Elizabeth Caruthers1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 17046, (1866 - 1937)
FatherJohn P. Caruthers4,7,8 (9 Jul 1818 - 3 Sep 1886)
MotherFlora Rivers McNeill4,5,6 (26 Aug 1843 - 29 May 1913)

Key Events:

Birth: 4 Aug 1866, Monroe Co., Mississippi9,10,11
Marriage: 6 Apr 1891, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, Edgar W. Terhune (about 1859 - 5 Nov 1897)12,13
Death: 4 Jan 1937, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois14
Burial: 5 Jan 1937, Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois14
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

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Narrative:

     Elizabeth Caruthers was born on 4 Aug 1866, in Mississippi probably, at either her paternal grandmother's plantation in Monroe Co., or his maternal grandfather's plantation in Coahoma Co. But records are in conflict and she may have been born in Memphis after her parents returned there after the Civil War.9,10,11
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Shelby Co., Tennessee, in the household of her parents, John P. Caruthers and Flora Rivers McNeill.15
     She moved to Chicago with her parents in Sep 1877.16,17,18 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents.7
     She moved to 4 Burton Place St. with her parents by 1885.19
     She moved to 530 Lasalle St. with her mother after the death of her father in 1886.20
     Elizabeth married Edgar W. Terhune, son of John G. Terhune and Catherine Caeman, on 6 Apr 1891 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.12,13
     Elizabeth and Edgar moved to 1513 Forest Ave., in Evanston, by 1897.21
     Her husband died on 5 Nov 1897 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.22
     She kept a boarding house after the death of her husband.23,24,25
     Elizabeth appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, at 51 - 53rd St., enumerated 5 Jun 1900, reporting she rented her home. Her son Edgar was listed as living with her, as was her step-son, Loren Pratt Terhune, three boarders, and two black female servants.3
     Elizabeth appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, at 1644 [street not recorded], enumerated 25 Apr 1910, reporting that she rented her home. Her son Edgar was listed as living with her, as were her mother, Flora Rivers McNeill, five boarders, and a lodger.6
     Elizabeth filed a law suit in the Circuit Court of Cook Co., Illinois, seeking to establish title to a piece of property in downtown Chicago, at 203 South Clark St., part of the property left by her great-grandfather in his will. The suit contended that the will gave her mother only a life estate in the property, so the her sale of her share had been invalid. After the Circuit Court had rejected her claim she appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court. That court affirmed the lower court's decision 29 Jun 1910.26
     Elizabeth appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, at 4915 Blackstone Ave., enumerated 13 Jan 1920, reporting she rented her home. Her son Edgar was listed as living with her, as were four lodgers.27
     Elizabeth appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, in the household of her son Edgar and his wife, Dorothy Fair.28
     Elizabeth died on 4 Jan 1937 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, at age 70.14 She was buried on 5 Jan 1937 in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.14

Children:
     Child with Edgar W. Terhune:

  • Edgar Carruthers Terhune29,30,27 (14 Jan 1898 - 18 May 1954)

Citations

  1. [S630] Jno. P. Caruthers household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Lizzie Caruthers.
  2. [S1371] John P. Cruthers household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows name as Elizabeth Cruthers.
  3. [S1368] Elizabeth Terhune household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  4. [S630] Jno. P. Caruthers household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S1371] John P. Cruthers household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows Elizabeth as the daughter of Flora's husband.
  6. [S1369] Elizabeth C. Terhune household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  7. [S1371] John P. Cruthers household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  8. [S2061] Macon, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 60.
  9. [S630] Jno. P. Caruthers household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 3 and state, as Mississippi.
  10. [S1369] Elizabeth C. Terhune household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows age 41 and state, as Mississippi.
  11. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Elizabeth Carruthers Terhune, citing entry no 230, shows date, city, and state, as Memphis, Tennessee.
  12. [S4935] "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," FamilySearch.org, record for Edgar Terhune and Elizabeth Caruthers, citing record no. 401, shows date, city, county, and state.
  13. [S1368] Elizabeth Terhune household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows her surname as Terhune, and she was married, living with two boys surname Terhune and identified as step-sons.
  14. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Elizabeth Carruthers Terhune, citing entry no 230.
  15. [S630] Jno. P. Caruthers household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  16. [S8995] "Personal," The Memphis Daily Appeal, 2 Sep 1877, reports on postcard from Hon. John P. Caruthers shows left Tuesday for Chicago.
  17. [S8982] Judge John P. Caruthers obituary, The Daily Inter Ocean, shows year.
  18. [S9001] The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1878, pg 246.
  19. [S9001] The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1885, pg 296.
  20. [S9001] The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1887, pg 320.
  21. [S9022] The Evanston Directory, 1897, pg 307.
  22. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Edgar Terhune.
  23. [S1368] Elizabeth Terhune household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows occupation which cannot be deciphered, but shows three boarders and two servants in the household.
  24. [S1369] Elizabeth C. Terhune household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows occupation as "keeper boarding house" and shows five boaders and a lodger in the household.
  25. [S1370] Elizabeth Terhune household, 1920 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows occupation as none but four lodgers are listed in the household.
  26. [S8965] Elizabeth C. Terhune v. The Commercial National Safe Deposit Company et al., Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, 245: 622-634.
  27. [S1370] Elizabeth Terhune household, 1920 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  28. [S9020] Edgar C. Terhuna household, 1930 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  29. [S1368] Elizabeth Terhune household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows him, age 2, as her stepson. But shows her as the mother of two, both living, and he and this 12-year old (half?) brother the only children in the home. It seems questionable that the boy's father had remarried, then left the home, while the child was only two years old.
  30. [S1369] Elizabeth C. Terhune household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows him as her son, and shows her as the mother of one, with one still living.