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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Walker Jeffres
29 Nov 1822 – 29 Apr 1912
| Birth | 29 Nov 1822 |
| Death | 29 Apr 1912 |
| Cemetery | Mount Hope Cemetery Scotia , Greeley County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Starlight on 28 May 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91885340 |
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31 July 1850 - US Census - Hanover, Licking, Ohio Household ..........Sex ......Age Birthplace William Jeffers ...Male ....25 ..Ohio Elizabeth Jeffers Female 23 ..Ohio Lewis S Jeffers ...Male ....1 ....Ohio 1860 - US Census - 7 July 1870 - US Census - Monroe Township, Fremont, Iowa Household ..........Sex ......Age Birthplace William Jeffres ...Male ....46 ..Ohio Elizabeth Jeffres Female 46 ..Ohio Elias Jeffres ........Male ....18 ..Ohio Perry Jeffres .......Male ....15 ..Ohio Albert Jeffres ......Male ....12 ..Ohio George Jeffres ....Male ....9 ....Ohio John Jeffres .......Male.... 5 ....Iowa Elizabeth Jeffres Female 24 ..Missouri In the 1870 Census, the Jeffres family appears in Monroe Township, Fremont County, Iowa. Later, They Moved to Greeley County, Nebraska, in about 1872 where they spent the remainder of their lives. 9 July 1880 - US Census - Riverside Township, Fremont, Iowa Household ...........Role .Sex .....Age Birthplace William S. Jeffries Self .Male ....56 ..Ohio Elizabeth Jeffries .Wife Female 56 ..Ohio George W. Jeffries Son .Male ....18 ..Ohio John Osar Jeffries Son .Male ....14 ..Iowa 1890 - US Census - Destroyed in 1921 census fire 1900 - US Census - 15 April 1910 - US Census - Wallace Creek, Greeley, Nebraska Household .............Role ...................Sex .....Age Birthplace J A Jefferies ...........Head .................Male ....52 ..Ohio Minnie Jefferies .....Wife ..................Female 43 ..Illinois Dick Jefferies .........Son ...................Male ....23 ..Nebraska Dessie Stitsler ........Daughter ..........Female 21 ..Nebraska Laurin Jefferies ......Son ...................Male ....17 ..Nebraska Lynn Jefferies ........Son ...................Male ....15 ..Nebraska Nellie Jefferies ......Daughter ..........Female 11 ..Nebraska Alice Jefferies.........Daughter ..........Female 8 ....Nebraska Elanor Stitsler .......Granddaughter Female 1 ....Nebraska Albert Stitsler ........Grandson ..........Male ....0 ....Nebraska Elisabeth Jefferies Mother ..............Female 86 ..Ohio (widowed) Florence Brannian writes, "Aunt Lizzie was crippled in such a way that she bent to almost a right angle when she walked. I recall her visiting at our house and how spry she was getting around out of doors with her cane, completely ignoring her handicap." Litta Walker wrote, "Once when Aunt Lizzie was visiting in Randolph, the local doctor advised her to have a small cancer removed from her lip. The surgery was performed on Sam Walker's kitchen table." Dorothy Cashatt also wrote "Some Walkers came & settled near Lincoln and are buried in a country cemetery here (Lincoln) - I have not seen the grave stones, only the record of burial." Both are buried in Scotia, Nebraska. After William's death, Lizzie lived with her son Elias. Leader-Independent, Greeley, Nebraska · Thursday, May 02, 1912 pg 1 Mrs. Jeffres Dead Grandma Jeffres passed away Monday morning at the home of her son J. A. Jeffres. Although in failing health for a number of years and crippled almost from childhood by rheumatism, her sufferings were borne with remarkable fortitude and the quiet courage and tireless industry that characterized her life is a lesson few can forget. Grandma Jeffres will be missed most in the home of her son, where in her declining years she has been tenderly cared for, but the entire community mourn the going of a good life. Rev. Berry conducted the funeral services in the church at Horace Tuesday at one o'clock and interment was in Mt. Hope cemetery at Scotia. Elizabeth Walker was born in Licking county, Ohio, in 1823(sic) and was married to William Jeffres in 1847. There was born of this union five sons of whom two survive their mother. A. J. Jeffres of Horace and John of Greeley. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffres moved to Randolph, Iowa in 1865 and coming from there to Greeley county, Nebraska with their family in 1882 where they have since lived.
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Siblings
- Elias Walker 1818–1888
- Josiah John Walker 1825–1899
- Sarah Catherine Walker Coate 1827–1877
- Samuel Walker 1832–1902
- Thomas Walker 1834–1907
Children
- Elias Walker "EW" Jeffres 1851–1908
- Benjamin Perry Jeffres 1856–1907
- James Albert "Al" Jeffres 1857–1936
- George Washington Jeffres 1860–1901
- John Oscar Jeffres 1865–1924
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