Second wife of George Caleb Bingham. Daughter of Dr. Robert Stewart Thomas and Elvira Johnston Thomas.
After George Bingham's first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1848, Bingham married Eliza Thomas of Columbia on December 3, 1849. Together they had one son, James Rollins (1861-1910), whom they named after the artist's friend.
By 1875, Eliza developed mental health issues. In 1876, Eliza had fallen so deeply into a state of delusion that George was forced to place her in a State Mental Facility in Fulton. She was 47-years-old. As her ties to reality became unraveled, she had "brilliant visions of Heaven and her departed relatives and friends," and became convinced that she was visited by "her Savior." By 1876, she imagined that she was already in heaven.
In November, 1876 Eliza Bingham died at Fulton State Hospital. She was buried beside her parents.
After George Bingham's first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1848, Bingham married Eliza Thomas of Columbia on December 3, 1849. Together they had one son, James Rollins (1861-1910), whom they named after the artist's friend.
By 1875, Eliza developed mental health issues. In 1876, Eliza had fallen so deeply into a state of delusion that George was forced to place her in a State Mental Facility in Fulton. She was 47-years-old. As her ties to reality became unraveled, she had "brilliant visions of Heaven and her departed relatives and friends," and became convinced that she was visited by "her Savior." By 1876, she imagined that she was already in heaven.
In November, 1876 Eliza Bingham died at Fulton State Hospital. She was buried beside her parents.
Second wife of George Caleb Bingham. Daughter of Dr. Robert Stewart Thomas and Elvira Johnston Thomas.
After George Bingham's first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1848, Bingham married Eliza Thomas of Columbia on December 3, 1849. Together they had one son, James Rollins (1861-1910), whom they named after the artist's friend.
By 1875, Eliza developed mental health issues. In 1876, Eliza had fallen so deeply into a state of delusion that George was forced to place her in a State Mental Facility in Fulton. She was 47-years-old. As her ties to reality became unraveled, she had "brilliant visions of Heaven and her departed relatives and friends," and became convinced that she was visited by "her Savior." By 1876, she imagined that she was already in heaven.
In November, 1876 Eliza Bingham died at Fulton State Hospital. She was buried beside her parents.
After George Bingham's first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1848, Bingham married Eliza Thomas of Columbia on December 3, 1849. Together they had one son, James Rollins (1861-1910), whom they named after the artist's friend.
By 1875, Eliza developed mental health issues. In 1876, Eliza had fallen so deeply into a state of delusion that George was forced to place her in a State Mental Facility in Fulton. She was 47-years-old. As her ties to reality became unraveled, she had "brilliant visions of Heaven and her departed relatives and friends," and became convinced that she was visited by "her Savior." By 1876, she imagined that she was already in heaven.
In November, 1876 Eliza Bingham died at Fulton State Hospital. She was buried beside her parents.
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