MUSKINGUM COUNTY OHIO BIO: ELMORE, James R. (published 1884)
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JAMES R. ELMORE is a son of John and Andalusia Elmore, natives of 
Virginia . The grandfather of our subject, James R. Elmore, was a native 
of Virginia and a soldier of 1812, he afterward moved to Muskiugum County,
Ohio, and there finished his life, the parents of six children . John 
Elmore was married in Ohio, and in 1861 moved to Clarke County, Ind. 
where Mrs. Elmore died in 1865. Mr. Elmore is yet living, the parents of 
the following family; Levi R, Elizabeth J, John T, George A, Andalusia N, and 
James R. Our subject, James R. Elmore, married in Clark County, in 1864, Malvina 
C., daughter of William and Sarah Sligar, who died in 1871, leaving three 
children –John W, Selby S, and Mary R. In 1872, Mr. Elmore married Mrs. Sarah, 
widow of Levi Devore, which marriage gave issue to four children, George A., 
Jennie J., Levi I. (deceased) and Benjamin F. In 1874, Mr. Elmore moved to this 
county. He and His wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Source: Counties of Morgan , Monroe , and Brown Indiana Biographical 
Sketches; Blanchard; 1884.