Elijah Bailey Atchison ^{2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

His father was born in Kentucky, his mother in Illinois. At the time of the 1900 census, Elijah was a farmer in Mills County, Texas. He owned his farm free of mortgage. His household included 3 children from a previous marriage, Jesse M. 18, May 15 and John R. 13, along with his wife Belle V. and his children with her, Thomas M. and Joe E. At the time of the 1910 census, Elijah was a general farmer in Mills County, Texas. He owned his farm free of mortgage. There were 4 more children in the home. He was paying a mortgage to own his farm in Crosby County, Texas at the time of the 1920 census. There was one more daughter in the family. The 1930 census, showed that his was renting his home on a farm in Crosby county. He continued to farm with his son O.B.

Elijah married Laura A. Dale on 14 Sep 1881 in , Bosque County, Texas.¹ (Laura A. Dale was born on 3 Dec 1863, died on 7 Sep 1895 and was buried in Boggy Cemetery, Cranfills Gap, Bosque County, Texas ⁷.)

Elijah next married Lucretia Melvina Ward about 1896. (Lucretia Melvina Ward was born on 28 Jan 1879 in Texas, died on 15 Apr 1951 and was buried in Ralls Cemetery, Ralls, Crosby County, Texas ⁸.)