Gaines, Elvira T.

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Title: Gaines, Elvira T.
Alias: Chambers, Elvira
Gender: Female
Biography: Elvira Gaines was born September 10, 1841 to parents James Gaines and Elvira Tousey. On 21 Jun 1859 she married Joseph Chambers in Boone County, Kentucky. The 1850 census shows Elivra living with her parents in District 2, Boone, Kentucky. In 1860, Elivra is shown in the census with her husband Joseph Chambers and a son living in Taylor Port, Boone, Kentucky. By 1870 she and her husband and children are living in Covington Ward 3, Kenton, Kentucky. Her occupation is keeping house. Again in 1880 she is living in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky with her husband Joseph. Elivra died October 15, 1885 and is buried in Highland Cemetery in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky.
Member: Gaines family
Birth date: 10 Sep 1841
Father: Gaines, James M.
Mother: Tousey, Elvira
Life event(s): Marriage: 21 Jun 1859; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Chambers, Joseph W.
Child(ren): Chambers, James G.; Chambers, Vactor; Chambers, Pendleton G.; Chambers, Charles Oliver
Death date: 15 Oct 1885
Death and burial information: Highland Cemetery (Fort Mitchell, Ky.)
Neighbor of: Neighbors in the 1860 Census: Chambers, Charles; Masters, John
Description: Enslaved held in 1860: Female, 11 months old, black; Female, 3 years old, black; Female, 60 years old, black; Male, 48 years old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #90533305
Source(s): Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Find A Grave.com; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--G

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