Elisha R. Mardin & Elizabeth Ann Frank Mardin

 Elisha R. Mardin (or Marden), ranched near the Cottonwood River in northeast Chase County, Kansas. He was born on August 27, 1833, in Chenango County, New York, and moved when he was twenty-one to Bloomington, Illinois, where he taught school and engaged in agriculture. It was at that time he met his future wife Elizabeth Frank. Elisha came to Kansas in 1859. He farmed, raised livestock, and bought cattle for Dolby Brothers, Drovers and Livestock, of Chicago. Late in the summer of 1861, he and Elizabeth were married and moved to his farm in Chase County, Kansas. In 1868, Elisha was elected county sheriff, and the Mardins' sold their farm and moved to Cottonwood Falls.



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Elizabeth Ann Frank Mardin (or Marden). Her family lived in Logan County, Illinois, where she met her future husband Elisha Mardin. He came to Kansas in 1859 and ranched near the Cottonwood River in northeast Chase County. He farmed, raised livestock, and bought cattle for Dolby Brothers, Drovers and Livestock, of Chicago. Late in the summer of 1861, he and Elizabeth were married and moved to his farm in Chase County, Kansas. In 1868, Elisha was elected county sheriff, and the Mardins' sold their farm and moved to Cottonwood Falls. Two years later they moved to Cottonwood Falls where he worked as a butcher.

Note. Diaries kept by the Mardins' are at the State Archives and Library, Kansas State Historical Society.

Elisha R. Mardin.

Born: 1833, Otsellic, Chenango, Ny.
Death: 4 Sep 1916, Eureka, Greenwood, Ks.
Father: William MARDIN.
Mother: Polly STOKES.
Sister: Jeannette MARDIN.
Wife: Elizabeth Ann FRANK.
Married: 12 Dec 1860, Bloomington,Ill.
Burial: Sep 1916, Eureka, Greenwood, Ks.

Elizabeth Ann Frank.

Born: 14 May 1844, Piqua, Ohio.
Death: Apr 1894, Eureka, Greenwood, Ks.
Children: Lulu Jeanette MARDIN, Lulu Jeanette MARDIN,Husband CL Call; Meriam Angeline, Mary Caroline MARDIN, Husband Charles E DAVIS; Meriam Angeline MARDIN, Husband Archibald ROLLINS.
Burial: Apr 1894, Eureka, Greenwood, Ks.