Died before her husband Moses Mathews, his death index says he was a widow. She was still alive in 1870 because she was on the census, so her death was between 1870-1874.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DD-9GL : 9 November 2014), Moses Mathews, Mathews county, Mathews, Virginia, United States; citing family 251, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGP-6F3 : 12 April 2016), Elizabeth Mathews in household of Moses Mathews, Virginia, United States; citing p. 40, family 291, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,161.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth: