BIO: Muir, Elijah B. - Jessamine Co. KY -------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: MRS BEULAH A FRANKS Date: June 18, 1998 -------------------------------------------- **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ***************************************************************************** Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Jessamine Co. ELIJAH B. MUIR was born March 2, 1834, and is the only son of Samuel and Susan (Bourne) Muir. Samuel Muir was born in Fayette County, Ky., December 28, 1800, but in 1825 moved to Jessamine County, where he died October 5, 1885. Mrs. Susan Muir was born in Jessamine County December 3, 1809, and died April 21, 1876. Elijah B. Muir's paternal grandfather, John Muir, was a native of Virginia, was in the Revolutionary war, and settled in Fayette County, Ky., in an early day. Elijah B. was reared three miles east of Nicholasville, on the farm where he was born, and was educated at the common schools, and Bethany College, Va. He was married, February 22, 1860, to Miss Bettie, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Custer) Chrisman. Her father is a native of Jessamine County, and her mother of Virginia. There have been three children born to this union: Henry C., December 2, 1860; Samuel B., May 26, 1862; Elijah B., January 10, 1872. Mr. Muir is comfortably situated on the Union Mill Turnpike, two miles northeast of Nicholasville, in Marble Creek District. He owns 1,325 acres of good land, part in Marble Creek, and part in Sulphur Well District, and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Church. Beulah Wiley Franks wrfc71a@prodigy.com