Lewis Elson was enumerated in Luther, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma Territory, on the 1900 census. Married, Head of Household, but living alone. Olive Adkison, single, was enumerated in the adjacent household as a Boarder. Lewis and Olive were married in Oklahoma County on April 11, 1901. The 1910 census shows that this was his second marriage, her first. They also appear in Luther on the 1920 and 1930 census records.

These records consistently give Lewis Elson's birthplace as Ohio, and his parents' birthplace as Maryland. His exact birthdate varies from census to census, but was probably sometime between 1850 and 1854. I have not been able to identify his first wife or find out what happened to her or any children they may have had. I have not been able to identify his parents or any sibings.

Is anyone missing a Lewis or Louis Elson from Ohio?