Headstone gives the date of death as Feb 6, 1884 and her age as 70 years 2 mos and I think it says 3 days (hard to tell). These inscribed years/age match her reported age in the 1870 census. Although the census gives her age as "56" and it is indexed as "abt 1814" she had not had her birthday yet when the census was taken in June 1870. The indexed year of birth was then passed on throughout family tree sites like Ancestry without taking into account the month of census and her birth month from the headstone.
Some family trees give her place of birth as Carbondale Illinois, but no one lived in this area that is now named Carbondale Illinois in 1813. The census gives her state of birth as Illinois. It is more likely she was born in another county that had inhabitants in 1814, such as those south of Jackson county.
Some family trees give her place of birth as Carbondale Illinois, but no one lived in this area that is now named Carbondale Illinois in 1813. The census gives her state of birth as Illinois. It is more likely she was born in another county that had inhabitants in 1814, such as those south of Jackson county.
Headstone gives the date of death as Feb 6, 1884 and her age as 70 years 2 mos and I think it says 3 days (hard to tell). These inscribed years/age match her reported age in the 1870 census. Although the census gives her age as "56" and it is indexed as "abt 1814" she had not had her birthday yet when the census was taken in June 1870. The indexed year of birth was then passed on throughout family tree sites like Ancestry without taking into account the month of census and her birth month from the headstone.
Some family trees give her place of birth as Carbondale Illinois, but no one lived in this area that is now named Carbondale Illinois in 1813. The census gives her state of birth as Illinois. It is more likely she was born in another county that had inhabitants in 1814, such as those south of Jackson county.
Some family trees give her place of birth as Carbondale Illinois, but no one lived in this area that is now named Carbondale Illinois in 1813. The census gives her state of birth as Illinois. It is more likely she was born in another county that had inhabitants in 1814, such as those south of Jackson county.
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