Elizabeth Harriett McGaughy
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 27 Feb 1830 - Kingston, Canada Christening: Death: 17 Dec 1868 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Burial: in Washington Cemetery, New Orleans, LA (later moved to St. Michael Cemetery in Pensacola, FL) Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John W. McGaughy Mother: Jane Bowles
Spouses and Children
1. *Lucius Manilus Merrit Marriage: 4 Nov 1852 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Children: 1. Sammie Merrit
Notes
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Notes for Elizabeth Harriett McGaughy:
- Between c1857 & May 1862 (during the Civil War) they lived in Pensacola. Left Pensacola for N.O. in May 1862. After Lizzie's death the family moved back to Pensacola July 1869.
- 1860 Escambia Co., FL census: L.M. Merritt 34, $1500 pers. est., b. Mass.; wife Eliza 29, b. Canada; A. (girl) 6, scholar, b. LA; E.B. (boy) 4, b. LA; L. (boy) 2, b. FL
- 1870 Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL census (p. 620): L.M. Merritt 46, comm. merchant, b. MA; wife Elizabeth 42 (82), b. MA; Addie 16, b. LA; Erastus B. 14, b. LA; L.M. Jr. 11, b. FL; John A. 6, b. AL; 2 servants; Harrison William 54 preacher, b. AL
- 1885 Pensacola City Directory:
J.A. Merritt boards Jackson c. Spring. Lumber inspector; bds. Spring c. Gadsden (home of sister Adelaide Merritt Bell);
"Lucius didn't leave Pensacola when Lizzie did, and she went first to Montgomery where many members of Christ Episcopal Church sought refuge. The rector established a new parish there called 'Church of the Holy Comforter', an appropriate name for a group of war refugees. Lucius stayed in Pensacola and in October was imprisoned as a 'political prisoner'. He was paroled in January 1863, but released to go to New Orleans, also a Union held city. In time, Lucius went to England and Lizzie to Alabama, near Columbus, GA, where their son John Abercrombie was born. He was named for his 'Uncle John, fighting in Virginia', and the people whose farm they were living on.” [Mrs. Wallace L. (Mary) Dawkins, of Pensacola]
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