Person:Elizabeth Perry (37)

According to the biography of Cyrus W. Bridgewater in 'History of State of California', he first married Elizabeth Perry of Brown Co., Illinois and had three children: William L., Ethel (deceased as of 1904) and James H. of Redwood City, California. In 1870 he married Emma, daughter of James Shankland. {'History of the State of California and biographical record of Coast Counties, California' by James Miller Guinn, 1904, Internet Archive, <http://www.archive.org/details/historyofstateof00guin>, 26 Jan 2009}

 She may have died in childbirth with her third child.