Elizabeth’s stepfather died in 1846, her mother died in 1849, and Conner himself died in 1855. The children of Mekinges brought a lawsuit to collect their share of Conner’s estate, but they were refused.
Elizabeth moved to Indianapolis in 1864 to live with her children until she died in 1891. She is buried next to William at Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville. For several years in the 1870’s and 1880’s, she tried to collect a widow’s pension for William Conner’s service in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. It’s interesting to note that on a pension application from 1878, it describes when and where Elizabeth and William were married and states “Neither of them has been married before”.
Source: Hamilton East Public Library (The Two Wives of William Conner) by David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian
Elizabeth’s stepfather died in 1846, her mother died in 1849, and Conner himself died in 1855. The children of Mekinges brought a lawsuit to collect their share of Conner’s estate, but they were refused.
Elizabeth moved to Indianapolis in 1864 to live with her children until she died in 1891. She is buried next to William at Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville. For several years in the 1870’s and 1880’s, she tried to collect a widow’s pension for William Conner’s service in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. It’s interesting to note that on a pension application from 1878, it describes when and where Elizabeth and William were married and states “Neither of them has been married before”.
Source: Hamilton East Public Library (The Two Wives of William Conner) by David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian
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