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Residences & events: 1850 St Louis, MO, where he was at census time, recorded as ariverman. 1855 Story Co, IA, where he became a farmer. 1855 Moultrie Co, IL. Elijah was on the delinquent tax list,probably because he had left the state. 8/31/1861 He enlisted in Co B 2nd IA Cav to serve in the Civil War,fighting in the campaigns along the lower Mississippi River. Corinth, Miss. He sustained a serious injury near town when his horsefell on him during a scouting mission. 10/3/1864 He was discharged from the army with the rank of Sgt. |