According to the her death certificate, she resided in the State Hospital #1 for 33 years. That would mean that she began her life there about June 1885. Her youngest child Esther was born in Feb 1885.
She is listed in the 1900 and 1910 US census records as living in the hospital in Fulton, Callaway Co., MO
Her death certificate gives no indication of where she was buried. It also lacked information about her personal info including date of birth, birthplace, father and mother names and birthplaces.
She was the daughter of Thomas Buffington DeWitt and his first wife Frances Carney who died in VA in 1859.
She married David Allen Ely on 1 Sep 1880 and gave birth to the following children:
Mary Frances Ely (1881-1973)
m. Joseph Fleming
Dixie Ely (1883-1958)
m. Archibald Belisle
Esther Ely (1885-1966)
m. Thomas Edwards
Finally, we do not know if she is buried here but it seems likely.
After 1905, her husband lived and died in 1933 in Kansas.
One should click on the link to this cemetery below and read the history of the cemetery to realize it may not be possible to confirm that she is buried here.
At least now with this memorial it will be easier for her relatives to remember her.
In a last will and testament of her father Thomas Buffington DeWitt written on Jul 7 1891, Nancy was referred to as an insane daughter and Thomas willed some land to her three daughters Mary, Dixie and Esther.
An interesting video about the history of Missouri's state hospitals can be found at:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/presentations/default.asp?ap=sthosp
She is listed in the 1900 and 1910 US census records as living in the hospital in Fulton, Callaway Co., MO
Her death certificate gives no indication of where she was buried. It also lacked information about her personal info including date of birth, birthplace, father and mother names and birthplaces.
She was the daughter of Thomas Buffington DeWitt and his first wife Frances Carney who died in VA in 1859.
She married David Allen Ely on 1 Sep 1880 and gave birth to the following children:
Mary Frances Ely (1881-1973)
m. Joseph Fleming
Dixie Ely (1883-1958)
m. Archibald Belisle
Esther Ely (1885-1966)
m. Thomas Edwards
Finally, we do not know if she is buried here but it seems likely.
After 1905, her husband lived and died in 1933 in Kansas.
One should click on the link to this cemetery below and read the history of the cemetery to realize it may not be possible to confirm that she is buried here.
At least now with this memorial it will be easier for her relatives to remember her.
In a last will and testament of her father Thomas Buffington DeWitt written on Jul 7 1891, Nancy was referred to as an insane daughter and Thomas willed some land to her three daughters Mary, Dixie and Esther.
An interesting video about the history of Missouri's state hospitals can be found at:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/presentations/default.asp?ap=sthosp
According to the her death certificate, she resided in the State Hospital #1 for 33 years. That would mean that she began her life there about June 1885. Her youngest child Esther was born in Feb 1885.
She is listed in the 1900 and 1910 US census records as living in the hospital in Fulton, Callaway Co., MO
Her death certificate gives no indication of where she was buried. It also lacked information about her personal info including date of birth, birthplace, father and mother names and birthplaces.
She was the daughter of Thomas Buffington DeWitt and his first wife Frances Carney who died in VA in 1859.
She married David Allen Ely on 1 Sep 1880 and gave birth to the following children:
Mary Frances Ely (1881-1973)
m. Joseph Fleming
Dixie Ely (1883-1958)
m. Archibald Belisle
Esther Ely (1885-1966)
m. Thomas Edwards
Finally, we do not know if she is buried here but it seems likely.
After 1905, her husband lived and died in 1933 in Kansas.
One should click on the link to this cemetery below and read the history of the cemetery to realize it may not be possible to confirm that she is buried here.
At least now with this memorial it will be easier for her relatives to remember her.
In a last will and testament of her father Thomas Buffington DeWitt written on Jul 7 1891, Nancy was referred to as an insane daughter and Thomas willed some land to her three daughters Mary, Dixie and Esther.
An interesting video about the history of Missouri's state hospitals can be found at:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/presentations/default.asp?ap=sthosp
She is listed in the 1900 and 1910 US census records as living in the hospital in Fulton, Callaway Co., MO
Her death certificate gives no indication of where she was buried. It also lacked information about her personal info including date of birth, birthplace, father and mother names and birthplaces.
She was the daughter of Thomas Buffington DeWitt and his first wife Frances Carney who died in VA in 1859.
She married David Allen Ely on 1 Sep 1880 and gave birth to the following children:
Mary Frances Ely (1881-1973)
m. Joseph Fleming
Dixie Ely (1883-1958)
m. Archibald Belisle
Esther Ely (1885-1966)
m. Thomas Edwards
Finally, we do not know if she is buried here but it seems likely.
After 1905, her husband lived and died in 1933 in Kansas.
One should click on the link to this cemetery below and read the history of the cemetery to realize it may not be possible to confirm that she is buried here.
At least now with this memorial it will be easier for her relatives to remember her.
In a last will and testament of her father Thomas Buffington DeWitt written on Jul 7 1891, Nancy was referred to as an insane daughter and Thomas willed some land to her three daughters Mary, Dixie and Esther.
An interesting video about the history of Missouri's state hospitals can be found at:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/presentations/default.asp?ap=sthosp
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