Elizabeth Jane Flora1,2,3
ID# 20659, (abt 1828 - 1899)
Father | George Flora4 (12 Apr 1784 - 25 Jan 1861) |
Mother | Rebecca Simpson4 (10 Apr 1790 - 17 Feb 1873) |
Charts | Descendants of David Dutt/Toot |
Ancestry | The Dutt/Toot Family |
Narrative:
Elizabeth Jane Flora was born about 1828 in Pennsylvania![](ml.png)
She was probably one of the two females under age 5 listed in the household of her father, George Flora, in the 1830 Federal Census of Air Twp., Bedford Co., Pennsylvania
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Elizabeth married John Chesnut, son of Major George Chesnut and Elizabeth Edwards, on 30 Oct 1848 in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania
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Elizabeth and John appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Dublin Twp., Fulton Co., Pennsylvania
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Elizabeth and John appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Dublin Twp., Fulton Co., Pennsylvania
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Elizabeth and John appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Ft. Littleton, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania
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Elizabeth and John moved with all their younger children to West Virginia before 1880. They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Hampshire Co., West Virginia
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Her husband died on 16 Dec 1894 in Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Elizabeth evidently moved to Maryland, where her daughter Flora and her family were living, after her husband's death.
Elizabeth died on 27 Jan 1899 in Frederick Co., Maryland
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Children:
Children with John Chesnut:
- George W. Chesnut4,18,19 (3 Nov 1849 - 12 Jan 1911)
- Charlotte Rebecca Chesnut4,19,20 (21 Oct 1851 - 24 Apr 1915)
- James M. Chesnut4,19,21 (7 Jul 1857 - 13 Mar 1940)
- Margaret Eva Chesnut22 (22 Jun 1860 - 5 Feb 1922)
- Alice Belle Chesnut20,23,24,4 (10 Sep 1862 - 13 Dec 1926)
- Ann E. Chesnut20,23,25 (24 May 1865 - )
- Martha J. Chesnut4,20,23 (24 May 1865 - )
- Flora Ella D. Chesnut20,23,26 (4 Mar 1869 - 25 Aug 1920)
Citations
- [S6728] Berkeley County West Virginia GenWeb, online, "Biography of John Chesnut," submitted by Marilyn Gouge, extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, vol 3, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Berkeley County, West Virginia, Biographies List (1884), shows name as Elizabeth Flora.
- [S6729] John Chesnut household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Elizabeth J. Chesnut.
- [S6777] Death Record, Index, Counties, Maryland, SE58-3, Chesnut, Elizabeth Jane.
- [S6728] Berkeley County West Virginia GenWeb, online, "Biography of John Chesnut," submitted by Marilyn Gouge, extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, vol 3, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Berkeley County, West Virginia, Biographies List (1884).
- [S6729] John Chesnut household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 22 and state.
- [S6730] John Chestnut household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 32 and state.
- [S6733] John Chesnut household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 44 and state.
- [S6728] Berkeley County West Virginia GenWeb, online, "Biography of John Chesnut," submitted by Marilyn Gouge, extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, vol 3, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Berkeley County, West Virginia, Biographies List (1884), shows date, city, and state.
- [S6729] John Chesnut household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
- [S6730] John Chestnut household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
- [S6650] George Flora household, 1830 U.S. Census, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.
- [S6651] George Flora household, 1840 U.S. Census, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.
- [S6729] John Chesnut household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania.
- [S6730] John Chestnut household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania.
- [S6733] John Chesnut household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania.
- [S6734] John Chestnut household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hampshire Co., West Virginia.
- [S6739] Register of Deaths, Berkeley Co., West Virginia, 2:258, no. 119, John Chestnut.
- [S6729] John Chesnut household, 1850 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S6730] John Chestnut household, 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S6733] John Chesnut household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S6731] James M. Chesnut, Certificate of Death.
- [S6832] Marriage Record, Berkeley Co., West Virginia, 20:80, James W. Sigler and Margaret E. Chesnut.
- [S6734] John Chestnut household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hampshire Co., West Virginia, shows the girl as daughter of Elizabeth's husband.
- [S6832] Marriage Record, Berkeley Co., West Virginia, 20:86, John H. Daniels and Alice B. Chesnut.
- [S6832] Marriage Record, Berkeley Co., West Virginia, 21:51, George A. Williams and Ann E. Chestnut.
- [S6832] Marriage Record, Berkeley Co., West Virginia, 22:204, Daniel G. Moler and Ella D. Chestnut.