Eliza Birdsall Van Tuyl was born on September 2, 1799, daughter of Lewis Birdsall and Patience Lee and sister to Jane Birdsall Harris. Eliza married Dr. Abraham Van Tuyl in New York. He received a medical license from the State of New York in 1819, and in 1823, he was appointed a military surgeon in the New York Militia. The Van Tuyls remained in New York despite the continuous encouragement from family members to join them in Texas. However, she may have visited Texas as early as 1845. The Van Tuyls lived in Penn Yan, Waterloo, Bavaria, and Yates County, New York. They had two children, Eliza Jane and Henry. Prior to the Civil War, possibly after the death of her husband, Eliza moved to Harrisburg, Texas, where she lived with her sister, Jane. During the Civil War she gained the reputation of being a skilled nurse to Confederate soldiers. Eliza Birdsall Van Tuyl died within eight days of her sister on August 24, 1869.
Eliza Birdsall Van Tuyl was born on September 2, 1799, daughter of Lewis Birdsall and Patience Lee and sister to Jane Birdsall Harris. Eliza married Dr. Abraham Van Tuyl in New York. He received a medical license from the State of New York in 1819, and in 1823, he was appointed a military surgeon in the New York Militia. The Van Tuyls remained in New York despite the continuous encouragement from family members to join them in Texas. However, she may have visited Texas as early as 1845. The Van Tuyls lived in Penn Yan, Waterloo, Bavaria, and Yates County, New York. They had two children, Eliza Jane and Henry. Prior to the Civil War, possibly after the death of her husband, Eliza moved to Harrisburg, Texas, where she lived with her sister, Jane. During the Civil War she gained the reputation of being a skilled nurse to Confederate soldiers. Eliza Birdsall Van Tuyl died within eight days of her sister on August 24, 1869.
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