Elizabeth was born about 1803 in Maine. She was the daughter of Levi Oakes and Lydia Brown Oakes.
She married Henry Blake Follett in 1828 in Wellington, Maine. Their children included: Jefferson Benjamin, Levi Otis, Lorina, Henry H., Francis, Lorinda Lucinda, and Loranus Page Follett.
She passed away in 1875 at about the age of 72. She was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Searsmont, Waldo, Maine.
Sources
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XX-BJ7 : 14 January 2020), Betsy Oaks in entry for Henry B. Follet, 1828, Wellington, Piscataquis, Maine.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VW-H21 : 22 December 2020), Betsey Follet in household of Henry B Follet, Wellington, Piscataquis, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DB-4FF : 2 January 2021), Betsey Follett in entry for Eunace Hough, 1870, Wellington, Piscataquis, Maine, United States.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 September 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth B “Betsey” Oakes Follett (1803–29 Dec 1875), Find A Grave: Memorial #19272689, citing Hillcrest Cemetery, Searsmont, Waldo County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Murphy (contributor 46486461) .
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