Daughter of Brigadier General Peleg Wadsworth of the Continental Army and Elizabeth Bartlett Wadsworth.
Aunt of American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Elizabeth Wadsworth known by her family as Eliza was sickly and in ill health most of her life. She spent her later years living in her parents house in Portland, Massachusetts now in the state of Maine. Letters written by Eliza during the summer of 1800 indicate that she and Stephen had an understanding. In October 1801 the young couple's miniatures were painted, probably as gifts for one another, tokens of their mutual affection and commitment. Eliza, however, had begun the decline from tubercular consumption (tuberculosis) that would cause her death on August 1, 1802. Zilpah devoted herself to nursing her sister and with Stephen watched by her bedside. Before her death Eliza bequeathed to Zilpah her most cherished possession, a lock of George Washington's hair.
Eliza also, in a sense, bequeathed to Zilpah something else of great value: her intended, Stephen Longfellow, whom Zilpah had long loved. On the evening of January 1, 1804, Stephen and Zilpah were married in the parlor of the house of their father, Peleg Wadsworth where Eliza had died.
http://www.hwlongfellow.org/family_stephen.shtml
Aunt of American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Elizabeth Wadsworth known by her family as Eliza was sickly and in ill health most of her life. She spent her later years living in her parents house in Portland, Massachusetts now in the state of Maine. Letters written by Eliza during the summer of 1800 indicate that she and Stephen had an understanding. In October 1801 the young couple's miniatures were painted, probably as gifts for one another, tokens of their mutual affection and commitment. Eliza, however, had begun the decline from tubercular consumption (tuberculosis) that would cause her death on August 1, 1802. Zilpah devoted herself to nursing her sister and with Stephen watched by her bedside. Before her death Eliza bequeathed to Zilpah her most cherished possession, a lock of George Washington's hair.
Eliza also, in a sense, bequeathed to Zilpah something else of great value: her intended, Stephen Longfellow, whom Zilpah had long loved. On the evening of January 1, 1804, Stephen and Zilpah were married in the parlor of the house of their father, Peleg Wadsworth where Eliza had died.
http://www.hwlongfellow.org/family_stephen.shtml
Daughter of Brigadier General Peleg Wadsworth of the Continental Army and Elizabeth Bartlett Wadsworth.
Aunt of American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Elizabeth Wadsworth known by her family as Eliza was sickly and in ill health most of her life. She spent her later years living in her parents house in Portland, Massachusetts now in the state of Maine. Letters written by Eliza during the summer of 1800 indicate that she and Stephen had an understanding. In October 1801 the young couple's miniatures were painted, probably as gifts for one another, tokens of their mutual affection and commitment. Eliza, however, had begun the decline from tubercular consumption (tuberculosis) that would cause her death on August 1, 1802. Zilpah devoted herself to nursing her sister and with Stephen watched by her bedside. Before her death Eliza bequeathed to Zilpah her most cherished possession, a lock of George Washington's hair.
Eliza also, in a sense, bequeathed to Zilpah something else of great value: her intended, Stephen Longfellow, whom Zilpah had long loved. On the evening of January 1, 1804, Stephen and Zilpah were married in the parlor of the house of their father, Peleg Wadsworth where Eliza had died.
http://www.hwlongfellow.org/family_stephen.shtml
Aunt of American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Elizabeth Wadsworth known by her family as Eliza was sickly and in ill health most of her life. She spent her later years living in her parents house in Portland, Massachusetts now in the state of Maine. Letters written by Eliza during the summer of 1800 indicate that she and Stephen had an understanding. In October 1801 the young couple's miniatures were painted, probably as gifts for one another, tokens of their mutual affection and commitment. Eliza, however, had begun the decline from tubercular consumption (tuberculosis) that would cause her death on August 1, 1802. Zilpah devoted herself to nursing her sister and with Stephen watched by her bedside. Before her death Eliza bequeathed to Zilpah her most cherished possession, a lock of George Washington's hair.
Eliza also, in a sense, bequeathed to Zilpah something else of great value: her intended, Stephen Longfellow, whom Zilpah had long loved. On the evening of January 1, 1804, Stephen and Zilpah were married in the parlor of the house of their father, Peleg Wadsworth where Eliza had died.
http://www.hwlongfellow.org/family_stephen.shtml
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