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Family Group Record: Mary Marlena Biffle and Johann Jacob Eller

Information supplied by: Janet M. Roseen


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Husband
   Johann Jacob Eller 
   Born: ca. 1754 Place: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
   Married: May 7, 1776 Place: Rowan County, North Carolina; Organ Lutheran Church
   Died: Place:
   Parents: Johann Jacob Eller and Maria Eva Goettge

Wife
   Mary Marlena Biffle  
   Born: ca. 1758 Place: Rowan County, North Carolina
   Died: June 12, 1837 Place: Buncombe County, North Carolina; whe is buried in Old Weaverville Cemetery next to John and Elizabeth Weaver
   Parents: Johannes Adam Biffle and Catherine Henckel
  Mary was divorced from Johann Jacob Eller in North Carolina, December 20, 1806. Jacob and Mary separated in 1801. By December 1806, Mary Eller was granted a legal separation from Jacob Eller, Jr. by the North Carolina Assembly. Jacob had deserted his wife and family about 1801, and where he went has not been proven. Mary Eller contined to raise her family in the Reems Creek Valley, living next to her sister and brother-in-law, John and Elizabeth Biffle Weaver. Mary became ill, and her sister Elizabeth took her and a young child in to nurse until Mary recovered.
She made a will in Buncombe County, North Carolina, March 25, 1836. The will was proved in court on July 5, 1837 (July Session 1837).

Children

1 Elizabeth Eller
Sex Born: ca. 1780 Place: Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee)
F Married: ca. 1797; William Edmonds Place: Sullivan County, North Carolina
   Died: January 1837 Place: Buncombe County, North Carolina

2 Martha Eller
Sex Born: ca. 1785 Place: Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee)
F   Married: Lewis Fore Place:
   Died: Place:

3 Susannah Eller
Sex Born: ca. 1787 (twin of Rosanna) Place: Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee)
F   Married: Place:
   Died: February 1864 Place: Dillard, Rabun County, Georgia

4 Rosanna Eller
Sex Born: ca. 1787 (twin of Susannah) Place: Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee)
F   Married: Calvin Fore Place: North Carolina
   Died: Place:

5 Jacob Eller
Sex Born: December 25, 1789 Place: Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee)
M   Married: September 29, 1810; Susanah McCarty Place: Buncombe County, North Carolina
   Died: October 16, 1847 Place: Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri

6 Joseph Eller
Sex Born: ca. 1793 Place: Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee)
M   Married: (1st) ca. 1810; Sarah Stephens; (2nd) ca. 1848; Elizabeth Clorinda Hamilton Place: North Carolina for both
   Died: September 25, 1863 Place: Eller Cove, Buncombe County, North Carollina

7 Adam Eller
Sex Born: January 25, 1795 Place: Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee)
M   Married: August 20, 1816; Elizabeth Fields Place: Buncombe County, North Carolina
   Died: October 13, 1870 Place: Buncombe County, North Carolina

 



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