Cobb County GaArchives Marriages.....?_________ Waldraven - McCalep - Beckner, Anna - Waldraven, Elijah November 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 April 7, 2007, 8:09 pm "The Carroll County Times" Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, NOVEMBER 25, 1881 REUNITED AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS SEPARATION The Marietta Journal When Mr. Elijah Walraven enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1863, he left behind him a beautiful young wife and three children. When he returned home at the close of the war, his wife and three children were not to be found. He learned that she had been persuaded, when the federals occupied this country, that her safety was in going North. For years, no tidings came of her whereabouts and not knowing whether she was alive or dead, he instituted proceedings for divorce, which was granted. Mr. Walraven married a worthy lady in this county who bore him one child and she died. In the meantime, his first wife, learning of the divorce and marriage of her husband in Georgia, began to receive matrimonial proposals and married a northern man, who after a brief married life, died. Not desiring to live alone, she married the third husband, a Mr. Beckner. He sickened and died. One child, the result of this union, was left her. Her three grown children by her first husband grew up and married well off and they opened correspondence with their father. Last February their father paid them a visit to their home in Indiana. While there, he met the wife of his first love. The meeting was a joyous one and old times were talked over and mutual explanations made. The result was that they became re-engaged. Mr. Waldraven returned to his home in Kennesaw in this county and according to agreement, Mrs. Beckner arrived at Kennesaw last Thursday. There she was met by Mr. Walraven, who had the marriage license ready, and forthwith the happy couple were reunited after a separation of eighteen years. J.L. Hughes, J.P. performed the ceremony. Certainly truth is stranger than fiction, and the whirlwind of time brings around some strange events. It is the wish of Mr. Walraven's friends that his last marriage may be happier than his first and never again be broken. Additional Comments: 1860 Census - District 20, Cobb Co., Ga; pg. 350 / 128; P.O. Acworth Enumerated July 18, 1860 #908-889; lines 6-9 Elijah Walravin, 28, M W, Farm Laborer, $300, GA (1832) Anna Walravin, 22, F W, GA (1838) J. T. Walravin, 4, M W, GA M. E. Walravin, 1, F W, GA * American Civil War Soldiers Name: Elijah Walraven , Residence: Cobb County, Georgia Enlistment Date: 21 Feb 1862 Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Georgia Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 21 February 1862 Enlisted in Company A, 18th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 21 February 1862. Transferred Company A, 18th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 08 June 1863 Transferred in Company E, 3rd Battn SS Regiment Georgia on 08 June 1863. Wounded on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA POW on 16 August 1864 at Deep Bottom, VA Took Oath of Allegiance on 07 July 1865 Released on 07 July 1865 at Elmira, NY Source Citation: Side served: Confederacy; State served: Georgia; Enlistment date: 21 February 1862. * Cobb County Georgia Military - Co. A 18th Reg http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/cobb/military/civilwar/rosters/coa18reg .txt File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Lynn B. Cunningham" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/cobb.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY A, 18th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA ACWORTH INFANTRY **Date of enlistment of this company given also as June 13, 1861.** Walraven, Elijah - Private February 21, 1862. Transferred to Co. E,3d Battn. Georgia Sharpshooters June 8, 1863. Wounded at Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12,1864. Captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 16, 1864. Released at Elmira, N. Y. July 7, 1865. Walraven, Elisha C. - Private February 22,1862. Died of measles at Richmond, Virginia, May 21,1862. * 1870 Census - 17th Dist, Davidson Co., TN; P.O. Edgefield; pg. 7B #91-113; lines 21-26 S. McCalep, 50, M W, Hotel Steward, $300/$300, TN Anna McCalep, 32, F W, GA John T. McCalep, 15, M W, App Tiren (?), GA Margaret McCalep, 12, F W, at school, GA Wm McCalep, 9, M W, GA Warren McCalep, 2, M W, Tenn * 1880 Census - Nashville, Davidson Co., TN; pg. 98B Anna BECKNER Self W Female W 42 TN Keeping House SC NC John WALRAVEN Son M Male W 24 GA Works In Book Binding GA TN William WALRAVEN Son S Male W 19 GA Works In Book Binding GA TN Warren MCCALEIP Son S Male W 12 TN NC TN Mary WALRAVEN DauL M Female W 23 TN TN TN Lula WALRAVEN GDau S Female W 2 TN GA TN Benjamine WALRAVEN GSon S Male W 8M TN GA TN File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/cobb/vitals/marriages/waldrave1310gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb