Generation I
Elias Whitfield
1855 — 1922
Born
March 4, 1855 · Boone County, Kentucky
Died
January 19, 1922 · Boone County, Kentucky
Biography
Farmer and lay preacher. Elias took over the Whitfield holding at twenty-three when his father died of pleurisy; he held it through three droughts and two long winters. The original deed, signed in 1849 by his father Caleb, is the oldest document in the archive.
Source notes
1900 census lists Elias as head of household; full transcript in Documents.
