An American Family History

Eli H. Oxley was born about 1806 in Fleming County, Kentucky. His parents were Eli and Margaret Oxley. The Oxley children were listed in an 1820 Fleming County, Kentucky deed.

His wife was named Mary Nickell. Mary was born on September 21, 1805 in Augusta County, Virginia. Her parents were Robert Nickell and Eleanor Perry.

Eli and Mary's children included:

George Washington Oxley (1833, married Hannah Cotter)
William Prior Oxley (1834-1875, married Lydia Margaret Westcott).
Robert Fowler Oxley (1836, married Melcina Jane Butler),
Mary Ellen Oxley Cotter (1839, married William Eli Cotter),
Margaret Jane Oxley Robinson (1840, married Adoniram Robinson),
Martha Jane Oxley Neiswanger Bundy (1842, married William Taylor Neiswanger and Albert P. Bundy) ,
Eli Henry Oxley (1843), and
Elizabeth Oxley Byrnes (1849, married John Byrnes/Burns).

In 1840 Eli was in Dearborn County, Indiana. The household consisted of:

a boy under 5 (Will and George)
2 girls under 5 (Margaret & Mary Ellen)
2 boys between 5 and 9
a woman between 30 and 39 (Mary)
a man between 30 and 39 (Eli age 34)

In 1860 they were in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri. The household consisted of Eli H. Oxley age 51, Mary Oxley age 54, Robert Oxley age 24, Martha Oxley age 18, Eli Oxley age 14, and Elizabeth Oxley age 11. Eli was a farmer. Eli, Mary and Robert were born in Kentucky and the others in Indiana.

Their son Eli enlisted in the Civil war and served in the 12th Regiment, Company L of the Missouri Cavalry. He died in 1864 of pneumonia when he was 21 years old at Washington Hospital in Memphis Tennessee. He is buried in the Memphis National Cemetery.

Eli died on September 25, 1870 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.

Mary died on February 9, 1882.

Eli and Mary were laid to rest together in Wesley Chapel Cemeter in Linn County.

Children of Margaret and Eli Oxley William Oxley Elizabeth Oxley Ricketts Celia Oxley McDowell Polly Oxley Busby Prior Oxley Samuel Oxley Rachel Oxley Eli Oxley, Jr.

1882