Elizabeth G. Carswell

1875 - 1912  (37 years)

• Name	Elizabeth G. Carswell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	3 Aug 1875	Perry Co., Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Sep 1912	Perry Co., Illinois, USA   [4]
  Burial	10 Sep 1912	Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA   [3]
  		Headstone of Lizzie C. Campbell, J. Frank Campbell and Libbie M. Campbell
  Obituary	13 Sep 1912	Pinckneyville, Perry Co., Illinois, USA   [4]
  	Prominent Cutler Lady Has Passed Beyond Miss Elizabeth CARSWELL, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Robert CARSWELL was born August 3, 1875 and died September 9, 1912 at the age of 37 years, 1 month and 6 days after an illness of several weeks. Her father died when she was 1 year old, her mother died when she was in her 6th year. Mr. & Mrs. Samuel BLAIR (oldest sister's in-laws) took her into their home and cared for her until she was 15 years of age when her home was transferred to that of her sister, Mrs. J. R. BLAIR, where she remained until her marriage. She graduated from the Sparta High School in 1896 and spent a number of years as a teacher there. On December 9, 1908 Miss CARSWELL was married to Frank CAMPBELL and since then has made her home in Cutler. She united with the church when 14 years old and has lived a consistent Christian life ever since. She was also a member of W.C.T.U. and the Ladies Missionary Society and did her part in upholding the cause of each of them. She was at all time generous and considerate of others. And also as a girl and woman had an utter abhorrence of shame and hypocrisy. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, a little daughter, two brothers, D. W. CARSWELL of Kansas, J. J. MCKEE of Nebraska, 3 sisters, Mrs. Nancy JOHNSON of Nebraska, and Mesdames J. R. and Edwin BLAIR of Sparta besides a great number of friends. Funeral services were held at the U. P. Church Tuesday at 2p.m. by Rev. R. H. BARR. Interment at the Mounds Cemetery.
  Person ID	I377	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert Carswell,   b. 16 Sep 1832, Muirhead on Dumgrove, Scotland d. 1 Jul 1876 (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Anderson,   b. Abt. 1838   d. 23 Jan 1881, Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1873
  Family ID	F234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Franklin Campbell,   b. 15 Dec 1879, Pinckneyville, Perry Co., Illinois, USA d. 31 Aug 1961, Aledo, Mercer Co., Illinois, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	9 Dec 1908	Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Marjorie Young Campbell
  Family ID	F2549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Aug 1875 - Perry Co., Illinois, USA Marriage - 9 Dec 1908 - Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA Death - 9 Sep 1912 - Perry Co., Illinois, USA Burial - 10 Sep 1912 - Cutler, Perry Co., Illinois, USA Obituary - 13 Sep 1912 - Pinckneyville, Perry Co., Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Elizabeth (Carswell) Campbell Taken about 1912.
  		Elizabeth Carswell

  
  

• Sources

  [S235] The Carswell Family Cookbook, (Morris Press). [S661] Public Member Trees, (Ancestry.com), 14 Nov 2008, Douglas Spoon family tree (database ID 54830); contact ancestry.com user Douglas_Spoon, last updated 7 Jul 2008. [S748] Find A Grave, (Find A Grave, Inc.), 23 Apr 2019, entry for gravestone of Elizabeth G. Carswell Campbell (1875-1912). [S225] Alexander McKee Family, (RootsWeb), 3 Nov 2014, Mary Jane (Anderson) Ashworth McKee Carswell. [S748] Find A Grave, (Find A Grave, Inc.), 23 Apr 2019, entry for gravestone of John Franklin Campbell (1879-1961).