Individual Details
William Aziel Knapp Elsberry
(February 28, 1840 - November, 1895)
"William Elsberry served in the Union Army in the Civil War; came to North Dakota in 1886, homesteading on the shore of Rock Lake. Buried at the feet of William and Rachel in the Rolla Cemetery lie the remains of a colored servant, Aunt Lettie, who wished to be buried there, having refused to go back to Missouri to be near her relatives. She died in 1900." (TOWNER COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA FAMILIES, VOL II, page 343.)
Events
| Birth | February 28, 1840 | New Hope, Lincoln County, Missouri | |||
| Marriage | 1860 | Missouri - Rachel Temperance Sitton | |||
| Death | November, 1895 | ||||
| Burial | Rolla Cemetery, Rolette County, North Dakota |
Families
| Spouse | Rachel Temperance Sitton (1841 - 1911) |
| Child | F. Benjamin Elsberry ( - ) |
| Child | George Franklin Elsberry (1866 - 1926) |
| Child | Montrose P. Elsberry ( - ) |
| Child | William Claude Elsberry (1871 - 1945) |
| Child | Charles Elsberry ( - 1939) |
| Child | Thomas M. Elsberry (1877 - 1952) |
| Father | Robert Thomas Elsberry (1818 - ) |
| Mother | Julia Ann Buchanan (1821 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Lydia A. Elsberry (1841 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Sitton Elsberry (1843 - 1910) |
| Sibling | George C. (or G.) Elsberry (1844 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Elisha F. Elsberry (1847 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Nancy Elizabeth Hester Elsberry (1849 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Mary Elsberry ( - ) |
| Sibling | Virginia Elsberry ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Lou Elsberry (1858 - ) |
| Sibling | Orion Elsberry (1861 - ) |