Eliza Jane VanNess (Glasgow)

Eliza Jane Glasgow Sellers BIRTH 27 Apr 1856 Indianola, Warren County, Iowa, USA DEATH 1931 (aged 74–75) Cabri, Swift Current Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada BURIAL Cabri Community Cemetery Cabri, Swift Current Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Eliza Jane Glasgow married Josiah Shelby Vanness on Nov 2, 1876 in Sandyville, Warren County, Iowa. Josiah was the son of George Vanness (1800-1886) and Sarah Britton (1813-1898). Josiah was 21 years old at the time of their marriage and Eliza Jane was 20 years of age.

Four years later, in 1880, at age 24, Eliza and her husband Josiah were living in Spring Creek, Harlan County, Nebraska. They had two children at this time: Charles Vanness and Melissa Vanness. Josiah was farming and Eliza was house keeping and taking care of two children. Two years later, Melissa died on the 15th of July, 1882 in Belmont, Warren County, Iowa at the age of 2.

Children Photo Charles Albert Vanness 1877–1956

Melissa Vanness 1880–1882

Photo Fred Shelby Van Ness 1884–1950

George Washington Vanness 1886–1952

Baby Girl Vanness 1891–1891