Blain; Elam Blain 1807

Elam Blain
Born May 15, 1807; deceased December 26, 1887.

Elam is more elusive than his father, Alam. Again, we have no pictures but we do have some facts sleuthed by genealogical detectives.

Elam was the son of Alam and Catharine Reed Blain. He was born in Pennsylvania where his father had moved the Blain family. Elam was the youngest of 12 children.

Elam married first on November 14, 1826 at 19 years of age to Sarah Cockrell b - December 25, 1807 and d - October 7, 1863 at the age of 56 years. Sarah was the daughter of Edward Cockrell and Elizabeth Dawson Cockrell.

Elam, age 66, married a second time, April 21, 1873, 10 years after his first wife's death, to Hannah Pace age 53, b- December 24, 1820 and d - June 17, 1880. Hannah died after 7 years into the marriage at age 60 years, and Elam lived beyond that 7 more years to the age of 80. Hannah Pace was the daughter of Jacob Pace, I have no notes on her mother.

Elam and his first wife Sarah had 9 Children.
Names:

1-*Solomon - February 21, 1828, d-1913, Married October 11, 1855 to Susannah Stanley;

2-Demarquis Lafayette - March 22, 1830 d-November 12, 1830;

3-Catharine - June 19, 1832; d-?, Married twice, first time ??, Second marriage: June 4, 1863 to Cornelius Cole;

4-Matilda - 1834, d-? Married: George Holt September 1856, Delaware County, Ohio;

5-*Elam Jr. b-May 30 1837, d-1923;

6-Emeline b-September 28,1840 d-?, Married: September 17, 1857 to Lewis Beebe, , Deleware County, Ohio;

7-Lenora b-April 26, 1843, d-? Married: July 1, 1860 to Jonathan Hatch; Delaware County, Ohio;

8-Rhoda b-November 17, 1845 d-?

9-Delila b-January 16,1853, d-? Jackson County, Iowa;

The children of Elam and Sarah were birthed over a period of 25 years.

Time Lines; Elam Blain

Elam was born 3 years after the Lewis and Clark expedition.

1807: Robert Fulton begins steamboat service on the Hudson River.

Elam was 7 years old when the British Burn Washington, DC, 1814

Elam was 13 years of age when his father moved the family to Ohio in 1820. There was real wealth in Ohio in 1820. Class had to be a factor in every day life. The home of Thomas Worthington is proof of what existed for men in power even at that time. Adena: The Home of Thomas Worthington Elam lived within a hundred miles of Thomas Worthington's 5,000 acre estate.

1832�The Ohio and Erie Canal was completed

1836: Samuel F. B. Morse invents the telegraph.

Elam was 31 years old when Frederick Douglass made his Escape From Slavery, 1838.

1845�The Miami and Erie Canal was completed

1859: The first commercial oil well is drilled in Pennsylvania.

1859: Darwin's Origin of Species is published

1866: Cyrus Field lays the first successful transatlantic cable.

1876: Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.

1879: Thomas Edison invents the incandescent light bulb.

Elam was 32 years old when George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) was born in New Rumley, Ohio. At the age of 69, he would have heard the news of Custer's Last Stand June 25, 1876.

Elam was 85 years old when the Statue of Liberty was dedicated, October 28, 1886.

Question: What did Elam Blain experience in his life. Did he know of the occurrences mentioned in the timeline. Did he view any of these things for himself. Only he has the answers to these questions but it is safe to say his lifetime was as tumultuous as ours is today.