MATTER, Eliza
Was so caught-up in this sad tale that I forgot the source - so sorry
This
is so sad. Elliza was born 9 Aug 1838
somewhere in Switzerland and passed away in the County Poor Farm in Covington
on March 7, 1908. She had a couple of
brothers (Daniel born Jan 1842 for one) and their father was John. Imagine the two brothers and Eliza came here
together. She passed after being sick
for six years with Potts Disease (basically tuberculosis of the spine = very
painful). What was so odd is that in the
1900 census she was the head of the household (brother Daniel and “daughter” –
not sure that woman was her daughter or imagine Daniel’s) and was listed as a
CAPATALIST then eight years later dies in the poor farm and has no tombstone
although it said she was buried in Attica.