Reeve, Eliza Matilda

Summary

Father: Benjamin Reeve
Mother: Elizabeth D. Driskell

Birth: 10 Nov 1837, Rush County, Indiana
Birth Source: Death Certificate

Death: 19 Nov 1913, Rush County, Indiana
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Jefferson Churchill, m. 13 Jan 1856, Rush County, Indiana

Narrative

Children of Jefferson Churchill and Eliza Matilda Reeve:

1. Lora Churchill, b. c1857
2. Earl Churchill, b. c1975

Eliza was buried in East Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Rush County, Indiana.

Rushville Republican, 19 Nov 1913
Pioneer of Rush County Expires
Mrs. Jefferson Churchill, Age 76 Years, Died Today From Complication of Diseases.
Last of Eight Children

Mrs. Jefferson Churchill, age seventy-six years, died early this morning of a complication of diseases following an illness of several weeks. She suffered from gall stones, cancer of the liver and kidney trouble. Dr. John B. Long of Indianapolis, her nephew, said that no doctor on earth could have saved Mrs. Churchill. She had been taking treatment at the Sexton's sanitorium.
Mrs. Churchill was born in this county in November, 1837, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Reeve. She is the last of a family of eight children, being the youngest. The next youngest child was the late J. B. Reeve. She and Mr. Churchill were married January 13, 1856. Four children were born, but only one is alive. They have lived in 421 North Morgan street thirty-six years. Mrs. Churchill was a member of the Main Street Christian church.
Mrs. Churchill is survived by her husband and one son, Earl, of Denver, Colorado, who has been at his mother's bedside, but left only last night. He was reached by wire and was expected to arrive tonight. The funeral will be held at the residence Friday afternoon at one-thirty o'clock with the Revs. C. M. Yocum of the Christian church and A. D. Batchelor of the Methodist church in charge.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Death Certificate, Eliza Matilda Churchill, 1913
Marriage1:  Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (FamilySearch)
Death:        Death Certificate, Eliza Matilda Churchill, 1913
                   Rushville Republican, 19 Nov 1913

1860 Census:  Rush County, Indiana
1880 Census:  Rush County, Indiana