Elwood Erastas MCVEY

Birth:
27 Sep 1864
St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Death:
2 Apr 1930
Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
Marriage:
21 Dec 1892
New Castle, Garfield, Colorado
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Sources:
Client Records
1870 Federal Census
1880 Federal Census
1885 Census Iowa
1890 Federal Census
1895 Census Iowa
1900 Federal Census, Elwood age 36, father's birth Canada/Eng, mother's Scotland
1910 Federal Census, father's birth Scotland, mother's Ohio
1920 Federal Census, father's birthplace Scotland, mother's Wales
City Directories, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888 - Leadville
Death Certificate, Elwood E. McVey, Father: McVey (U.S.), Mother: blank (U.S)
Adoption Petition dated 25 Jan 1921, Mesa County Court
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, August 2015
FindAGrave
History of Leadville and Lake County, Colorado, From Mountain Solitude to Metropolis by Don L. and Jean H. Griswold (FHL)
Notes:
                   NOTES:
   1. Birthplace also listed in family records as Springfield, Sangamon, IL
   2. Occupation listed as a teamster in Leadville City Directories
   3. Marriage license issued on 19 Dec 1892, New Castle, Garfield, CO
   4. Said to have been a scout for US Army and may have helped lead troops to site of 1879 Meeker Massacre.
   5. Said to have killed two Indians in an open fight as private in Troop B of Leadville.
   6. May have worked for the "Denver Rio Grand" and Western Railroad
   7. May have run away from home at age 13, and went down the Chisholm trail.
   8. Death certificate showed occupation as farmer.
   9. Adoption of Willa Mary and Edward Thurston Dec 1921
   10. Adoption of Edward relinquished Jan 1924 to daughter and son-in-law Mr. Virgil and Mrs. Esther Gibbs
Mary Ellen MAST
Birth:
2/ 7 May 1869
Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Death:
15 Oct 1921
Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
Burial:
19 Oct 1921
Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
Notes:
                   MAIDEN NAME: Marriage Affidavit shows Miss Mary E. Black
Children
Marriage
1
Mabel MCVEY
Birth:
15 Nov 1894
Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
Death:
20 Nov 1894
Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
 
Marr:
 
2
Thomas Elwood MCVEY
Birth:
30 Oct 1896
Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
Death:
14 Jul 1957
Palisade, Mesa, Colorado
Notes:
                   NOTES:
   1. WWI Draft card shows birth of father in Council Bluffs, IA.
3
Cora Irene MCVEY
Birth:
20 Aug 1898
Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado
Death:
25 Oct 1969
Russell Volney KEITH 
Marr:
Abt 1930
of Grand Junction, Mesa, Color 
4
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Death:
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5
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
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6
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
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Marr:
 
7
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
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Elwood Erastas McVey - Mary Ellen Mast

Elwood Erastas McVey was born at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 27 Sep 1864.

He married Mary Ellen Mast 21 Dec 1892 at New Castle, Garfield, Colorado . Mary Ellen Mast was born at Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania 2/ 7 May 1869 daughter of Henry Mast Lewis and Elmira Elizabeth Wright .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Mabel McVey born 15 Nov 1894.
Thomas Elwood McVey born 30 Oct 1896.
Cora Irene McVey born 20 Aug 1898.
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Elwood Erastas McVey died 2 Apr 1930 at Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado .

Mary Ellen Mast died 15 Oct 1921 at Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado .