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- [S200] Sharon Lemkuil, Genealogical research, Email on 15 September 2008 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
Elizabeth "Bess" Putnam Luther was born on 11 October 1835 in Gallatin County, Illinois.
- [S200] Sharon Lemkuil, Genealogical research, Email on 15 September 2008 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
Elizabeth Putnam (Luther) Williams died on 3 March 1900 "at the farm of son John Edward Williams where they were living, 27 miles east of Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho near Gifford, Nez Perce County ID."
- [S200] Sharon Lemkuil, Genealogical research, Email on 15 September 2008 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
Elizabeth was buried first on the farm of her son, John Edward Williams, and was later moved to Gifford Cemetery, Gifford, Nez Perce County, Idaho.
- [S200] Sharon Lemkuil, Genealogical research, Email on 15 September 2008 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
"Mathew’s father dies when he is "a lad" and at 20 years old he travels down the Ohio River by home-made houseboat with his sister and brother-in-law (names unknown) to Shawneetown, Gallatin County IL, where he works to buy 140 acres of government opened land. The Luther’s are also buying land here. He meets and marries Elizabeth Putman Luther, a daughter of Solomon Luther who can be traced back to the Luther family of Strasbourg Germany...."
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