Elizabeth was born in New York in 1802, and when her father died in 1806, her mother married John Finch. The Finch and Shirts families came to Hamilton County in April of 1819, so it’s very likely that Mekinges and Elizabeth met each other. Elizabeth married William Conner on November 30, 1820, when she was 18 years old and Conner was 43 years old. They had ten children between 1823 and 1847. They lived in the brick house now featured at Conner Prairie from 1823 until 1837, when they moved to Noblesville. Their Noblesville house was at the present address of 273 South Eighth Street and was probably torn down in the late 1860’s for the R. L Wilson house (now the home of Heavenly Sweets). There are probably some interesting archaeological remnants on the property.
Elizabeth’s stepfather died in 1846, her mother died in 1849, and Conner himself died in 1855. The children of Mekinges brought a lawsuit to collect their share of Conner’s estate, but they were refused.
Elizabeth moved to Indianapolis in 1864 to live with her children until she died in 1891. She is buried next to William at Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville. For several years in the 1870’s and 1880’s, she tried to collect a widow’s pension for William Conner’s service in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. It’s interesting to note that on a pension application from 1878, it describes when and where Elizabeth and William were married and states “Neither of them has been married before”.
Source: Hamilton East Public Library (The Two Wives of William Conner) by David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian
Elizabeth’s stepfather died in 1846, her mother died in 1849, and Conner himself died in 1855. The children of Mekinges brought a lawsuit to collect their share of Conner’s estate, but they were refused.
Elizabeth moved to Indianapolis in 1864 to live with her children until she died in 1891. She is buried next to William at Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville. For several years in the 1870’s and 1880’s, she tried to collect a widow’s pension for William Conner’s service in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. It’s interesting to note that on a pension application from 1878, it describes when and where Elizabeth and William were married and states “Neither of them has been married before”.
Source: Hamilton East Public Library (The Two Wives of William Conner) by David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian
Elizabeth was born in New York in 1802, and when her father died in 1806, her mother married John Finch. The Finch and Shirts families came to Hamilton County in April of 1819, so it’s very likely that Mekinges and Elizabeth met each other. Elizabeth married William Conner on November 30, 1820, when she was 18 years old and Conner was 43 years old. They had ten children between 1823 and 1847. They lived in the brick house now featured at Conner Prairie from 1823 until 1837, when they moved to Noblesville. Their Noblesville house was at the present address of 273 South Eighth Street and was probably torn down in the late 1860’s for the R. L Wilson house (now the home of Heavenly Sweets). There are probably some interesting archaeological remnants on the property.
Elizabeth’s stepfather died in 1846, her mother died in 1849, and Conner himself died in 1855. The children of Mekinges brought a lawsuit to collect their share of Conner’s estate, but they were refused.
Elizabeth moved to Indianapolis in 1864 to live with her children until she died in 1891. She is buried next to William at Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville. For several years in the 1870’s and 1880’s, she tried to collect a widow’s pension for William Conner’s service in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. It’s interesting to note that on a pension application from 1878, it describes when and where Elizabeth and William were married and states “Neither of them has been married before”.
Source: Hamilton East Public Library (The Two Wives of William Conner) by David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian
Elizabeth’s stepfather died in 1846, her mother died in 1849, and Conner himself died in 1855. The children of Mekinges brought a lawsuit to collect their share of Conner’s estate, but they were refused.
Elizabeth moved to Indianapolis in 1864 to live with her children until she died in 1891. She is buried next to William at Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville. For several years in the 1870’s and 1880’s, she tried to collect a widow’s pension for William Conner’s service in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. It’s interesting to note that on a pension application from 1878, it describes when and where Elizabeth and William were married and states “Neither of them has been married before”.
Source: Hamilton East Public Library (The Two Wives of William Conner) by David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian
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