Always known as Elizabeth or "Lizzy", she was a daughter of Lucinda Amanda Owen and her second husband, John Bair. Her older half sister, Louisa Maria Tyler was born in March of 1838, but Libby often claimed her birth year, supposedly to hide the fact of herself being a child bride. She was actually born in 1844. Her mother lost several children in infancy and cared for several children of her husband's other wives, which may account for Lizzy marrying so young.
Lizzy didn't have much chance to grow up. She was the first of 11 children of her mother and was half sister to more than a dozen others. She was not quite 13 for her marriage to William Jefferson King at Millcreek Davis County, Utah Territory.
Her first child, Francis Lucritia, was born when Lizzy was 14 and her son, William Thomas King, was born when she was 16. She was a widow two months after this birth, her husband having been murdered by some assailants hired by a worrisome father, who was afraid his young daughter was about to become a plural wife. The girl had been helping with the new baby and hired as housekeeper for the Kings when rumors of the family moving to California were circulated in the village.
Her husband had gone to collect his work horses when he was gunned down and not found for three days. Lizzy buried him at Kaysville City Cemetery on the 1st of July 1860. His family was prominent in the area, and helped her care for the children.
She remarried about two years later in Salt Lake City to Peter John Moss, who was near her age. They had a daughter, Isabella Belinda (md. Clark), and after moving to Carson City, Nevada had son, James Peter, but she and Moss parted within two years.
She married a third man named Charles F. Allen about 1864. They had two sons, Charles Farrington and Orville Evermont by 1869, but it is not known what happened to Allen, because she had married a fourth time to Egbert A. Scranton by 1872 and had a son, Edward S., with him in 1873, all in Nevada. Scranton was also about her age; and, since "Lizzy" had consistently given her age to be the same as her husbands', it is not surprising that her headstone, later placed by her youngest son, is inscribed with a birth year of 1838, rather than 1844.
Being first married at such a young age, it is probable she was not educated, and didn't know any better than to report a similar age as her spouses. She had only been about 17, with two children in tow, when she met her 2nd husband.
Her fifth husband was Russell H. Fish, whom she married 29 January 1879 and had her last know son, Jesse Russell Hiram Fish, in January of 1880.
It is not known, by this researcher what became of Scranton nor Fish; however, Lizzy married her sixth husband, William T. Osborn about 1881 in Nevada. He had been living in the Fish household in 1880 and was ten years younger than Lizzy, but they had no children of record. Her infant son by Fish and her 6, 12, 14, and 15 year old sons by Moss, Allen and Scranton were also living in the household at that time.
There is very little known of her and Osborn, other than that he was not with them when she and her sons, Edward Scranton and Jesse Fish, were living with her at Gardnerville, Douglas, Nevada during June of the 1900 Census. She was listed as a widow.
Lizzy didn't have much chance to grow up. She was the first of 11 children of her mother and was half sister to more than a dozen others. She was not quite 13 for her marriage to William Jefferson King at Millcreek Davis County, Utah Territory.
Her first child, Francis Lucritia, was born when Lizzy was 14 and her son, William Thomas King, was born when she was 16. She was a widow two months after this birth, her husband having been murdered by some assailants hired by a worrisome father, who was afraid his young daughter was about to become a plural wife. The girl had been helping with the new baby and hired as housekeeper for the Kings when rumors of the family moving to California were circulated in the village.
Her husband had gone to collect his work horses when he was gunned down and not found for three days. Lizzy buried him at Kaysville City Cemetery on the 1st of July 1860. His family was prominent in the area, and helped her care for the children.
She remarried about two years later in Salt Lake City to Peter John Moss, who was near her age. They had a daughter, Isabella Belinda (md. Clark), and after moving to Carson City, Nevada had son, James Peter, but she and Moss parted within two years.
She married a third man named Charles F. Allen about 1864. They had two sons, Charles Farrington and Orville Evermont by 1869, but it is not known what happened to Allen, because she had married a fourth time to Egbert A. Scranton by 1872 and had a son, Edward S., with him in 1873, all in Nevada. Scranton was also about her age; and, since "Lizzy" had consistently given her age to be the same as her husbands', it is not surprising that her headstone, later placed by her youngest son, is inscribed with a birth year of 1838, rather than 1844.
Being first married at such a young age, it is probable she was not educated, and didn't know any better than to report a similar age as her spouses. She had only been about 17, with two children in tow, when she met her 2nd husband.
Her fifth husband was Russell H. Fish, whom she married 29 January 1879 and had her last know son, Jesse Russell Hiram Fish, in January of 1880.
It is not known, by this researcher what became of Scranton nor Fish; however, Lizzy married her sixth husband, William T. Osborn about 1881 in Nevada. He had been living in the Fish household in 1880 and was ten years younger than Lizzy, but they had no children of record. Her infant son by Fish and her 6, 12, 14, and 15 year old sons by Moss, Allen and Scranton were also living in the household at that time.
There is very little known of her and Osborn, other than that he was not with them when she and her sons, Edward Scranton and Jesse Fish, were living with her at Gardnerville, Douglas, Nevada during June of the 1900 Census. She was listed as a widow.
