Elizabeth, with her two sons, John and Abraham, and her daughter, Virginia, set out by boat to cross the Missouri River to Hermann, MO., to shop. As they neared home the boat struck a snag in the river and over turned. Elizabeth and the two boys were downed, but Virginia drifted down river and was rescued by a ferryman. The bodies were recovered but that of Elizabeth was never found. Virginia, Mary and Parthenon were taken back to Virginia to the home of the Parsons family were they were later all married.
Elizabeth, with her two sons, John and Abraham, and her daughter, Virginia, set out by boat to cross the Missouri River to Hermann, MO., to shop. As they neared home the boat struck a snag in the river and over turned. Elizabeth and the two boys were downed, but Virginia drifted down river and was rescued by a ferryman. The bodies were recovered but that of Elizabeth was never found. Virginia, Mary and Parthenon were taken back to Virginia to the home of the Parsons family were they were later all married.
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