Elizabeth Marshall
Elizabeth Marshall (maiden name: Montgomery) was born around 1828 in Ireland to Charles Montgomery and Margaret McCurdy. She immigrated to America sometime before 1845 and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married Harvey Marshall there on April 26, 1845, and they had at least six children: Jacob, born around 1847; Elizabeth, born around 1851; Ella, born around 1853; Harvey, born around 1856; Sarah, born around 1858; and Sally, born around 1860.
They moved to New York around 1846, but they had returned to Philadelphia by 1851. Her husband worked as a boot fitter, and by 1860, they owned $50 of personal property. Harvey enlisted in the Union army during the Civil War, and he died in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 9, 1863. She applied for a widow’s pension in August 1863 and eventually secured one. After her husband’s death, she remained in Philadelphia and continued to raise her children. She never remarried, and she died in Philadelphia on January 26, 1906.
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| (838) | Marshall, Elizabeth ~ Montgomery, Elizabeth | 1828 | 1906-01-26 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
People - Records: 1
- (838) Marshall, Elizabeth is the [wife of] (837) Marshall, Harvey
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancesry.com; Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, available from Ancestry.com; Harvey Marshall to Elizabeth Marshall, 16 December 1862, Nau Collection; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, available from Ancestry.com.
