Eliza Bawn (maiden name: Keeley) was born around 1815 in Pennsylvania. She married John Kipp, and they had at least three children: Daniel, born around 1835; Abram, born around 1840; and Eliza, born on February 17, 1849. Her husband died by the early 1850s, and she subsequently married Charles Bawn. They had at least two children: Jane, born around 1854; and William, born around 1857. They lived in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1860, they owned $1,600 of real estate and $548 of personal property. A decade later, they owned $3,000 of real estate and $600 of personal property. She died sometime in the 1870s.