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Elizabeth Shuman Moffett

Birth
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Death
10 Mar 1839 (aged 45)
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Elizabeth was the fourth of five children of Thomas W. Shuman and Susanna Bowman Shuman (Thomas was a noted businessman in early Hagerstown, Md).

She married William Moffett in 1813 who also became a noted businessman in Hagerstown, Md. They had 8 children.

William died in Hagerstown, MD at age 49 of Cholera during a epidemic while tending to his ill friend, John McIlhenny. They both died on October 15, 1832 and were buried side-by-side. Two months later Elizabeth gave birth to their 8th child.

Elizabeth was too distraught to handle his estate and 6 years later, after the death of their 19 year old daughter, moved with her children to Brownsville, PA to live with her uncles. Even there, where she had a number of relatives, Elizabeth could find no comfort, pined away and died of grief 1 year later on March 10, 1839. The older children and other relatives took the younger children into their homes.

Elizabeth is my 2nd great grandmother.
Elizabeth was the fourth of five children of Thomas W. Shuman and Susanna Bowman Shuman (Thomas was a noted businessman in early Hagerstown, Md).

She married William Moffett in 1813 who also became a noted businessman in Hagerstown, Md. They had 8 children.

William died in Hagerstown, MD at age 49 of Cholera during a epidemic while tending to his ill friend, John McIlhenny. They both died on October 15, 1832 and were buried side-by-side. Two months later Elizabeth gave birth to their 8th child.

Elizabeth was too distraught to handle his estate and 6 years later, after the death of their 19 year old daughter, moved with her children to Brownsville, PA to live with her uncles. Even there, where she had a number of relatives, Elizabeth could find no comfort, pined away and died of grief 1 year later on March 10, 1839. The older children and other relatives took the younger children into their homes.

Elizabeth is my 2nd great grandmother.

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