Record Series: Death Records
Collection: Washington State Death Records
County: Statewide
Name: Mehatablel Lord Elder
Date Of Death: 16 Mar 1912
Age: 96
Gender: Female
Batch Id: 275606
Batch Locality: Washington, United States
Death Place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
1st husband Jacob Sullivan Lord (1810 - 1860), burial unknown, married 31 Dec 1835
Mehitabel H. Elder was one of the sixteen women "who were willing to put their names in the public sphere in favor of women’s rights"(Shanna Stevenson, Historian) in the early days of the suffrage movement in Washington State.
Historic newspaper article read:
A Woman’s Suffrage Convention will be held at Olympic Hall, Olympia, W. T., Nov. 8, 1871, at 10:00 a.m. The friend of Woman’s Suffrage from all parts of Washington and Oregon are cordially invited to be present and participate in the deliberations. The object of this convention is to arrange some plan by which to secure concert of action among the woman voters of the Territory.
Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. J. Duniway will be present.
● Mrs. Mary O. Brown
● Mrs. A. E. Bigelow
● Mrs. Sarah E. Chapman
● Mrs. Mehitabel H. Elder
● Mrs. Jane Wylie
● Mrs. J. B. Allen
● Mrs. C. A. Sands
● Mrs. P.D. Moore
● Mrs. Mary A Barnes
● Mrs. M. J. Baldwin
● Mrs. Susan Dofflemyer
● Mrs. Olive B. Manning
● Mrs. Clara M. Littlejohn
● Mrs. Jane Pattison
● Mrs. M. M. Ruddel [Ruddle]
● Mrs. A. R. Elliot
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Daughter of Abel and Eunice (Harlow) Haskell, Mehitable first married Jacob Sullivan Lord, Sr. at Gloucester, Massachusetts on 31 Dec 1835. They were the parents of five children: Jacob S. Jr.; Clara M. A.; Richard Mason, Merrill Herbert, and James Mason Lord. Her sons Richard and Merrill both died at Danvers, Massachusetts of scarlet fever in March 1852. Her husband died of consumption at Gloucester in late May of 1860, just prior to that year's census. Mehitable, with her son James and daughter Clara, moved to the Pacific Northwest in the spring of 1866; and on 28 Aug 1868 at Portland, Oregon she became the second wife of Rev. Alfred R. Elder. She was enumerated with Alfred on the 1870 census at Olympia, Washington with her children James and Clara, and Alfred's youngest child, Alfred R. Elder, Jr. After Alfred's death in 1882, she and Clara moved to Tacoma with Clara's husband, Andrew J. Littlejohn. Her son James was institutionalized at Western State Hospital at Fort Steilacoom.
Mehitable was predeceased by her daughter, but remained in the household of her son-in-law Andrew Littlejohn until her own death. She was survived by her sons James and Jacob.
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Collection: Washington State Death Records
County: Statewide
Name: Mehatablel Lord Elder
Date Of Death: 16 Mar 1912
Age: 96
Gender: Female
Batch Id: 275606
Batch Locality: Washington, United States
Death Place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
1st husband Jacob Sullivan Lord (1810 - 1860), burial unknown, married 31 Dec 1835
Mehitabel H. Elder was one of the sixteen women "who were willing to put their names in the public sphere in favor of women’s rights"(Shanna Stevenson, Historian) in the early days of the suffrage movement in Washington State.
Historic newspaper article read:
A Woman’s Suffrage Convention will be held at Olympic Hall, Olympia, W. T., Nov. 8, 1871, at 10:00 a.m. The friend of Woman’s Suffrage from all parts of Washington and Oregon are cordially invited to be present and participate in the deliberations. The object of this convention is to arrange some plan by which to secure concert of action among the woman voters of the Territory.
Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. J. Duniway will be present.
● Mrs. Mary O. Brown
● Mrs. A. E. Bigelow
● Mrs. Sarah E. Chapman
● Mrs. Mehitabel H. Elder
● Mrs. Jane Wylie
● Mrs. J. B. Allen
● Mrs. C. A. Sands
● Mrs. P.D. Moore
● Mrs. Mary A Barnes
● Mrs. M. J. Baldwin
● Mrs. Susan Dofflemyer
● Mrs. Olive B. Manning
● Mrs. Clara M. Littlejohn
● Mrs. Jane Pattison
● Mrs. M. M. Ruddel [Ruddle]
● Mrs. A. R. Elliot
---
Daughter of Abel and Eunice (Harlow) Haskell, Mehitable first married Jacob Sullivan Lord, Sr. at Gloucester, Massachusetts on 31 Dec 1835. They were the parents of five children: Jacob S. Jr.; Clara M. A.; Richard Mason, Merrill Herbert, and James Mason Lord. Her sons Richard and Merrill both died at Danvers, Massachusetts of scarlet fever in March 1852. Her husband died of consumption at Gloucester in late May of 1860, just prior to that year's census. Mehitable, with her son James and daughter Clara, moved to the Pacific Northwest in the spring of 1866; and on 28 Aug 1868 at Portland, Oregon she became the second wife of Rev. Alfred R. Elder. She was enumerated with Alfred on the 1870 census at Olympia, Washington with her children James and Clara, and Alfred's youngest child, Alfred R. Elder, Jr. After Alfred's death in 1882, she and Clara moved to Tacoma with Clara's husband, Andrew J. Littlejohn. Her son James was institutionalized at Western State Hospital at Fort Steilacoom.
Mehitable was predeceased by her daughter, but remained in the household of her son-in-law Andrew Littlejohn until her own death. She was survived by her sons James and Jacob.
