Elijah A. Alkire
1860 - 1948 (87 years)
Generation: 1
1. Elijah A. Alkire was born on 24 Jul 1860 in Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Jared Alkire and Irena Ellen Newport); died on 1 Jan 1948 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California; was buried on 3 Jan 1948 in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. Elijah married Rosa Maria Hedges on 19 Sep 1880 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois. Rosa (daughter of Marcus Newton Hedges and Malinda Ellen Riggen) was born in Jul 1864 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 21 Mar 1937 in Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Hattie Louisa Alkire was born on 11 Aug 1881 in Illinois; died on 8 Feb 1956 in Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California.
- Nellie Cordelia Alkire was born on 1 Feb 1883 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Feb 1946 in Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California; was buried on 15 Feb 1946 in Roosevelt Memorial Park, Gardena, Los Angeles County, California.
- Pearlie Irene Alkire was born on 17 Jan 1885 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 20 Jul 1965 in Indiana; was buried in Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California.
- Bessie Loretta Alkire was born on 24 Jul 1888 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 16 Feb 1969 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California.
- William Allen Alkire was born on 10 Aug 1896 in Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jan 1972 in Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington; was buried in Arlington Municipal Cemetery, Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington.
- Kenneth Marquis Alkire was born on 26 May 1898 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 3 Sep 1970 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington.
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Jared Alkire was born in 1816 in Pickaway County, Ohio; died on 21 Feb 1896 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois. Jared married Irena Ellen Newport. Irena was born in 1820 in Ohio; died in 1897 in Illinois; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Irena Ellen Newport was born in 1820 in Ohio; died in 1897 in Illinois; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois. Children:
- 1. Elijah A. Alkire was born on 24 Jul 1860 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1948 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California; was buried on 3 Jan 1948 in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California.
- James Henry Alkire was born on 13 Mar 1865 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Jul 1945 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois.