Person:Elizabeth Bacon (28)
Elizabeth Clift Bacon
b.8 Apr 1842 Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
d.4 Apr 1933 New York City, New York, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Sep 1837
  1. Edward Augustus Bacon1839 - 1848
  2. Elizabeth Clift Bacon1842 - 1933
  3. Sophia Bacon1845 - 1846
  4. Harriet Duane Bacon1848 - 1849
Spouse and Children
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m. 9 Feb 1864
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Facts and Events
Name Elizabeth Clift Bacon
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][4][9] 8 Apr 1842 Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
Census[5] 1850 Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
Census[8] 1860 Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
Marriage 9 Feb 1864 Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United Statesto Maj. Gen. George Armstrong Custer
Residence[1] 11 Jun 1888 New York City, New York, United States41 East 10th Street
Residence[7] 1890 Stroud, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence[2] 27 Nov 1897 New York City, New York, United States
Residence[9] 30 Jun 1908 Berlin, Brandenburg, Preußen, GermanyHotel Bristol
Census[6] 1910 New York City, New York, United States
Residence[4] 7 Aug 1913 Bronxville, Bronx, New York, United States
Death[3] 4 Apr 1933 New York City, New York, United States
Burial[3] 6 Apr 1933 United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, Orange, New York, United States
Reference Number? Q5362363?


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Elizabeth Bacon Custer (née Bacon; April 8, 1842 – April 4, 1933) was an American author and public speaker, and the wife of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, United States Army. She spent most of their marriage in relative proximity to him despite his numerous military campaigns in the American Civil War and subsequent postings on the Great Plains as a commanding officer in the United States Cavalry.

Left nearly destitute in the aftermath of her husband's death, she became an outspoken advocate for his legacy through her popular books and lectures. Largely as a result of her decades of campaigning on his behalf, General Custer's image as the gallant fallen hero amid the glory of Custer's Last Stand was a canon of American history for almost a century after his death.

Elizabeth Custer never remarried and died in 1933, four days short of her 91st birthday. She has been portrayed by a number of actresses, starting in the 1940s in films and later on television.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States. Passport applications, 1795-1925. (Washington, D.C. : National Archives).

    Collection Number: ARC Identifier 566612 / MLR Number A1 508; NARA Series: M1372; Roll #: 308.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States. Passport applications, 1795-1925. (Washington, D.C. : National Archives).

    Collection Number: ARC Identifier 566612 / MLR Number A1 508; NARA Series: M1372; Roll #: 497.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2019. (Online database: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2006).

    Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 United States. Passport applications, 1795-1925. (Washington, D.C. : National Archives).

    Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA Series: M1490; Roll #: 193.

  5. ↑ Monroe, Michigan, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Census Place: Monroe Ward 1, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: M432_358; Page: 354A; Image: 214.

  6. ↑ New York, New York, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Census Place: Manhattan Ward 22, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1048; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 1394; FHL microfilm: 1375061.

  7. ↑ United States. Census Office. 11th census, 1890. 1890 U.S. Census Schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War. (Washington [District of Columbia]: The National Archives, 1948).

    Census Place: Stroud, Monroe, Pennsylvania; Roll: 84; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 97.

  8. ↑ Monroe, Michigan, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Census Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: M653_554; Page: 536; Image: 534; Family History Library Film: 803554.

  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 United States. Passport applications, 1795-1925. (Washington, D.C. : National Archives).

    National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Emergency Passport Applications, Argentina thru Venezuela, 1906-1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 1244183 / MLR Number A1 544; Box #: 4575; Volume #: 1.

  10.   .

    Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan)11 Dec 1892, SunPage 13 tribute by Elizabeth Bacon Custer in honor of her father-in-law, Manuel.

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