Elizabeth Ann Zittle, elder daughter of Sarah (née Summers) and John Zittle, was born about 1835 in Washington County, Maryland, probably in or near Zittlestown. Elizabeth's mother died before 1845. Her father remarried in February 1845, and he died before 1850. Elizabeth Ann is not found in the 1850 U.S. Census, but her younger sister Mary Ellen, age 11, was enumerated in the household of their grandmother Elizabeth Summers, age 73.
Elizabeth Ann Zittle and Jacob Michael Alexander appear to have married sometime in the mid-1860s, but neither a marriage record nor an announcement have been found.* The couple are known to have had one daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, born in 1866.† The family of three in 1870 were enumerated in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland; he was cooper.
The 1880 U.S. Census indicates that Elizabeth Alexander was widowed.‡ In 1900, she was a warden at Bellevue, the Washington County Alms House in Hagerstown, Maryland. (Her daughter Sarah and grandson Harry then lived with her unmarried sister Mary Ellen Zittle in Boonsboro, Washington County. Sarah was a nurse at Bellevue.) Not found in the 1910 U.S. Census, Elizabeth A. Alexander died in 1912 in Boonsboro. A death notice mentions that she was for 10 years a warden at Bellevue.
Notes
Elizabeth Jayne Blair and Leona Miller Hart, The Descendants of Michael Zittle, Sr. (Anchorage, Alaska: n.p., 1995), p. 146.
According to Catherine Summers vs. Elie Summers and Others, Settlement of Estate, filed 10 May 1853, Jacob Summers, who died in summer 1838, and his widow Elizabeth, who died in April 1853, were the parents of seven children. These included Sarah, wife of John Zittle, both deceased, who were the parents of two minor children: Elizabeth Ann Zittle, age 18, and Mary Ellen Zittle, age 14. (Equity #1243. Book 5, 196-206.)
• Elizabeth Ann born about 1835; Mary Ellen born about 1839.
1850 U.S. Census: not found.
1860 U.S. Census, Boonsboro Dist., Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 1558, family 1675, lines 38-40 & 1-2, pp. 213-14 (written), 5 Aug 1860. (Post Office: Boonsboro)
38. Otho A. Smith, 50, physician ($32,000; $10,000) Maryland.
[...]
2. Elizabeth "Gittle," 24, Maryland.
•Younger sister Mary E. Zittle on following page, dwelling 1571.
1860 U.S. Census, Middletown, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 414, family 442, lines 10-14, p. 58 (written), 19 Jun 1860. (Post Office: Middletown)
10. John Alexander, 55, hatter ($400; $50), Maryland.
11. Elizabeth -----, 51, Maryland.
12. Jacob -----, 27, cooper, Maryland.
[...]
• Alexander household in 1850 enumerated in Middletown Dist.
U.S. Civil War Draft Registration; Middletown, Frederick Co., Maryland; 26 Oct 1863.
6. "Alexander Jacob M. | 32 | white | Cooper | unmarried | Maryland"
1870 U.S. Census, Middletown, Dist. 3, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 6, family 7, lines 26-28, p. 214 (printed), p. 1 (written), 1 Jun 1870. (Post Office: Middletown)
26. Alexander, J. M., 39, cooper "ferm," Maryland.
27. ----- Elizabeth, 33, k. h., Maryland.
28. ----- Sarah E., 4, Maryland.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 72, South part of Middletown, Dist. 3, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 13, family 15, lines 5-6, p. 106 (printed), p. 3 (written), 2 Jun 1880.
5. Alexander, Elizabeth, 43 [head], widowed, keeping house, self and parents born in Md.
6. ----- Sallie, 14, daughter, at school, self and parents born in Md.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 86, Belleview, "Hagerstown E. D. [Election District] # 21 Outside City Limits," Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 169, family 175, p. 10 (written), 15-16 Jun 1900.
