Ancestors of Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Myers

Jacob Moyers
(1797-1863)

Sarah Walker "Sallie" Rogers
(1802-1867)

Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Myers
(1820-1861)

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Spouses/Children:
Jordan Albert Lakin

Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Myers ²

Born: December 20, 1820, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio ³
Marriage: Jordan Albert Lakin on October 13, 1839 in Greene County, Illinois ¹
Died: May 30, 1861, Greene County, Illinois at age 40 ⁴ ⁵
Buried: Hopewell Cemetery, Greene County, Illinois

Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Spelling/AKA. Elizabeth Myers (Moyers) last name was recorded as "Morris" in the online Illinois Marriage Database. The spelling of her last name was "Myers" in the Greene County, Illinois biography of her son, Judge Leander Lakin.

• Alt. Birth, December 26, 1820. ⁶

• Census, 1830, Greene County, Illinois. ⁷ 1 female aged 5-10 (Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Moyers, aged 9/10)

• Census, 1840, Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois. ⁸ 1840 federal census; page 83; Carrollton District, Greene County, Illinois

• Census, 1850, Greene County, Illinois. ⁹ Eliza Ann Lakin, age 29, female, born in Ohio

• Census, 1860, Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois. ¹⁰ Eliza Lakin, age 40, female, born in Ohio

• Residence: Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois.

Eliza married Jordan Albert Lakin, son of John Musgrove Lakin and Eleanor Jordon, on October 13, 1839 in Greene County, Illinois.¹ (Jordan Albert Lakin was born on December 1, 1817 in Ohio,² ³ ¹⁰ ¹¹ died on July 29, 1869 in Greene County, Illinois ⁵ ¹¹ and was buried in the Hopewell Cemetery, Greene County, Illinois ¹².)

1 The Illinois marriage index 1763-1900. URL: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/cgi-bin/archives/marriage.s

2 A Portrait and Biographical Album of Des Moines County, Iowa (Chicago: Acme Publishing, 1888). On microfilm at Sutro Library, San Francisco, California.

3 LDS Online Record, Ancestral file: (AFN: R4B2-RB). See: http://www.familysearch.org/

4 Judge Leander R. Lakin's biography (originally published in A History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois, 1885, Springfield, Illinois: Continental Historical Company). Death date listed as 5/30/1860 in this biography; 5/30/1861 at LDS and Hopewell Cemetery online database. URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/greene/1885bios/lakinl.html

5 An online record at ancestry.com, either a gedcom file or individual record. http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mandre221&id=I1722. URL: http://www.ancestry.com/

6 Information from a web page or gedcom file in the World Connect Project at Rootsweb.com. URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3203189 (1/2008). See: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

7 The 1830 United States federal census. 1830 US Census Greene County, Illinois Sheets marked as page 12 and 22. The fifth enumeration of the U.S. government

8 The 1840 United States federal census. 1840 US Census; page 83; Carrollton District, Greene County, Illinois
. The sixth enumeration of the U.S. government

9 The 1850 United States federal census. Transcription found online at URL (6/2004): http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/census-greene1850/159.htm

"This transcription is subject to human error. Please refer to the original microfilm to verify correctness. Transcribed by from the publication by the Greene County Historical & Genealogical Society with their permission."

Greene County, Illinois, reel #108, page #159. The seventh enumeration of the U.S. government

10 The 1860 United States federal census. 1860 US Census; Carrollton Precinct, Greene County, Illinois; Post Office Carrollton; Page 206, Sheet 802 Enumerated on August 6, 1860. The eighth enumeration of the U.S. government

11 Judge Leander R. Lakin's biography (originally published in A History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois, 1885, Springfield, Illinois: Continental Historical Company).

12 Listings for cemeteries in Greene County, Illinois. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/greene/cemeteries/1_cem_list.html

Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Myers 2

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Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Myers ²