Eliza Jane Simkins
b. circa 1827, d. 18 May 1898
- Father: Jesse Lorenzo Simkins b. circa 25 December 1801, d. 30 June 1852
- Mother: Nancy Bloomer b. circa 1803, d. November 1850
- Eliza Jane Simkins was born circa 1827 in New York.
- She married Silas C. Peet, son of Amos Peet and Abigail Steadman.
- Silas C. Peet and Eliza Jane Simkins appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Webster, Monroe County, New York. Also in the household was son Hiram L. Peet (age 2).
- Silas C. Peet and Eliza Jane Simkins appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Webster, New York. Other members of the household included Silas Simkins. Also in the household were children Hiram (age 12), Wilber (9), Adelbert (7), James C. (5) and Edna A. (1).
- Eliza Jane Simkins became a widow at the 1891 death of her husband Silas C. Peet.
- Eliza Jane Simkins died on 18 May 1898 in Rochester.-, New York.
- She was interred at West Webster Cemetery, Webster, Monroe County, New York.
- The following appeared on 19 May 1898 in the Rochester Deomcrat & Chronicle: Eliza Jane Peet, widow of the late Silas C. Peet, of West Webster, died last night at the home of her son, J. Clinton Peet, No. 96 Broadway, aged 71 years.
- Last Edited: 28 Jul 2013