Contributor: (47677119)
Record Series: Death Records
Collection: Washington State Death Records
County: Statewide
Name: Mehatablel Lord Elder
Date Of Death: 16 Mar 1912
Age: 96
Gender: Female
Batch Id: 275606
Batch Locality: Washington, United States
Death Place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
1st husband Jacob Sullivan Lord (1810 - 1860), burial unknown, married 31 Dec 1835
Mehitabel H. Elder was one of the sixteen women "who were willing to put their names in the public sphere in favor of women’s rights"(Shanna Stevenson, Historian) in the early days of the suffrage movement in Washington State.
Historic newspaper article read:
A Woman’s Suffrage Convention will be held at Olympic Hall, Olympia, W. T., Nov. 8, 1871, at 10:00 a.m. The friend of Woman’s Suffrage from all parts of Washington and Oregon are cordially invited to be present and participate in the deliberations. The object of this convention is to arrange some plan by which to secure concert of action among the woman voters of the Territory.
Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. J. Duniway will be present.
● Mrs. Mary O. Brown
● Mrs. A. E. Bigelow
● Mrs. Sarah E. Chapman
● Mrs. Mehitabel H. Elder
● Mrs. Jane Wylie
● Mrs. J. B. Allen
● Mrs. C. A. Sands
● Mrs. P.D. Moore
● Mrs. Mary A Barnes
● Mrs. M. J. Baldwin
● Mrs. Susan Dofflemyer
● Mrs. Olive B. Manning
● Mrs. Clara M. Littlejohn
● Mrs. Jane Pattison
● Mrs. M. M. Ruddel [Ruddle]
● Mrs. A. R. Elliot
---
Daughter of Abel and Eunice (Harlow) Haskell, Mehitable first married Jacob Sullivan Lord, Sr. at Gloucester, Massachusetts on 31 Dec 1835. They were the parents of five children: Jacob S. Jr.; Clara M. A.; Richard Mason, Merrill Herbert, and James Mason Lord. Her sons Richard and Merrill both died at Danvers, Massachusetts of scarlet fever in March 1852. Her husband died of consumption at Gloucester in late May of 1860, just prior to that year's census. Mehitable, with her son James and daughter Clara, moved to the Pacific Northwest in the spring of 1866; and on 28 Aug 1868 at Portland, Oregon she became the second wife of Rev. Alfred R. Elder. She was enumerated with Alfred on the 1870 census at Olympia, Washington with her children James and Clara, and Alfred's youngest child, Alfred R. Elder, Jr. After Alfred's death in 1882, she and Clara moved to Tacoma with Clara's husband, Andrew J. Littlejohn. Her son James was institutionalized at Western State Hospital at Fort Steilacoom.
Mehitable was predeceased by her daughter, but remained in the household of her son-in-law Andrew Littlejohn until her own death. She was survived by her sons James and Jacob.
Contributor: (47677119)
Collection: Washington State Death Records
County: Statewide
Name: Mehatablel Lord Elder
Date Of Death: 16 Mar 1912
Age: 96
Gender: Female
Batch Id: 275606
Batch Locality: Washington, United States
Death Place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
1st husband Jacob Sullivan Lord (1810 - 1860), burial unknown, married 31 Dec 1835
Mehitabel H. Elder was one of the sixteen women "who were willing to put their names in the public sphere in favor of women’s rights"(Shanna Stevenson, Historian) in the early days of the suffrage movement in Washington State.
Historic newspaper article read:
A Woman’s Suffrage Convention will be held at Olympic Hall, Olympia, W. T., Nov. 8, 1871, at 10:00 a.m. The friend of Woman’s Suffrage from all parts of Washington and Oregon are cordially invited to be present and participate in the deliberations. The object of this convention is to arrange some plan by which to secure concert of action among the woman voters of the Territory.
Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. J. Duniway will be present.
● Mrs. Mary O. Brown
● Mrs. A. E. Bigelow
● Mrs. Sarah E. Chapman
● Mrs. Mehitabel H. Elder
● Mrs. Jane Wylie
● Mrs. J. B. Allen
● Mrs. C. A. Sands
● Mrs. P.D. Moore
● Mrs. Mary A Barnes
● Mrs. M. J. Baldwin
● Mrs. Susan Dofflemyer
● Mrs. Olive B. Manning
● Mrs. Clara M. Littlejohn
● Mrs. Jane Pattison
● Mrs. M. M. Ruddel [Ruddle]
● Mrs. A. R. Elliot
---
Daughter of Abel and Eunice (Harlow) Haskell, Mehitable first married Jacob Sullivan Lord, Sr. at Gloucester, Massachusetts on 31 Dec 1835. They were the parents of five children: Jacob S. Jr.; Clara M. A.; Richard Mason, Merrill Herbert, and James Mason Lord. Her sons Richard and Merrill both died at Danvers, Massachusetts of scarlet fever in March 1852. Her husband died of consumption at Gloucester in late May of 1860, just prior to that year's census. Mehitable, with her son James and daughter Clara, moved to the Pacific Northwest in the spring of 1866; and on 28 Aug 1868 at Portland, Oregon she became the second wife of Rev. Alfred R. Elder. She was enumerated with Alfred on the 1870 census at Olympia, Washington with her children James and Clara, and Alfred's youngest child, Alfred R. Elder, Jr. After Alfred's death in 1882, she and Clara moved to Tacoma with Clara's husband, Andrew J. Littlejohn. Her son James was institutionalized at Western State Hospital at Fort Steilacoom.
Mehitable was predeceased by her daughter, but remained in the household of her son-in-law Andrew Littlejohn until her own death. She was survived by her sons James and Jacob.
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