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Photo from the booklet: "The Historical Record of the Elder Family"
Published 1945, Richland Printing Company, Mansfield, Ohio
by Lillian Elder Hull, Editor and Historian, 501 N. Main St., Kendallville, Indiana

"This book, The Historical Record of the Elder Family, is
respectfully dedicated to those Relatives and Connections who,
by their unselfish support and helpful cooperation, have rendered valuable assistance
in making this issue, my dream of a long time, come true."

Research for  #1 GEORGE ELDER, of Bedford County, PA,
"of Scotch-Irish birth, a soldier in the Revolutionary War"
and his son JAMES

Lillian's Father:
                          Curtis Sylvander Elder, was born Nov. 19, 1845 "on Elder
                         Homestead farm two miles north of Centerville, Bedford County, PA"
                         He d. Oct. 31, 1923 at his home in Mark Center, Defiance Co OH.

Her Grandfather :
                          Achor W. ELDER, b. July 7, 1815,
                          "born on Elder Homestead farm two miles north of Centerville,
                         Bedford County, PA.  Died April 29, 1855, near Salem, Columbiana Co OH."

Her G-Grandfather :
JAMES ELDER, b. March 3, 1777, Huntingdon Co PA,
                           (brother of JOHN, b. 1766)
                          James "died on Homestead farm in Cumberland Valley Township,
                         Bedford Co PA, buried in the Family Cemetery on the Farm."

Her GG-Grandfather :
#1 GEORGE ELDER,
                          "Died 1799 on Homestead farm in Cumberland Valley Township,
                         Bedford Co PA, buried in the Family Cemetery on the Farm."