Always known as Elizabeth or "Lizzy", she was a daughter of Lucinda Amanda Owen and her second husband, John Bair. Her older half sister, Louisa Maria Tyler was born in March of 1838, but Libby often claimed her birth year, supposedly to hide the fact of herself being a child bride. She was actually born in 1844. Her mother lost several children in infancy and cared for several children of her husband's other wives, which may account for Lizzy marrying so young.
Lizzy didn't have much chance to grow up. She was the first of 11 children of her mother and was half sister to more than a dozen others. She was not quite 13 for her marriage to William Jefferson King at Millcreek Davis County, Utah Territory.
Her first child, Francis Lucritia, was born when Lizzy was 14 and her son, William Thomas King, was born when she was 16. She was a widow two months after this birth, her husband having been murdered by some assailants hired by a worrisome father, who was afraid his young daughter was about to become a plural wife. The girl had been helping with the new baby and hired as housekeeper for the Kings when rumors of the family moving to California were circulated in the village.
Her husband had gone to collect his work horses when he was gunned down and not found for three days. Lizzy buried him at Kaysville City Cemetery on the 1st of July 1860. His family was prominent in the area, and helped her care for the children.
She remarried about two years later in Salt Lake City to Peter John Moss, who was near her age. They had a daughter, Isabella Belinda (md. Clark), and after moving to Carson City, Nevada had son, James Peter, but she and Moss parted within two years.
She married a third man named Charles F. Allen about 1864. They had two sons, Charles Farrington and Orville Evermont by 1869, but it is not known what happened to Allen, because she had married a fourth time to Egbert A. Scranton by 1872 and had a son, Edward S., with him in 1873, all in Nevada. Scranton was also about her age; and, since "Lizzy" had consistently given her age to be the same as her husbands', it is not surprising that her headstone, later placed by her youngest son, is inscribed with a birth year of 1838, rather than 1844.
Being first married at such a young age, it is probable she was not educated, and didn't know any better than to report a similar age as her spouses. She had only been about 17, with two children in tow, when she met her 2nd husband.
Her fifth husband was Russell H. Fish, whom she married 29 January 1879 and had her last know son, Jesse Russell Hiram Fish, in January of 1880.
It is not known, by this researcher what became of Scranton nor Fish; however, Lizzy married her sixth husband, William T. Osborn about 1881 in Nevada. He had been living in the Fish household in 1880 and was ten years younger than Lizzy, but they had no children of record. Her infant son by Fish and her 6, 12, 14, and 15 year old sons by Moss, Allen and Scranton were also living in the household at that time.
There is very little known of her and Osborn, other than that he was not with them when she and her sons, Edward Scranton and Jesse Fish, were living with her at Gardnerville, Douglas, Nevada during June of the 1900 Census. She was listed as a widow.
Lizzy didn't have much chance to grow up. She was the first of 11 children of her mother and was half sister to more than a dozen others. She was not quite 13 for her marriage to William Jefferson King at Millcreek Davis County, Utah Territory.
Her first child, Francis Lucritia, was born when Lizzy was 14 and her son, William Thomas King, was born when she was 16. She was a widow two months after this birth, her husband having been murdered by some assailants hired by a worrisome father, who was afraid his young daughter was about to become a plural wife. The girl had been helping with the new baby and hired as housekeeper for the Kings when rumors of the family moving to California were circulated in the village.
Her husband had gone to collect his work horses when he was gunned down and not found for three days. Lizzy buried him at Kaysville City Cemetery on the 1st of July 1860. His family was prominent in the area, and helped her care for the children.
She remarried about two years later in Salt Lake City to Peter John Moss, who was near her age. They had a daughter, Isabella Belinda (md. Clark), and after moving to Carson City, Nevada had son, James Peter, but she and Moss parted within two years.
She married a third man named Charles F. Allen about 1864. They had two sons, Charles Farrington and Orville Evermont by 1869, but it is not known what happened to Allen, because she had married a fourth time to Egbert A. Scranton by 1872 and had a son, Edward S., with him in 1873, all in Nevada. Scranton was also about her age; and, since "Lizzy" had consistently given her age to be the same as her husbands', it is not surprising that her headstone, later placed by her youngest son, is inscribed with a birth year of 1838, rather than 1844.
Being first married at such a young age, it is probable she was not educated, and didn't know any better than to report a similar age as her spouses. She had only been about 17, with two children in tow, when she met her 2nd husband.
Her fifth husband was Russell H. Fish, whom she married 29 January 1879 and had her last know son, Jesse Russell Hiram Fish, in January of 1880.
It is not known, by this researcher what became of Scranton nor Fish; however, Lizzy married her sixth husband, William T. Osborn about 1881 in Nevada. He had been living in the Fish household in 1880 and was ten years younger than Lizzy, but they had no children of record. Her infant son by Fish and her 6, 12, 14, and 15 year old sons by Moss, Allen and Scranton were also living in the household at that time.
There is very little known of her and Osborn, other than that he was not with them when she and her sons, Edward Scranton and Jesse Fish, were living with her at Gardnerville, Douglas, Nevada during June of the 1900 Census. She was listed as a widow.
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