Elizabeth Eakins was my 3rd
gt-grandmother. I believe she was born in Adams County Ohio in the
early 1800's. I have some questions about her exact birth date. On
Find a Grave, the submitter listed her birth date as 30 Jun 1800.
However it also stated that the gravestone listed her death date as
26 Jul 1881 and her age as 79 yrs 26 ds. That would make the year of
birth 1802. Due to the age and condition of the stone, it is
difficult to be sure what it says.
In the early 1990s I received
family group records from two different researchers who listed
Elizabeth's birth date as 3 Jul 1808. On the 1850 census she was
listed as age 43 which fits better with the 1808 date. On the 1860
census she was listed as age 52, again working well with the 1808
date. The 1870 census showed her age as 63. Since these 3 censuses
are within a year of each other I believe I will use the 1808 date
for now.
Elizabeth was the daughter of
John and Hannah (Wright) Eakins. John listed her in his will of 1856
as Elizabeth Smalley since she was married to William Smalley in
1826. Apparently Elizabeth was the next to oldest child of John and
Hannah. She had at least 10 brothers and sisters. Her youngest sister
was Priscilla, who I wrote about yesterday.
From cemetery records, it
appears that Elizabeth and William had at least 3 children who died
as infants. I always wonder how this affected the mothers in these
early times with so many deaths of children. However on the 1850
census there were 9 children listed and most of them lived past
childhood.
Elizabeth became a widow in 1860
when William died on Dec 15th. She lived 20 more years until her
death 26 Jul 1881. She was buried in Lawshe Cemetery, Adams County
Ohio.
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