The Stiltner Family Genealogy

Elijah Stiltner Familiy in Virginia

An excerpt from "The Cascade Mountain Clan" by Woodrow R. Clevinger, 1971 -

Elijah Stiltner is the Virginia ancestor of a large set of Stiltners now living in Washington and Oregon, One of the elder sons of Frederick Charles Stiltner, he was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, October 22, 1818. He was united with Union Church of Primitive (Old Regular) Baptists. In 1837 he married Lettie Zettie (Celetty) Elswick and the raised a family of seven children in the Cumberland Mountains of Virginia in the area of present Buchanan County. Elijah died in Virginia, March 15, 1900, just at the time one of his sons, Milburn Jackson Stiltner had filed his homestead far out west at Glenoma, Washington.

To the union of Elijah Stiltner and Celetty Elswick were born the following, the vital data being recorded in the Primitive Baptist Churches of Buchanan County.

• John H. Stiltner, b 1838, d 1923. United in Primitive Baptist Church, md cousin Melvina Stiltner, raised family in Virginia.
• Wesley Stiltner, b 1840, d 1915, baptized in Sand Lick, Virginia, Primitive Baptist Church, md (1) Rachel Carter, md (2) Martha Oquinn.
• Sallie Stiltner, b 1842, d 1912, baptized in Sand Lick, Virginia, Primitive Baptist Church, md Elihu Owens, raised family in Virginia.
• Milburn Jackson Stiltner, b 1847, Buchanan County, md Sarah C. Wood, moved westward to Oklahoma and then Glenoma, Washington with family in 1888 - 1900. Died 1919 Lewis County, Washington, large pioneer family in Lewis County.
• Jacob Stiltner, b 1850, d 1931 in Buchanan County, Virginia. Baptized in Bull Creek, Primitive Baptist Church, Virginia. Married (1) Susan Breeding, md (2) Ellie Stergeon.
• Martha Stiltner, b 1856, d 1933 in Virginia. Baptized in Bull Creek, Primitive Baptist Church, Virginia. Married (1) George Wilson, md (2) Isaac Cantrell.
• Three of Elijah Stiltner's children died in youth. They were daughters Celia, 1854 - 1862, Polly, 1858, and son Frederick, 1854.

Subsequent pages coming, real soon ...

• The Frederick Stiltner Family in Virginia<./a>
• The Christopher Stiltner Family in Virginia
• The Emigration of Stiltner Families from Virginia
• The Stiltner Families in Washington and Oregon
• The Milburn Jackson Stiltner Family
• The Franklin Pierce Stiltner Family in Washington
• The Lewis County Cemetary Records of Clevenger, Clevinger and Stiltner Families
• The Related Families of the Clevengers and Stiltners

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