Two daughters of William and Alanthey Chambers married Elrod brothers. Sarah married John B. (sometimes called Jackson) Elrod on October 03, 1869; her sister Susan Jane married Joseph Marion Elrod on December 21, 1865. These two Elrod males were the son of Peter Elrod and Catherine Ann Higgins who married in 1834 in Habersham County, Georgia. Susan Jane started her existence on the records, appearing in the household of William and Alanthey Dover in 1850 in Hall County. She was listed as S.J., age 6. In 1860, in Lumpkin County, she was listed as "Jane", age 18. December 21, 1865, she married Joseph M. Elrod in Lumpkin County. In 1870, she and Joseph, 29, are still in Lumpkin, near her parents. Joseph is listed as 29, born in South Carolina, working in the Gold Mine (Auraria). She is listed as 25. They have two children, Augustus P., age 3, and William, one month old. Also living with them is Catherine Elrod, age 55. Catherine is Joseph's mother who has been divorced by their father, Peter Elrod. In 1880, she is listed as Susan, age 34, and Joseph is 41. Martin is 13; he was not listed on the previous census. Augustus is 10; he was 3 on the last census. This leads me to believe that the census taker made an error, recording Martin's age as Augustus' and leaving Martin off the census in 1870. Miranda is listed as age 6. William is not listed, lending credence to the fact that the census taker made two errors. Two males have been added: Joseph, age 5, and George, age 2. In 1900, Joseph was living with his daughter Martha, and Susan Jane had apparently died. ====================================================== On Alanthey Dover's indian application, she stated that the children of Sarah Elrod were Goodman, Martin, Polina, Polly and William. Polina and Polly would appear to be Lantha and Syltena. Sarah's tombstone indicates she was born in 1855; census records disagree. In 1870, Sarah gives her age as 18. She is living in Lumpkin County, House 38, and is married to Jackson Elrod, age 25, a farm laborer. The 1900 census gives her birthdate as 1848, but she appeared on the census in 1860 for the first time. ----- Original Message ----- From: sromanek <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 8:16 PM Subject: [Dover] Elrod-Dover Marriage > Anyone know who this one is? > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ga+index+1525321899318 9+F > Lumpkin Marriages 1829-1922 Groom Index (D-H) Lumpkin > County, GA > > Elrod, Jno. B. Dover, Sarah > October 3, 1869 > > > > > > Sharon Dover Romanek > Primary e-mail: [email protected] > Secondary e-mail: [email protected] > > Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, > Johnston, Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, > Allen > > It's 2003... Do you know where your g-g-great grandparents > are? > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Internet Of Salisbury, Inc.] > > ______________________________