Story Co IA 1880 mortality schedule the following:
Given Name: Elisabeth
Surname: Carnahan
Township: Richland & Sherman Twp
Enumeration District: 202
Enumerator: John B. Shaw
Family Number: 1
Age: 101
Sex: F
Color: W
Marital Status:
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Occupation:
Month of Death: Jan
Cause of Death: old age
How long in Story Co.: 4
Where illness contracted:
Attending Physician: none
Physician's Statement - Primary Cause:
Physician's Statement - Immediate Cause:
Physician's Statement - Signature
Enumerator Remarks: The family could not name any disease but said nothing
but old age could be conjectured.
Story Co IA Richland & Sherman Twp
I believe this lady is the mother of my Fanny Carnahan Woods, and I just was
able to identify the photo I have of Fanny AND I believe I have a photo of
Elizabeth in her old age. I do not know who the John B. and Amanda Shaw she
was living with might be. That is my next bit of research.
I have a photo of a very old lady taken in Indiana PA. I am beginning to
think that Elizabeth went "home" for a while to observe perhaps her 100th
birthday. Does any of this look familiary to you?