Elizabeth Anderson Donelson
Elizabeth Anderson Donelson (maiden name: Martin) was born on August 27, 1815, in Tennessee to James and Catherine Martin. She married Meriwether Lewis Randolph on April 9, 1835, and their son Lewis was born the following year. Her husband died of bilious fever on September 24, 1837, and her son died two years later. She married Andrew Jackson Donelson on November 10, 1841, and they had at least four children: Daniel, born on December 2, 1842; Martin, born on June 26, 1847; Alexander, born on January 18, 1849; and Catherine, born on February 25, 1850. They lived in Davidson County, Tennessee, and her husband worked as a planter and Democratic politician. By 1850, they owned $47,000 of real estate. A decade later, their wealth had risen to $100,000 of real estate and $100,000 of personal property.
 
In April 1861, he declared that she “loved the Union. But the Union is gone, and forever, and I wept as each star left the field of blue.” Her husband died on June 26, 1871, and she died of illness in Bolivar County, Mississippi, on August 30, 1871.
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(4127)Donelson, Elizabeth Anderson ~ Martin, Elizabeth Anderson1815-08-171871-08-30
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 14

  • (10883) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 15 April 1862
  • (11505) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 23 August 1861
  • (11508) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 4 October 1861
  • (11510) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 22 January 1862
  • (11514) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 21 February 1862
  • (11522) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 21 June 1862
  • (11524) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 7 October 1862
  • (11534) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 20 September 1863
  • (11535) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 24 September 1863
  • (11536) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 25 September 1863
  • (11537) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 10 October 1863
  • (11538) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 1 November 1863
  • (11547) [recipient] ~ Daniel S. Donelson to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 20 November 1863
  • (11550) [recipient] ~ Franklin J. Malone to Elizabeth A. Donelson, 28 April 1864

People - Records: 3

  • (4127) Donelson, Elizabeth Anderson is the [parent of] (3874) Donelson, Daniel Smith
  • (4131) Donelson, Andrew Jackson is the [husband of] (4127) Donelson, Elizabeth Anderson
  • (4136) Martin, Rosalie A. is the [sibling-in-law of] (4127) Donelson, Elizabeth Anderson

Places - Records: 2

  • (174) [birth] ~ Tennessee
  • (3352) [death] ~ Bolivar County, Mississippi

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Tennessee Marriage Records, 1780-2002, available from Ancestry.com