54. Alexander, Elizabeth, warden, "Aug 1842," "57," single; self and parents born in Maryland, warden.
Elizabeth Alexander's daughter and grandson resided with Elizabeth's younger, unmarried sister Mary E. Zittle in Boonsboro, about 10 or 11 miles away.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 72, Boonsboro, Boonsboro Dist., Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 302, family 311, lines 45-47, p. 121A (printed), p. 14 (written), 22 Jun 1900.
45. Zittle, Mary E., head, Feb 1835, 65, single, self and parents born in Maryland.
46. "Elaxander," Sallie, niece, Feb 1868, 32, married 3 years, 2 children (1 living), self and parents born in Maryland, keeping house.
47. Thomas, Harry, grand-nephew, Apr 1896, 4, self and parents born in Maryland.
"Mrs. Alexander Called by Death," The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland, 23 Sep 1912, p. 3, col. 6.
"Washington Co.: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Alexander," The Evening Herald, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, 24 Sep 1912, p. 3.
• Ms. Alexander's connection with Waynesboro—if any—is unknown. Not found there in the 1910 U.S. Census.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Alexander death notice in: "These Have Gone to their Long Rest," The Mail, Hagerstown, Maryland, 27 Sep 1912, p. 10, col. 4.
The Maryland death certificate of Elizabeth Ann Alexander died on 21 Sep 1912, Boonsboro; date of birth not known, age "about 75"; born in Maryland She died from "Jaundice with liver aflection [sic ] malignant," and "cancer of liver." Parents were: Sallie Summers and John Zittle, both born in Maryland. Informant: Sallie Thomas (deceased's daughter).
* Maryland law does not permit the formation of common-law marriages.
† "Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of the late Jacob M. Alexander of Middletown [...]" ("Obituary: Thomas," The Citizen, Frederick, Maryland, 2 Jul 1915, p. 5, col. 4.)
‡ Unsourced genealogies indicate he died on 3 Dec 1870 in Middletown.
Should not be conflated with Elizabeth Ann Alexander (née Baker) (1825-1911). (See: Find a Grave Memorial 158019162.)
Reviewed 16 March 2024.
Elizabeth Ann Zittle, elder daughter of Sarah (née Summers) and John Zittle, was born about 1835 in Washington County, Maryland, probably in or near Zittlestown. Elizabeth's mother died before 1845. Her father remarried in February 1845, and he died before 1850. Elizabeth Ann is not found in the 1850 U.S. Census, but her younger sister Mary Ellen, age 11, was enumerated in the household of their grandmother Elizabeth Summers, age 73.
Elizabeth Ann Zittle and Jacob Michael Alexander appear to have married sometime in the mid-1860s, but neither a marriage record nor an announcement have been found.* The couple are known to have had one daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, born in 1866.† The family of three in 1870 were enumerated in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland; he was cooper.
The 1880 U.S. Census indicates that Elizabeth Alexander was widowed.‡ In 1900, she was a warden at Bellevue, the Washington County Alms House in Hagerstown, Maryland. (Her daughter Sarah and grandson Harry then lived with her unmarried sister Mary Ellen Zittle in Boonsboro, Washington County. Sarah was a nurse at Bellevue.) Not found in the 1910 U.S. Census, Elizabeth A. Alexander died in 1912 in Boonsboro. A death notice mentions that she was for 10 years a warden at Bellevue.
Notes
Elizabeth Jayne Blair and Leona Miller Hart, The Descendants of Michael Zittle, Sr. (Anchorage, Alaska: n.p., 1995), p. 146.
According to Catherine Summers vs. Elie Summers and Others, Settlement of Estate, filed 10 May 1853, Jacob Summers, who died in summer 1838, and his widow Elizabeth, who died in April 1853, were the parents of seven children. These included Sarah, wife of John Zittle, both deceased, who were the parents of two minor children: Elizabeth Ann Zittle, age 18, and Mary Ellen Zittle, age 14. (Equity #1243. Book 5, 196-206.)
• Elizabeth Ann born about 1835; Mary Ellen born about 1839.
