One of eight children (John, Jacob, Christian, Reuben, Elizabeth, Eli, Barbara, Sebastian).
Father died when Eli was 8, leaving family destitute.
Eli assisted his mother until age 26.
Married Jan 1850 Harriet Mellich.
Son Augustus W. (b.
Sept 2, 1853), who married Matilda Hartman and had daughter Jessie (b.
Nov 4, 1876).
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