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Eliza <I>Markwell</I> Skirvin

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Eliza Markwell Skirvin

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
29 Jan 1890 (aged 70–71)
Gilmer Township, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Columbus, Adams County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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COLUMBUS NOTES.

[Correspondence of The Whig.]

Died -- On Wednesday, Jan. 29, Mrs. Eliza Skirvin, at her home in Gilmer.

Mrs. Skirvin was born near Louisville, Kentucky, in 1818; came to this county about 1830; and ever since, has lived in Adams county. The cause of her death was that dreaded disease, consumption.

The funeral ceremony was conducted by Reverend McKown, in the Christian church at Columbus. After services, the remains were laid away in the cemetery at Columbus.

- The Quincy Daily Whig, Sunday, February 2, 1890; page 3.
COLUMBUS NOTES.

[Correspondence of The Whig.]

Died -- On Wednesday, Jan. 29, Mrs. Eliza Skirvin, at her home in Gilmer.

Mrs. Skirvin was born near Louisville, Kentucky, in 1818; came to this county about 1830; and ever since, has lived in Adams county. The cause of her death was that dreaded disease, consumption.

The funeral ceremony was conducted by Reverend McKown, in the Christian church at Columbus. After services, the remains were laid away in the cemetery at Columbus.

- The Quincy Daily Whig, Sunday, February 2, 1890; page 3.

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