Eliza A (Gannon) Crofoot (1818 - bef. 1870)

Born 1818 in New York, United States

Descendants

Died before 1870 before age 52 in Iowa, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Eliza was born about 1818 in New York.^[1]

She married Seth Crofoot sometime before 1840 when their first child, Mary, was born.^[1]

By 1850, Eliza and Seth were living in Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York with 4 children: Mary I (10), William L (7), Juliette (4), and Horace (1).^[1]

Sometime between 1851 and 1858, the family moved to Byron Township, Buchanan, Iowa where we find them living in 1860 with 2 new children: John (9 - born in NY) and Charles (2 - born in Iowa).^[2]

Research Notes

• 1850 Census shows and an older lady named Lydia Gorman (57, from Canada) who may have been Eliza's mother, or some other relative?
• Assumed death date before Seth's remarriage in 1870.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTV-229 : 23 December 2020), Eliza A Crofort in household of Seth Crofort, Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M826-Y67 : 18 February 2021), Eliza A Crofoot in entry for Leth Crofoot, 1860.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJXJ-26J : 10 February 2018), Seth Crofoot in entry for William Crofoot and Alice Crane Curtis, 01 May 1919, Hazleton, Buchanan, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 496 cn 1771, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,531,419.