Elvira KENNON

Abt 1812 - 1849  (37 years)

• Birth	Abt 1812
  Death	21 Jul 1849	St. Louis, St. Louis, MO   [1]
  	Newspaper account in the New York Evening Post lists the death of Elvira in St. Louis due to "the prevailing epidemic".
  		Elvira (Kennon) Ransom
  Burial	Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO   [2]
  	This cemetery no longer exists, it was on the block bounded by California, Chouteau, Ohio, and Park Streets. Christ Church Episcopal was established ca. 1834–1840. In 1878 some bodies were moved to Wesleyan and Bellefontaine Cemeteries. A few bodies went to unknown gravesites. Church members and “strangers” were buried in this cemetery; however, no burial records have been located. Find A Grave e-Memorial

  
  

  Father	David KENNON,   b. Abt 1786, MA d. Aft 1870, Beekmantown, Clinton, NY (Age > 85 years)
  Mother	Sophia TOUSLEY,   b. Abt 1792   d. 5 Jun 1829 (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Marsh RANSOM,   b. 11 Aug 1813, Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY d. 26 Mar 1893, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  	"Historical Outline of the Ransom Family" lists George's wife as Mary E. Kanner. The genealogy lists 3 children (Joseph, Wellington and Emma). Other researchers show these are the children of his second wife, Clarissa Holmes. No mention is made of George, b. ca 1847 in Missouri.
  Family ID	F5303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 21 Jul 1849 - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Burial - - Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S601] Print Obituary, The Evening Post (New York, NY), July 21, 1849, page 3., 601. [S823] St. Louis Genealogical Society, 823. [S1077] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, 2016), Historical outline of the Ransom family of America : and genealogical record of the Colchester, Conn., 1077.