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Hohanshelt, Eliza J. (Eliza Jane), 1834-1923

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1834 - 1923

Biographical History

Eliza J. Hohanshelt (1834-1923) was from New York in the 1800s.

Eliza Jane Fowler was born on September 5, 1834, in Avon, New York, to Samuel Fowler and Susanna Hart. She married Richmond Barnum in approximately 1852, and they had thirteen children together. Richmond Barnum died in 1890, and on May 29, 1892 she married Isreal Hohanshelt, in Winneshiek, Iowa. Eliza Jane Hohanshelt died March 23, 1923, in Plymouth, Wisconsin.

Citation:
FamilySearch.org, Oct. 15, 2014 (Eliza Jane Fowler; b. Sep. 5, 1834, in Avon, New York, to Samuel Fowler and Susanna Hart; m. Richmond Barnum in approximately 1852, and they had thirteen children; m. May 29, 1892 she married Isreal Hohanshelt, in Winneshiek, Iowa; d. Mar. 23, 1923, in Plymouth, Wisconsin)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Oct. 28, 2014 (Eliza Jane Fowler; Eliza J. Barnum; E. J. Barnum; Eliza J. Hohanshelt; Eliza J. Hohanshalt; homemaker)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Fowler family correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235231690]
Identifier: MSS 8523
Content Description

Materials includes nine handwritten letters sent by members of the Fowler family in the late 1800s. Correspondents include Eliza Jane Fowler Barnum (later Hohanshelt), Mary Caroline Fowler King, and Cynthia Matilda Fowler Jones, who were sisters, as well as other family members. Letters primarily contain discussions of family issues, and some of the letters contain information about visiting family members in Payson, Utah. Dated 1861-1896.

Dates: 1861-1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Fowler family correspondence

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