Eli Smullen

Nathaniel Smullen
(Abt 1741-1783/1786)

Sarah (?)
(Abt 1745-After 1800)

Peter Owens
(Abt 1733-Between 1804/1805)

Sarah Ruark
(Abt 1742-1805/1809)

Eli Smullen
(Abt 1767-Between 1826/1826)

Sarah Owens
(1770/1775-1841/1849)

Eli Smullen
(1810-1862)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary W. (Mollie) Dryden

Eli Smullen

Born: 25 Dec 1810, Worcester Co., MD ² ³ ⁴
Marriage (1): Mary W. (Mollie) Dryden about 1829 ¹
Died: 20 Dec 1862, Worcester Co., MD ⁵
Buried: Abt 23 Dec 1862, Smullen Cemetery, St. Lukes Rd., Worcester Co., MD

The only Worcester County Smullen household in the 1820 census with a son less than 10 years old (as this Eli would have been [9 years]), is Eli Smullen with a household of 101201-00111. Males here would have been one under age 10, one age 16-18, one age 18-26 and one age over 45. This Eli Smullen is listed in 1840 in a household in Western District, Worcester Co., MD as 1000010000000-1010010010000 (age 30-40).

On Apr 12 1851, Eli Smullen and wife Mollie, sold 10.5a of land for $50, "Eli's Addition" to James Layfield. Note, this compiler, who has access to thousands of land surveys, has no record of an "Eli's Addition". It is assumed this was land surveyed for either this Eli Smullen or his father, Eli Smullen. (WoLR-EDM3:660)

Eli married Mary W. (Mollie) Dryden, daughter of William Dryden and Sally William Broadwater, about 1829.¹ (Mary W. (Mollie) Dryden was born on 08 Aug 1810 in Worcester Co., MD,² ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ died on 15 Nov 1890 in Worcester Co., MD ⁵ and was buried about 18 Nov 1890 in Smullen Cemetery, St. Lukes Rd., Worcester Co., MD.)

1 The Smullen Family of the Eastern Shore of Maryland (copy in the Maryland Historical Society).

2 1850 MD Census, Listed as age 37 in the 1850 Worcester Co., MD Census, born in MD.

3 1860 MD Census, Listed as Eli Smaulin, age 40, in the 1860 Nutters, Worcester Co., MD Census.

4 1840 MD Census, Eli Smullen is listed in household in Western District, Worcester Co., MD as 1000010000000-1010010010000 suggesting he is age 30-40.

6 1860 MD Census, Listed as Mollie Smaulin, age 40, in the 1860 Nutters, Worcester Co., MD Census.

7 1880 MD Census, Listed as Mary Smullin, age 70, in Atkinsons District, Worcester Co., MD.

8 1870 MD Census, Listed as age 60 in the 1870 Atkinsons, Worcester Co., MD Census.

Eli Smullen

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