I'm looking for information on an Elizabeth Carruth born about 1842 in Louisiana, and
married William Harrison Palmer.
In 1860, I find William Harrison Palmer married and living in Pointe Coupee, LA next to
his brother Thomas, and they are between two Carruth families. However, his wife is
listed as Matilda, 18. There is a 2-year-old daughter Caroline.
By 1870, they have moved to Rusk Co., TX, and she is listed as Elizabeth, 28, and is 38 in
the 1880 census. They have children Franklin, William, Sally Ann, James, Laura and Jesse.
Her husband is a widow by 1900, and there is a burial record for Elizabeth M. Palmer in
Rusk Co., but with a birth date of 8/14/1848, which seems a few years too late. But it
could be a mis-transcription. And the middle name could be Matilda. Death date was
5/4/1881.
Does Elizabeth/Matilda fit into anyone's Carruth family?
Shirley in Tucson