Her sister was Jane Young (1824 - 1911).
Elizabeth married Thomas Dobbins (1827 - 1887) on 21 Aug 1850 in Braxton. In the 1850 Census, the newlyweds were living in Braxton, Virginia: [1]
Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Dobbins | Head | M | 23 | Virginia |
Elizabeth Dobbins | Wife | S | 18 | Virginia |
In the first decade, Elizabeth and Thomas had six children:
The family lived in Braxton at the 1860 Census; the oldest was Eliza at 9 years old, and the youngest, Lucinda was 4 months old: [2]
Household | Role | Sex | Age |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Dobbins | Head | M | 33 |
Elizabeth Dobbins | Wife | S | 28 |
Eliza Dobbins | Daughter | F | 9 |
Mary Dobbins | Daughter | F | 8 |
Susanah Dobbins | Daughter | F | 7 |
Nancy Dobbins | Daughter | F | 5 |
Thomas Dobbins | Son | M | 2 |
Lucinda Dobbins | Daughter | F | 0 |
During the Civil War, Elizabeth had two more children: Joel born in 1862; and Ella born in 1863.
While still living in the same location this became part of West Virginia in 1863. After the war, there were two more children born before the decade ended: #George born in 1866, and #Lue born in 1867. At the 1870 Census, the family is living in Lincoln, Braxton County, West Virginia: [3]
Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Dobbins | M | 42 | Virginia | |
Elisabeth Dobbins | F | 37 | Virginia | |
Eliza J Dobbins | F | 19 | Virginia | |
Mary A Dobbins | F | 17 | Virginia | |
Susan N Dobbins | F | 15 | Virginia | |
Nancy F Dobbins | F | 14 | Virginia | |
Thomas P Dobbins | M | 12 | Virginia | |
Lucinda C Dobbins | F | 10 | Virginia | |
Joel A Dobbins | M | 8 | Virginia | |
George S Dobbins | M | 4 | West Virginia | |
Luverna Dobbins | F | 2 | West Virginia |
One more child was born to the couple, Martha born in 1871.
Elizabeth died on 23 Nov 1872 in Gilmer, West Virginia, given in the Death Register, Gilmer County. [4]
There is a second register recording Elizabeth's death here: Death Register.
In both death records, her age at death is shown as 35 years, 10 months and 4 days, which would make her birthdate 19 Jan 1837, not 1832.
Checking the parents, there is a birth record for Elizabeth Young born in 1856 to John Young and Suzannah Walker - "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5PG-FQ4 : 12 December 2019), Susannah in entry for Elizabeth Young, 1856.
It is possible that this Elizabeth is conflated and more research is needed regarding her birth based on the death record, and age differences shown in the Census records. There is an Elizabeth married to Thomas Dobbins; they did have these children, but are her parents correct?
She could not have been born in 1856, and married in 1850, so the 1837 birth is most likely correct, and the parents are not correct. There is no birth record found in the West Virginia archives, and may not exist from Virginia as many records were destroyed during the Civil War. More research is needed.
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