Person:Elizabeth Gamble (9)

"Elizabeth Washington Gamble, daughter of Robert and Catherine Gamble of Richmond, became William Wirt's second wife in 1802. They purchased a house in Richmond in 1808 ... By 1809 the Wirt family included three children (three others had died); eventually there would be ten siblings. Elizabeth Wirt's manuscript of favorite quotations about flowers was published anonymously as Flora's Dictionary in 1829. Later editions identified the author as 'Mrs. E. W. Wirt of Virginia.' " (Source: National Portrait Gallery)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 83606346 , in Find A Grave.

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2.   Evening Star (Richmond, Virginia)
   27 Jan 1857.

   Death of Mrs. Wirt
   "Intelligence reached this city yesterday of the death of the estimable and venerable widow of the late William Wirt. She died at Annapolis, Md., on Saturday last. Her remains will be brought to this city today to be interred by the side of those of her illustrious husband, in the Congressional burying ground."
   
   Death of Mrs. Wirt. "In Annapolis at the residence of her son-in-law, Alex Randall, on Saturday evening last (Jan. 24, 1857), Mrs. Elizabeth W. Wirt, widow of the late Hon. William Wirt in the 73d year of her age. Her remains were brought here this morning in the train from Baltimore to arrive at 11 o'clock at which time the friends of the family are requested to attend the funeral from the depot to the Congressional Burying Ground"

3.   18486, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage book of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (Washington, District of Columbia: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939)
   19 (1897).