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Elizabeth Jane Griffith
b.12 May 1843 Miami, OH (near Cleveland, OH)
d.24 Jan 1921 Myrtle Point, Coos, OR
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m. 1828
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Pioneers and Incidents of the Upper Coquille Valley by Alice H. Wooldridge http://www.rootsweb.com/~orcoos/pioneers.htm Elizabeth Jane CARVER - p. 115 Elizabeth Jane (Griffith) Carver passed away Monday, age 76 years 8 months and 2 days. Buried at Gravel Ford beside her husband at Gravel Ford who died Dec. 28, 1893. She was born May 12, 1843 near Cleveland, Ohio. From then she moved to Indiana where she met Henry Carver and soon after the Civil War they were married. From Indiana they moved to Wilson county, Kansas and from there to Baker, Oregon in 1882, came to Coos Co. in the fall of 1888, locating near Dora. 8 children were born to them -- 2 died in infancy and 1 son drowned in California when he was 15 years of age. The surviving children are: W. M. Carver of Bliss, Ida.; Annie E. Huff of Dinsmore, Calif.; C. E. Carver and A. L. Carver of this city and J. A. Carver, who left a few days ago for Idaho. 22 grand children and 5 great grandchildren besides 2 brothers and a sister, One of the older grandchildren is Henry Carver, an ex-serviceman and resides in Myrtle Point. --Southern Coos County American, Jan 27, 1921 per email from D. Jennifer Shank - jenohn@@quix.net on 19 Oct 2005 References
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