Elijah Bocock

Elijah Bocock, a native of Virginia, moved to Highland county, O., with his parents in his youth. On July 18, '22, he married Miss Barbara McKinney, whose parents came from Ireland early in the history of this country. To this marriage were born seven children, namely: Hannah M., who married Salem Fouts, now of Kansas; Mary C, who died in infancy; Robert McK, who died January 19, '86; Anna, who died aged two years; Cyrus, and Nancy, who married Levi Fouts, who reside in this county, and Daniel McK., who died at the age of twelve years. The parents and family emigrated in the year '37 from Ohio to the wilds of Fulton county, this state; bought land and resumed farming, remaining there until '64, when they moved to Marshall county, this state. In '79 the good mother was called to rest at the age of eighty-two years. The fat her then went into Stark county and took up his home with his son Robert, where he resided some three years, then moved and made his home with his son Cyrus, until March, '85, when at the age of eighty-seven years he was called to join his faithful consort who had preceded him to that land of blissful rest.