Eliza Chesterfield
Eliza Chesterfield (maiden name: Tippet) was born 1816 in England. She married John Chesterfield, and they had at least ten children: Richard, born on February 25, 1842; John, born around 1843; William, born around 1845; Eliza, born around 1846; Charles, born around 1850; George, born around 1852; Mary, born around 1855; James, born around 1856; Samuel, born around 1858; and Richard, born around 1862.
 
They immigrated to America around 1847 and settled in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Her husband worked as a miner, and by 1850, they owned $75 of real estate. They moved to Willow Springs, Wisconsin, in the 1850s before returning to Mineral Point in the 1860s. By 1870, they owned $5,600 of real estate and $5,000 of personal property. She applied for a federal pension in October 1882 and eventually received one. She died in Mineral Point on April 7, 1898.
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(2920)Chesterfield, Eliza ~ Tippet, Eliza18161898-04-07
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3671) [recipient] ~ Richard T. Chesterfield to John Chesterfield and Eliza Chesterfield, 1 August 1861

People - Records: 2

  • (2920) Chesterfield, Eliza is the [parent of] (2812) Chesterfield, Richard Tippet
  • (2920) Chesterfield, Eliza is the [wife of] (2918) Chesterfield, John

Places - Records: 2

  • (557) [birth] ~ England
  • (2124) [death] ~ Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa County Democrat (Mineral Point, WI), 14 April 1898