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Elizabeth Ann <I>Teter</I> Woodruff Arthur

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Elizabeth Ann Teter Woodruff Arthur

Birth
Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
Death
9 Apr 1866 (aged 40)
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Burial
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Public Lot E Grave 102 – unmarked grave
Memorial ID
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Elizabeth Ann Teter was the daughter of Joseph Teter (son of Jacob Teter and Elizabeth Holder) and Mary McCann (daughter of Patrick McCann and Hannah Johnson). Her date of birth is calculated to be 14 Apr 1825 based on her age at death, 40 yrs 11 mos 25 days. She was born in Virginia, probably Randolph County.

Elizabeth married William Paterson Woodruff Dec 1839 probably in Randolph County, Virginia which later became West Virginia. They were the parents of nine children.

Their family was enumerated in the 1840 census residing in Randolph County, Virginia and in 1850 residing in Barbour County (created in 1843), Virginia. This later became the state of West Virginia. William died in 1858 in Davis County, Iowa.

The 1860 census of Scotland County, Missouri records Elizabeth as a 35 year old widow with the care of eight children, age 19 to 3. It is not known if she married at a young age, or if the older children were born to an earlier marriage of their father.

Two years later Elizabeth married widower Nicholas Arthur, 18 Sep 1860 in Scotland County, Missouri. They moved to St Louis where Nicholas was employed as a ropemaker. The city directories listed his surname as "Arthurs." Their marriage license and other records stated "Arthur." Three children were born to this marriage. The youngest child died five days after the mother. They were buried in the same plot in Bellefontaine cemetery. Nicholas later married and moved to New Orleans where he died in 1907.
Elizabeth Ann Teter was the daughter of Joseph Teter (son of Jacob Teter and Elizabeth Holder) and Mary McCann (daughter of Patrick McCann and Hannah Johnson). Her date of birth is calculated to be 14 Apr 1825 based on her age at death, 40 yrs 11 mos 25 days. She was born in Virginia, probably Randolph County.

Elizabeth married William Paterson Woodruff Dec 1839 probably in Randolph County, Virginia which later became West Virginia. They were the parents of nine children.

Their family was enumerated in the 1840 census residing in Randolph County, Virginia and in 1850 residing in Barbour County (created in 1843), Virginia. This later became the state of West Virginia. William died in 1858 in Davis County, Iowa.

The 1860 census of Scotland County, Missouri records Elizabeth as a 35 year old widow with the care of eight children, age 19 to 3. It is not known if she married at a young age, or if the older children were born to an earlier marriage of their father.

Two years later Elizabeth married widower Nicholas Arthur, 18 Sep 1860 in Scotland County, Missouri. They moved to St Louis where Nicholas was employed as a ropemaker. The city directories listed his surname as "Arthurs." Their marriage license and other records stated "Arthur." Three children were born to this marriage. The youngest child died five days after the mother. They were buried in the same plot in Bellefontaine cemetery. Nicholas later married and moved to New Orleans where he died in 1907.


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