Elizabeth (Carter) Kern (abt. 1815 - 1844)

Born about 17 Nov 1815 in Kentucky, United States

Wife of Ezra Kern — married 24 Dec 1835 in Lawrence, Indiana

Died 27 Jul 1844 at about age 28 in Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, United States

Biography

When Elizabeth Smith was born on 15 May 1819, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, her father, Peter M Smith, was 25 and her mother, Margaret Ford, was 25. She married Nickerson Ikerd on 28 January 1842, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States. She lived in Indian Creek Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 8 May 1891, in Bedford, Shawswick Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Lawrence, Lawrence Township, Marion, Indiana, United States.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FP-L1M : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Kern in entry for Ezra Kern, 1860.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFC2-G28 : 13 January 2020), Elizabeth Smith in entry for Nixon S. Ikerd, 1842.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKJ6-NPW : 3 August 2022), Ezra Kern and Elizabeth Ikerd, 17 Feb 1845; citing Lawrence, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004839003.

See also:

• FamilySearch Tree
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80515456/elizabeth-kern: accessed 10 January 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Smith Kern (15 May 1819–8 May 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80515456, citing Old Union Cemetery, Fayetteville, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by AZ Susi (contributor 46978490).