Individual Details

Elijah and Sarah Dennis were married by Nathaniel Cook, 1813, in Ste Genevieve Co. Filed for record 15 Nov 1844 in St. Francois Co.

1830 Census in St. Francois Co MO, Liberty Twp. 2m -5 [William & Benjamin], 1m 10-15 [Daniel], 1m 15-20 [E. B.], 1m 50-60 [Elijah]; 1f 10-15 [Phebe]; 1f 40-50 [Sarah - 2nd wife]

1850 Census, St. Francois Co MO. p.159, Household 106. Elijah Sebastian age 78, b. VA. Sarah age 67, b. NC. Benjamin 29, William 26, Permelia 22, Sarah 20, and Palitha P.S., 6 months old, a male child. All the younger folks born in Missouri. Permelia was the wife of William, Sarah the wife of Benjamin, as proved by marriage records in St. Francois, but many have assumed they were additional daughters of Elijah. The baby must have been the child that would appear in 1860 as Benjamin Franklin, son of William & Permelia, age 11.

Found in a WorldConnect file:
Elijah died without a will, but according to the administration papers, burial expenses were dated Oct. 10, 1853. The youngest son, William, was administrator. Included in the sale of personal property was one black bull sold to Benjamin Sebastian for $14.00. Final settlement in 1857 listed the heirs as follows: (each received $67.96)
Martin Sebastian, a child [there are some indications Martin was Martin Chandler, indentured to Elijah at age two, but he was obviously treated as a full-blood child by the estate settlement. Was he actually Elijah's child, but perhaps not the first wife's?]
Heirs of Rachel Bloom
Jane Johnson
Catherine McMurty
E. C. Sebastian
E. B. Sebastian
Phebe Dennis
Daniel Sebastian
Benjamin Sebastian
William Sebastian

In 1853 (4 years before final settlement), the heirs were listed:
Children of Rachel Bloom to Wit: Phobe, James, William, Catherine, Meekee, who was another daughter, Peter, Edwin, and Sarah Ann, of St. Genevieve, Missouri
Martin Sebastian of Texas
Brown Sebastian of Texas
Catherine McMurty, of St. Francois County, MO.
Edwin C. Sebastian, of St. Franois County, MO.
William Sebastian, of St. Franois County, MO.
Benjamin Sebastian of Madison County, MO.
Jane Johnson of Franklin County, MO.
Pheb [cut off?]

Birth	1772	Virginia
Marriage	23 Feb 1801	Wilkes County, North Carolina - Phoebe Brown
Marriage	12 Aug 1813	Ste Genevieve County, Missouri - Sarah Dennis
Death	10 Oct 1853	Libertyville, Saint Francois County, Missouri

Spouse	Phoebe Brown (1780 - 1813)
Child	Martin Sebastian (1799 - 1874)
Child	Rachel Sebastian (1801 - 1850)
Child	Jane Sebastian (1803 - )
Child	Catherine Sebastian (1805 - )
Child	Edwin Caldwell Sebastian (1813 - 1893)

Spouse	Sarah Dennis (1783 - )
Child	E. Brown Sebastian (1814 - )
Child	Phebe Sebastian (1816 - )
Child	Daniel Sebastian (1819 - )
Child	Benjamin Sebastian (1821 - )
Child	William Sebastian (1823 - 1899)

Father	Benjamin Sebastian (1745 - 1819)
Mother	[Sebastian] ( - )
Sibling	William Sebastian (1768 - 1845)
Sibling	Elisha Sebastian (1770 - 1867)
Sibling	Susannah Sebastian (1771 - )
Sibling	Nancy Sebastian (1780 - 1822)
Sibling	George W. Sebastian (1783 - 1844)
Sibling	Mary "Polly" Sebastian (1784 - )
Sibling	John Sebastian (1784 - )
Sibling	Alice Sebastian (1785 - )
Sibling	Hannah Sebastian (1786 - )