"Elsie"Patton m. Jonas Houghton b1820 NY
Am hoping someone has some clues about the parents of Elsa "Elsie" Patton. She married the brother of my ggg-grandfather. So far, all I have found, which had been documented in our Houghton family notes Long Before I was ever born:
Jonas Monroe Houghton b.1820 m. Elsa Patton. They lived in Mill Point, near Amsterdam (I found Amsterdam in Montgomery Co., NY which runs above & across Otsego Co., where the bulk of Jonas's family resided). Regardless of where the family notes state that they lived, I found them on the 1850 Census for the Town of Maryland, Otsego Co.:
Jonas w/
Elsa b.~1821
Martha A. b.~1842 (dau.)
Stephen b.~1845 (son)
Arthur F. b.~1848(son)
So,.. since the family notes list a 4th child, I can only suspect that they moved to Montgomery Co., after 1850.
All I have about the children is:
Martha m. Jackarias Smith and had 2 children: Charles Smith & Minnie Smith.
Stephen m. Amelia Carle and he was a Civil War Vet. They had 2 children: Julia & Helen.
Arthur m. Louise Dingman and had 2 children: Jay & Laura.
Alfred m. Ophia Ochanpaugh and had a son named William.
I know I'm not a descendant of Jonas & Elsie but they were my ggg-grandpa Edward's brother & sister-in-law,.. I am equally as interested in his family as I am with his descendants. Any information would be greatly appreciated - especially the names of Elsie's parents. According to the 1850 census, she was b. in New York; which makes even less sense to me.
,... Rebecca
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