Person:Eliza Messick (1)

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Eliza Ellen Messick
b.7 Jan 1830 Tennesee
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Name[1][2][3] Eliza Ellen Messick
Alt Name /Ellen/ _____
Gender Female
Birth[4][5][6][7][8][9] 7 Jan 1830 Tennesee
Marriage 1849 to John Mikel Simpson
Other[14] 3 Jul 1860 Bridgewater, Coffee Co., TennesseeCensus 1860 - free
Other[15] Jun 1880 Wittich Twp., Franklin Co., ArkansasCensus 1880
Death[10][11][12] 11 Dec 1885 Franklin County, Arkansas
Burial[13] 1885 Lows Creek Cemetery, Franklin Co., Arkansas
Reference Number? 108

According to the "History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison,Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas" (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: 1889), Eliza E. Messick was a member of the Baptist Church. According to the Sallie DeWitt 1981 Genealogy, her family called her 'Ellen'.

References
  1. Sallie Lee DeWitt. Research by Sallie DeWitt. (1981)
    ppg. 21, 77A, 78.
  2. 1860 U.S. Census, Coffee Co., Bridgewater, Tennessee. (Transcribed copy on pg 77D & E of Sallie DeWitt Genealogy)
    orig. pg. 90, civil district 6.
  3. Clark, Sue and McPhail, Virginia. Franklin County Arkansas Cemeteries. (1997)
    pg. 134.
  4. Copyright 1983 by Mrs. Louise Byrum, Route 1, Charleston, AR 72933. Cemetery Listings, Branch Area. (Published by Franklin County Early History Council)
    pg. 25.
  5. Sallie Lee DeWitt. Research by Sallie DeWitt. (1981)
    pg. 77A.
  6. 1860 U.S. Census, Coffee Co., Bridgewater, Tennessee. (Transcribed copy on pg 77D & E of Sallie DeWitt Genealogy)
    orig. pg. 90, civil district 6.
  7. U.S. Federal Census. 1880 U.S. Census, Wittich Twp., Franklin Co., Arkansas. (Ancestry.com, Library edition)
    Census pg. 11.
  8. 1900 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Hurricane Twp., Arkansas
    T623, 58, pg. 2B.
  9. Clark, Sue and McPhail, Virginia. Franklin County Arkansas Cemeteries. (1997)
    pg. 134.
  10. Copyright 1983 by Mrs. Louise Byrum, Route 1, Charleston, AR 72933. Cemetery Listings, Branch Area. (Published by Franklin County Early History Council)
    pg. 25.
  11. Sallie Lee DeWitt. Research by Sallie DeWitt. (1981)
    pg. 77A.
  12. Clark, Sue and McPhail, Virginia. Franklin County Arkansas Cemeteries. (1997)
    pg. 134.
  13. Copyright 1983 by Mrs. Louise Byrum, Route 1, Charleston, AR 72933. Cemetery Listings, Branch Area. (Published by Franklin County Early History Council)
    pg. 25.
  14. 1860 U.S. Census, Coffee Co., Bridgewater, Tennessee. (Transcribed copy on pg 77D & E of Sallie DeWitt Genealogy)
    orig. pg. 90, civil district 6.
  15. U.S. Federal Census. 1880 U.S. Census, Wittich Twp., Franklin Co., Arkansas. (Ancestry.com, Library edition)
    Census pg. 11.