Eliza Jane (Brown) King (1838 - 1903)

Born Jul 1838 in Columbiana County, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Woodside King — married 1861 in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 1903 at about age 64 in Columbiana County, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Eliza "Elizabeth" "Liza" Jane Brown was born July 1838 in Ohio, USA.^[1][2][3] Her parents are Jonathan Brown and Catharine Ann McKarns.^[4]

On June 1, 1840 she was living with her parents and brother in Franklin Township, Columbiana, Ohio. She's a "free white female age < 5," presumably Eliza (who is about 2).^[5]

At age 12 on September 21, 1850, she's living on a farm (attending school) with her parents and five siblings, still in Franklin Township.^[6]

At age 21 on June 4, 1860, she's living with her parents and seven siblings in Franklin Township, Columbiana County.^[7]

On April 23, 1861, Eliza married Robert Woodside King in Columbiana County, Ohio.^[8] Their children are;

1. Thomas Ellsworth King
2. Lawrence Elmer King
3. Anna Margaret King
4. Frank King
5. Robert Chalmers King
6. Berdice Adella King
7. Jonathan Gilbert King
8. Laura Jenett King
9. James Abraham Garfield King

On June 1, 1870, Eliza is a housekeeper living with husband and their first four children, in Franklin Township.^[2]

On June 1, 1880, she's living on a farm with her husband and their 9 children, still in Franklin Township.^[9]

She lived in Millport, Columbiana, Ohio, at the time her father signed his will on April 11, 1885. When he died in January 1889, she inherited $300, minus $186.27 for notes owed by her husband. (Millport is the closest town to the family farm.)^[10]

On June 15, 1900 she is housekeeping on the family farm with her husband and three of their children in Franklin Township.^[3]

Eliza died in 1903 and is buried in Bethesda Cemetery, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Index, OH 1880 James G. King Publication: Ancestry.com. Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Year: 1870; Census Place: Franklin, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: M593_1183; Page: 110B; Image: 225; Family History Library Film: 552682. Publication: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. line 12
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Year: 1900; Census Place: Franklin, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: 1248; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241248. Publication: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. line 96
4. ↑ Marriage Index, OH 1789-1994 Jonathan Brown b. 1810, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18084-11719-1?cc=1614804&wc=M94Q-JKL:86901753 : accessed 26 Nov 2013), Columbiana > Marriage records 1833-1848 vol 3.). Rec. Date: 25 Nov 2013, p. 142, year 1837. Cit. Date: 25 Nov 2013.
5. ↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: Franklin, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: 386; Page: 39; Image: 83; Family History Library Film: 0020162. Publication: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Franklin, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: M432_669; Page: 239B; Image: 480. Publication: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. line 9
7. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Franklin, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: M653_948; Page: 54; Image: 113; Family History Library Film: 803948. Publication: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. line 1
8. ↑ Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Columbiana County was formed in 1803 from Jefferson County. The records in this database cover the years 1851 through 1870. Original data: Columbiana County, Ohio Marriages, 1851-70. County court records located at Lisbon, Ohio. Family History Library film #0927767 - 0927768 [The handwritten marriage record in a ledger was found on familysearch.org. It says merely: "The State of Ohio Columbiana County SS. I certify that on the 23rd day of April 1861 Mr. Robert W. King and Wife Eliza Jane Brown were by me legally joined in marriage. Rev. Wm. Leazell (?spelling?) - Returned Apr 1861. Recorded by Probate Judges." There's no mention of any other information - in particular, no parents' names.]
9. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Franklin, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: 1001; Family History Film: 1255001; Page: 364D; Enumeration District: 048; Image: 0743. Publication: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. line 26
10. ↑ Will, Jonathan Brown (1810-1888) Publication: Notes : Will Records, Vol 9-11, 1887-1892; Source Information Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts. for Columbiana County, Will records, vol. 9-11, 1887-1892; pp. 366 ff. of (probably) book 9
11. ↑ gravestone "R. W. KING 1834 - ELIZA J. HIS WIFE 1838-1903" in Bethesda Cemetery, Columbiana County, Ohio Find A Grave: Memorial #49145469. Eliza's Find A Grave: Memorial #49145507 also points to this same grave.