as a Private on September 9, 1864 at Davenport, Iowa. Elkanah was married to Edna Anolia Kelley on April 6, 1876 at Clarke, Iowa and to their union were born four children one dying in infancy. They are, Leigh L., Carrie H., Edgar R., and Dorothea L. Wilson. They moved to Colorado before 1910 and to California before 1923 where he died, Elkanah was a general farmer his whole life.
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GAR Civil War Veteran - Company K Iowa 47th Inf
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- James S Wilson 1840–1906
- Leonard S Wilson 1842–1920
- Harvey Osborn "Harve" Wilson 1849–1930
- Martha Lois Wilson Williamson 1851–1883
- Albert Burleigh Wilson 1854–1935
- Ina Starr 1856–1935
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