Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Elwood (1854 - 1934)

Born 16 Mar 1854 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of James Adalaska Elwood — married 19 Feb 1880 in Monroe, Wisconsin

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1934 at age 80 in Red Oak, IA

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Biography

Lizzie "was born on her parents' farm near Punxsutawney, PA on 16 Mar 1854 and was named for her mother's sister, Mary Elizabeth Steers. When she was only two, she traveled with her parents, brothers and baby sister Kate to the home of relatives in Illinois, and then to a new farm home near Monroe, Wis. She did well in school, and when she had learned all the local schools had to offer, she became a teacher herself.."

"Her uncle and aunt, John and Lydia (Steers) Sunderlin, had gone to Red Oak, Iowa... They persuaded Lizzie to come to Montgomery County, and she became the first teacher in a newly-built school near Wales in Lincoln Township. She taught there for two years, making her home with the Sunderlins, and it was during that time that she met James Adalaska Elwood, a young farmer who lived near Red Oak.

Sources

• A Williams Chronicle by Frances Hansen Ehrig: Library of Congress Catalog # 76-97816