Elijah Collard Jr.
b. 9 February 1824, d. 12 September 1863
- Father: Elijah Collard b. 9 November 1778, d. 13 March 1846
- Mother: Mary Stark b. 25 July 1782, d. 20 December 1860
- Elijah Collard Jr. was born on 9 February 1824 in Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri.
- He married Susan Elizabeth Besser, daughter of John Slater Besser and Julia A. Hampton, circa 1844.
- Elijah Collard Jr. became a widower at the 3 December 1848 death of his wife Susan Elizabeth Besser.
- James H. Collard and Julia L. Robinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas. Other members of the household included Elijah Collard Jr., Edward O. Collard, William E. Collard, Lourena E. Collard, Sarah E. Collard, Ann E. Collard, Margaret Collard and Samuel Brooks Mayfield. Also in the household was Washington M. James, age 24.
- He was a merchant, according to the 1850 census.
- Elijah Collard Jr. died on 12 September 1863 at age 39.
- Last Edited: 15 Feb 2012