Jefferson City Old Cemetery, Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA
Latitude: N 38°34'04.2", Longitude W 092°09'45.8" (NAD 1983)
"Sacred to
the Memory of
ELIAS BARCROFT
Who Died
August 26, 1851
Aged
73 YEARS
_._
The deceased was a member
of the Senate of Missouri in
1821 & 1822 and was Auditor
of Public Accounts for the
same state from 1824 to 1833"
Elias Barcroft
Born: 1778 in Kingwood, New Jersey, USA
Died: August 26, 1851 at Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
1809 - 1816
Assistant surveyor to U. S. Deputy Surveyor William Rector, performing surveys of the United States Public Lands in Illinois.
1816 January
Received a contract as a U. S. Deputy Surveyor to survey township exteriors in an area of Missouri bounded by the Fifth Principal Meridian, the Mississippi River and the Missouri River.
1816 October
Received a contract as a U. S. Deputy Surveyor to survey township exteriors, subdivide townships and survey confirmed private claims north of the Missouri River and west of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Missouri. (The work was done by William L. May and Hugh White.)
1818 June 14
Married Margaret Mary Vance Rector, the widow of Wharton Rector (brother of William Rector).
1821 & 1822
Member of the Missouri Senate
1824 - 1833
Auditor of Public Accounts for the State of Missouri
1826 October
Moved to Jefferson City, Missouri, USA, when the seat of government of the State of Missouri was moved from St. Charles to Jefferson City.
1851 August 26
Died of cholera in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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courtesy of Steven E. Weible
