Family Group Sheet
NameElias McQuithy
BirthJun 1841, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death6 Mar 1907, Salt Lick, Bath Co., Kentucky
FatherSamuel McQuithy (~1800-~1875)
MotherMaria Anderson (~1803-)
SpouseEliza Francis Opal Hopewell
Birth28 Feb 1856, Bath Co., Kentucky
Children
Birth5 Mar 1880, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death17 Oct 1957, Bath Co., Kentucky
SpouseEdd McClain , 3C2R
Birth18 Jul 1882, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death12 Dec 1961, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia
Census Notes for Elias & Eliza Francis Opal (Family)
1880 census of Bath Co., Ky, Owingsville precinct, enumerated 9 June, lists on p. 15 as family #142/147:
McQuithy, Elias, 38, wagonmaker, b. Ky Penn Ky; Francis, 24, wife; Sam, 6, son; Sophia, 4, dau; Jones, 2, son; Shillola, 3/12, b. Mar, dau. McQuithy, Criss, 49, wagonmaker, single; Maria, 77, mother, widowed; Caroline, 45, sister, single. Copher, Samuel, 25, nephew, single, laborer. Wells, Maria, 22, niece, single. All except Elias listed as born Ky Ky Ky (including his brother Chris, whose relationship is not indicated.)
Samuel Copher is the son of Reuben Copher and Melvina McQuithy. Maria Wells is the daughter of Richard Wells and Julina McQuithy. She is also recorded with her parents this census year.
1900 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 16 June, lists on p. 16A as family #306:
McQuithy, Elias, 58, b. June 1841, farmer; Francis, wife, 44, b. Feb 1856; Samuel, son, 26, b. May 1874; Sopha, dau, 24, b. Nov 1875; Jones, son, 22, b. Nov 1877; Charlotte, dau, 20, b. Mar 1880; Oscar, son, 17, b. July 1882; Earnest, son, 17, b. July 1882; Maggie, dau, 15, b. Sep 1884; Marry D., dau, 10, b. Sep 1889; Francis, dau, 7, b. July 1892; Elias, son, 6, b. Apr 1894; Mollie, dau, 4, b. Mar 1896. Copher, Samuel, nephew, 45, b. Dec 1854, single, day laborer. All listed as born Ky Ky Ky.
The next household is headed by Elias’ brother Christopher, listed as age 67 born Jan 1833, Ky Penn Ky. (The reverse of 1880, when Elias correctly listed his father’s birthplace as Pennsylvania, while Christopher didn’t.)
McQuithy, Elias, 38, wagonmaker, b. Ky Penn Ky; Francis, 24, wife; Sam, 6, son; Sophia, 4, dau; Jones, 2, son; Shillola, 3/12, b. Mar, dau. McQuithy, Criss, 49, wagonmaker, single; Maria, 77, mother, widowed; Caroline, 45, sister, single. Copher, Samuel, 25, nephew, single, laborer. Wells, Maria, 22, niece, single. All except Elias listed as born Ky Ky Ky (including his brother Chris, whose relationship is not indicated.)
Samuel Copher is the son of Reuben Copher and Melvina McQuithy. Maria Wells is the daughter of Richard Wells and Julina McQuithy. She is also recorded with her parents this census year.
1900 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 16 June, lists on p. 16A as family #306:
McQuithy, Elias, 58, b. June 1841, farmer; Francis, wife, 44, b. Feb 1856; Samuel, son, 26, b. May 1874; Sopha, dau, 24, b. Nov 1875; Jones, son, 22, b. Nov 1877; Charlotte, dau, 20, b. Mar 1880; Oscar, son, 17, b. July 1882; Earnest, son, 17, b. July 1882; Maggie, dau, 15, b. Sep 1884; Marry D., dau, 10, b. Sep 1889; Francis, dau, 7, b. July 1892; Elias, son, 6, b. Apr 1894; Mollie, dau, 4, b. Mar 1896. Copher, Samuel, nephew, 45, b. Dec 1854, single, day laborer. All listed as born Ky Ky Ky.
The next household is headed by Elias’ brother Christopher, listed as age 67 born Jan 1833, Ky Penn Ky. (The reverse of 1880, when Elias correctly listed his father’s birthplace as Pennsylvania, while Christopher didn’t.)
