Eli Caswell Andis

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parents:  John Andis and Isabelle Bough

 

Birth:  07 Jun 1878  Martin Co, IN
Death: 17 Nov 1934  Lake Twp, Newton Co, IN
Burial:  Burns City Cemetery, Burns City, Martin, IN (unmarked)

Marriage #1

Mary Margaret "Meg" Fortner

04 May 1899  Martin Co, IN

Children

James Everett Andis 24 Jun 1900
Ernest T Andis 20 Dec 1910
Carl Edward Andis 30 Mar 1922

children of Eli Caswell Andis and Mary Margaret "Meg" (Fortner) Andis

 

Sources
1880 Federal census McCameron, Martin, IN - age 1 (view census information)
1900 Federal census McCameron, Martin, IN - age 21 (view census information)
1910 Federal census Brown, Martin, IN - age 31 (view census information)
1920 Federal census Lincoln, Newton, IN - age 42 (view census information)
1930 Federal census Lincoln, Newton, IN - age 51 (view census information)
Ancestry.com WWI and WWI draft cards; news articles
GenGathering.com Volunteer Nadine Coles (obituaries)
Martin County Tribune - Loogootee, IN Delinquent Tax List for Brown Township - January 17, 1924
Martin Co IN Courthouse (Shoals, IN) Marriage records; birth records (personally viewed and transcribed)
Newton County, Indiana Cemeteries Online cemetery index
Hammond Times, Hammond, IN News articles
Newton County, Indiana Online marriage index
Newton Co, IN Clerk of Court (telephone) Death information
Find a Grave volunteer Laura Heckman Tombstone photos - Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana
Find a Grave volunteers Harley Hoover, The Golden Rule and J V Tombstone photos - Roselawn Cemetery, Roselawn, Newton Co, Indiana
Find a Grave volunteer Bob Nielsen Tombstone photos - Blue Ridge Cemetery, Raub, Benton, IN
Find a Grave volunteer Laura Heckman Tombstone photos - Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, LaPorte, IN
Find a Grave volunteer Linda Parnell Tombstone and cemetery photos - Lake Village Cemetery, Lake Village, Newton, Indiana
Find a Grave volunteers MichiganMike and M J Sharkey Tombstone and cemetery photos - Oakland Cemetery, Morocco, Newton, IN
Find a Grave volunteers Jackie & Ralph and Lola Harrison Tombstone and cemetery photos - Welsh Cemetery, Rensselear, Jasper, IN
Find a Grave volunteers Bob and Nancy Cannon and coan.net Tombstone and cemetery photos - Sugar Creek Cemetery, Stockland, Iroquois, IL
Family records Records belonging to Brandi Michelle (Keehn) Brennan
Family records Records and photos belonging to Janet Sue Andis
Family records Records belonging to Shirley (Andis) Sargent
Family records Records and photos belonging to Nancy Howell
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

 

Miscellaneous Information
1) We have a copy of Eli and Mary's marriage certificate.

2) We have a newspaper article regarding taxes for Eli Andis.

3) We have a copy of Eli's WWI draft registration card.

4) Eli's obituary and death certificate: cause of death: myocarditis.

 

Photos and/or signatures

thanks to Nancy (Hardwick) Howell for all photos

Eli Caswell Andis, 
his wife Meg (Fortner) Andis 
and their son James E

c. 1901

 

James E Andis 
and unknown child
children of Eli C and Meg Andis

c. 1904

James E Andis (right) 
Ernest T Andis (center) 
and unknown girl

c. 1911

The Michael Fortner Jr Family
Michael is the grandfather of Margaret "Meg" (Fortner) Andis

back row, left to right: James W Ritchey, Eli Hardwick, Nancy Jane Hardwick, 
Tom Fortner, Eli C Andis, Meg A Andis, Sylvia Fortner, Eph Fortner
front row, left to right: Roy Hardwick, Michael Fortner, Virdia Fortner, 
Alzelenia Fortner, Everett Andis

c. 1910

Eli (left) with his son Carl (right) and granddaughter Louise Maribelle Andis (daughter of James Everett)

1930

thanks to Janet Sue Andis for this photo