1850 Eli Bortner and Rebecca Iiames? were married on August 8 in Morrow County, Ohio. [1] [2]
1852 Eli Bortner purchased land of Samuel and Mary Fryman in Morrow County, Ohio.
1856 Eli Bortner purchased land of John Garvrick (perhaps his sister Margaret's parents-in-law) in Morrow County, Ohio.
1860 Eli Bortner (age 31) and Rebecca (age 31) lived in Congress Twp, Morrow County, Ohio with children Almira F (age 9) and Charles F (age 7). [3] [4]
1870 Eli Bortner (age 41) and Rebecca (age 40) lived in Congress Twp, Morrow County, Ohio with children Amanda E (age 19) and Charles F (age 17). [5]
1872 Edward R Garverick and Arminda E. Bortner, daughter of Eli Bortner and Rebecca Bortner, were married on July 3. [6]
1904 Eli Bortner died on April 2 and was buried at West Point Cemetery, West Point, Morrow County, Ohio. Eli Bortner was born on March 7, 1829. [7]
Eli BortnerBorn Mar 7 1829
Died Feb 4 1905
There is rest in Heaven
Rebecca
wife of Eli Bortner
Born August 7 1829
Died Apr 2 1904
1917 Charles Bortner, married, child of Elley Bortner and Rebecka Reiner, died on October 18, 1917, at age 62, in Galion Twp, Crawford County, Ohio. Charles Bortner was born on January 1, 1854, in OH. [8]
Research Notes:
The Findagrave biosketch reports conflicting names for Rebecca. She is named as Rebecca Garverick and as a daughter of Thomas Iiams and Mary Polly Hardesty.
[1] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1860, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1870, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[6] William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, History of Morrow County and Ohio (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1880), 625, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial 27650946, [FindAGrave].
[8] Ohio Department of Health, Ohio, Death Certificates, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].