1850 U.S. Census: not found.
1860 U.S. Census, Boonsboro Dist., Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 1558, family 1675, lines 38-40 & 1-2, pp. 213-14 (written), 5 Aug 1860. (Post Office: Boonsboro)
38. Otho A. Smith, 50, physician ($32,000; $10,000) Maryland.
[...]
2. Elizabeth "Gittle," 24, Maryland.
•Younger sister Mary E. Zittle on following page, dwelling 1571.
1860 U.S. Census, Middletown, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 414, family 442, lines 10-14, p. 58 (written), 19 Jun 1860. (Post Office: Middletown)
10. John Alexander, 55, hatter ($400; $50), Maryland.
11. Elizabeth -----, 51, Maryland.
12. Jacob -----, 27, cooper, Maryland.
[...]
• Alexander household in 1850 enumerated in Middletown Dist.
U.S. Civil War Draft Registration; Middletown, Frederick Co., Maryland; 26 Oct 1863.
6. "Alexander Jacob M. | 32 | white | Cooper | unmarried | Maryland"
1870 U.S. Census, Middletown, Dist. 3, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 6, family 7, lines 26-28, p. 214 (printed), p. 1 (written), 1 Jun 1870. (Post Office: Middletown)
26. Alexander, J. M., 39, cooper "ferm," Maryland.
27. ----- Elizabeth, 33, k. h., Maryland.
28. ----- Sarah E., 4, Maryland.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 72, South part of Middletown, Dist. 3, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 13, family 15, lines 5-6, p. 106 (printed), p. 3 (written), 2 Jun 1880.
5. Alexander, Elizabeth, 43 [head], widowed, keeping house, self and parents born in Md.
6. ----- Sallie, 14, daughter, at school, self and parents born in Md.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 86, Belleview, "Hagerstown E. D. [Election District] # 21 Outside City Limits," Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 169, family 175, p. 10 (written), 15-16 Jun 1900.
54. Alexander, Elizabeth, warden, "Aug 1842," "57," single; self and parents born in Maryland, warden.
Elizabeth Alexander's daughter and grandson resided with Elizabeth's younger, unmarried sister Mary E. Zittle in Boonsboro, about 10 or 11 miles away.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 72, Boonsboro, Boonsboro Dist., Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 302, family 311, lines 45-47, p. 121A (printed), p. 14 (written), 22 Jun 1900.
45. Zittle, Mary E., head, Feb 1835, 65, single, self and parents born in Maryland.
46. "Elaxander," Sallie, niece, Feb 1868, 32, married 3 years, 2 children (1 living), self and parents born in Maryland, keeping house.
47. Thomas, Harry, grand-nephew, Apr 1896, 4, self and parents born in Maryland.
"Mrs. Alexander Called by Death," The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland, 23 Sep 1912, p. 3, col. 6.
"Washington Co.: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Alexander," The Evening Herald, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, 24 Sep 1912, p. 3.
• Ms. Alexander's connection with Waynesboro—if any—is unknown. Not found there in the 1910 U.S. Census.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Alexander death notice in: "These Have Gone to their Long Rest," The Mail, Hagerstown, Maryland, 27 Sep 1912, p. 10, col. 4.
The Maryland death certificate of Elizabeth Ann Alexander died on 21 Sep 1912, Boonsboro; date of birth not known, age "about 75"; born in Maryland She died from "Jaundice with liver aflection [sic ] malignant," and "cancer of liver." Parents were: Sallie Summers and John Zittle, both born in Maryland. Informant: Sallie Thomas (deceased's daughter).
* Maryland law does not permit the formation of common-law marriages.
† "Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of the late Jacob M. Alexander of Middletown [...]" ("Obituary: Thomas," The Citizen, Frederick, Maryland, 2 Jul 1915, p. 5, col. 4.)
‡ Unsourced genealogies indicate he died on 3 Dec 1870 in Middletown.
Should not be conflated with Elizabeth Ann Alexander (née Baker) (1825-1911). (See: Find a Grave Memorial 158019162.)
Reviewed 16 March 2024.
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