Elijah Elbridge Major
b. 23 October 1858, d. 17 March 1935
- Father: Miles Chesley Major b. circa 1832, d. circa 1864
- Mother: Mary Matilda Ingram b. 11 March 1833, d. 22 December 1885
- Elijah Elbridge Major was born on 23 October 1858 in Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama.
- He was known as Elijah Eldridge a ccording to Gail Ammon.
- Miles Chesley Major and Elijah Elbridge Major appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Village Springs, Blount County, Alabama, living in the household of Georgia-born farmer Solomon Palmer, age 73.
- He married Winifred Copeland Hewlett circa 1880.
- William Barnett Allgood and Mary Matilda Ingram appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Blount County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Elijah Elbridge Major, Robert Venable Allgood, William Barnett Allgood Jr., Deforrest Olland Allgood, Stephen Bostick Allgood, Miles Clayton Allgood, Deforest Allgood and Sarah Bostick.
- He was working on the home farm, according to the 1880 census.
- Elijah Elbridge Major and Winifred Copeland Hewlett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Johnson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Miles Hewlett Major, Mary Matilda Major, Robert Hershel Major, Roger Quarles Major, Ethel Alice Major and Mattie Lou Major.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
- Elijah Elbridge Major died on 17 March 1935 at age 76 in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Alabama.
- He was interred at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 31 Aug 2009
Family: Winifred Copeland Hewlett b. 24 June 1858, d. 21 September 1908
- Miles Hewlett Major b. 7 May 1881, d. 1 February 1936
- Sallie Ingram Major b. 22 November 1882, d. 15 July 1883
- Mary Matilda Major b. 15 July 1886, d. 16 November 1978
- Robert Hershel Major b. 6 January 1890, d. 16 January 1919
- Roger Quarles Major b. 18 August 1892, d. 22 July 1970
- Ethel Alice Major b. 8 May 1895, d. October 1982
- Mattie Lou Major+ b. 9 January 1898, d. 5 June 1987