Elizabeth Ann McDonald (1831 - 1893)

Born 1831 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Miller — married 13 May 1847 in Mahaska, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 1893 at about age 62 in South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1831 in Kentucky. ^[1] She was the daughter of Henry McDonald and Ann Hopkins.

In 1846, Elizabeth moved to Poweshiek, Iowa with her family. ^[2] The 1850 census of Poweshiek County ^[3] shows that her three younger siblings Martha, Charles and Rebecca where born in Indiana, indicating that the family had lived there in the 1830s.

Around 1847 Elizabeth married Isaac Miller. The 1850 and 1860 censuses of Mahaska County, Iowa and the 1870 and 1880 censuses of Poweshiek County, Iowa list several children: Rebecca J, Isaac N, Anne E, Clarendon A, Charles A, Enoch A, Rosa D, Alvin, Elvan and Christopher C. ^{[1] [4] [5] [6]}

Some time after 1880 they moved to Brule County, South Dakota where her husband passed away on 25th January 1885. ^[7]

Elizabeth passed away in 1893. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4N-1MK : 19 December 2020), Elizabeth Meller in household of Isaac Meller, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ 16 Aug 1878, Claim of Widow for Service Pension: "War of 1812 Pension Files", Fold3, (https://www.fold3.com/publication/761/war-of-1812-pension-files : accessed February 26, 2023), database and images. p 14.
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3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4N-BHN : 19 December 2020), Henry McDonah, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L3-KT7 : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Miller in entry for Isaac Miller, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVT-SP4 : 29 May 2021), Anna E Miller in entry for Isaac Miller, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL6-ZLC : 19 February 2021), Anna E Miller in household of Isaac Miller, Union, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 197, sheet 625A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,362.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54162966/isaac-miller : accessed 05 November 2021), memorial page for Isaac Miller (3 Sep 1818–27 Jan 1885), Find A Grave: Memorial #54162966, citing Kimball Cemetery, Kimball, Brule County, South Dakota, USA ; Maintained by DEE (contributor 47218018) .
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54162928/elizabeth-ann-miller : accessed 05 November 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Ann Mcdonald Miller (12 Mar 1832–1893), Find A Grave: Memorial #54162928, citing Kimball Cemetery, Kimball, Brule County, South Dakota, USA ; Maintained by DEE (contributor 47218018) .

• 1856 state census of Iowa: "1856 state census of Iowa"
  Catalog: 1856 state census of Iowa Polk - Poweshiek Counties
  Film number: 008984722 > image 485 of 594
  FamilySearch Image: 3QHK-93RR-X4YM (accessed 26 February 2023)

Acknowledgements

• This person was created on 22 December 2010 through the import of Wilkerson and Allied Families.ged.