Eliza Rowena Hathaway

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Eliza Rowena Hathaway (Trowbridge)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Gallia, OH, United States
Death: April 02, 1925 (91)
Washington County, Oregon
Place of Burial: Forest Grove, OR, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of David Trowbridge and Sophronia Trowbridge
Wife of Benjamin Henry Hathaway and John Cornthwait Wilson, Sr.
Mother of John Cornthwait Wilson, Jr.
Sister of Lucy Melvina Bay; Vesper Lorenzo Trowbridge; David Strong Trowbridge; Levi Melville Trowbridge; Rollin Mallory Trowbridge and 6 others

Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
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About Eliza Rowena Hathaway

From "Grandma Trowbridge's Little Book" by Sophronia Howe Trowbridge

"In July, 1860, Rowena was married to John C. Wilson; the next spring they moved to Iowa, and the following fall he volunteered and enlisted in the 2d Iowa cavalry, and she went his father's in New Brighton Penn., to stay whilst he was in the army. The next May, 1862, he was shot and instantly killed by the rebels. She had a son born April 17th, just three weeks before her husband was killed. "

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Eliza Rowena Hathaway's Timeline

1833
June 22, 1833
Gallia, OH, United States
1862
April 17, 1862
1925
April 2, 1925
Age 91
Washington County, Oregon
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Forest View Cemetery, 1161 SW Pacific Ave, Forest Grove, OR, United States