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Male Eli G. Medaris Click to view Eli G. Medaris in the family tree Click to view Eli G. Medaris in the family tree

Eli was born about 1861 in Ohio.  Eli's father was George Washington Medaris and his mother was Matilda Ann McDavitt.  His paternal grandparents were Oliver Medaris and Wilmuth Redmond. He had five brothers and three sisters, named Zachariah, Charles, Gideon, Thomas, Chemiah, Manerva, Ruth and Martha.  He was the second youngest of the nine children. He had six half-brothers and six half-sisters, named William, Oliver, Elijah, Levi, Jesse, George, Synthia, Hester, Lib, Elizabeth, Matilda and Mary.

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1870 Federal Census, Ohio, Shelby County, Perry Township