Elizabeth Tabitha Elmore

Elizabeth Tabitha Elmore

Elizabeth Tabitha Elmore Rugeley, 1846-1923

• Father: Henry Marshall Elmore b. 28 January 1816, d. 17 January 1879
• Mother: Elizabeth Fitzpatrick b. 8 February 1816, d. 12 August 1859

• Elizabeth Tabitha Elmore was born on 6 January 1846 in Macon County, Alabama.
• Henry Marshall Elmore and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Macon County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Tabitha Elmore, Joseph Fitzpatrick Elmore, Henry Marshall Elmore Jr. and William Augustus Elmore. Also in the household was William J. Fitzpatrick, age 12, presumably a nephew of Elizabeth.
• Henry Marshall Elmore appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Waverly, Walker (later San Jacinto) County, Texas. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Tabitha Elmore, Joseph Fitzpatrick Elmore, Henry Marshall Elmore Jr., William Augustus Elmore, Phillip Ludlow Elmore, John Archer Elmore and Phillips Fitzpatrick. Also in the household were merchant John A. Cain, high school professor W. W. James, James A. James, physician Robert E. Perrie, and merchant M. W. Platenburg.
• She married Dr. Henry Lowndes Rugeley, son of John Rugeley and Eliza Clopton Colgin, on 14 December 1865 in Matagorda County, Texas. Henry's niece Leila Rugeley married Elizabeth's brother's son John Archer Elmore..
• John Rugeley appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Upper Caney, Matagorda County, Texas. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Tabitha Elmore, Robert H. Rugeley, Dr. Henry Lowndes Rugeley, Elmore Rugeley and Ashton Rugeley.
• Elizabeth Tabitha Elmore died on 24 February 1923 at age 77 in Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas.
• Her husband Dr. Henry Lowndes Rugeley became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Cedarvale Bay City Cemetery, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 11 Jun 2015