Elizabeth Glorenia (Sherrill) Hunter (abt. 1824 - abt. 1857)

Born about 1824 in Burke, North Carolina, United States

Wife of Jason H. Hunter — married 17 Jul 1843 in Macon, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 1857 at about age 33 in Bollinger, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1824 in Burke County, North Carolina.^[1]. She married Jason H. Hunter on 17 Jul 1843 in Macon County.^[2]She died in Bollinger County, Missouri about 1857.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 census, Savannah, Macon County, North Carolina. This record lists her as age 26, born in McDowell County. However, McDowell County was not formed from Burke County until the 1840s. Elizabeth's parents were living in Burke County when she was born.
2. ↑ North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, Ancestry.com.
3. ↑ In her husband's 1860 census record, Lawrence, Bollinger County, Missouri, Elizabeth is not listed, and her youngest child, Mary is listed as age 5, born in Missouri. This indicates that Elizabeth died in Missouri between 1855 and 1860. An estimate of her death date is 1857.

Research Notes

The source for Elizabeth's middle name is from comments of her granddaughter Ida May Julienne in a letter written to her son David Hunter Julienne in 1934. Ida Mae was very probably referring to her grandmother Elizabeth, not her mother Elizabeth A. (Hunter) Julian, both of whom had the same first name. Ida May said: "The Glorenia in my mother's ([sic] name has a history. My grandmother's brother had a sweetheart named Glorenia and they were engaged to marry and she died, and he died brokenhearted, and his last request was that my mother be named after his sweetheart. At that time there were no names for women that started with "G." Given that it is known that the middle initial of Ida May's mother was "A" (from two census records), she was surely referring to her grandmother Elizabeth, who middle initial was known to be "G". Woman's names with the first letter "G" were very rare at that time.