Elizabeth Isabella Witherspoon

Elizabeth Isabella Witherspoon

• Father: John Ramsay Witherspoon b. 17 March 1774

• Elizabeth Isabella Witherspoon was born on 22 April 1816 in Vesuvius Furnace, Lincoln County, North Carolina.
• She was known as Eliza.
• She married Henry Barnes Goldthwaite, son of Lt. Thomas Goldthwaite and Anne Wilson, on 10 April 1839 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
• Elizabeth Isabella Witherspoon became a widow at the 19 October 1847 death of her husband Henry Barnes Goldthwaite.
• Elizabeth Isabella Witherspoon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, and also in the household were two female servants.. Other members of the household included Thomas Goldthwaite, Henry Goldthwaite, Mary Witherspoon Goldthwaite, Joseph Graham Goldthwaite, George Goldthwaite and Alfred Goldthwaite.
• Elizabeth Isabella Witherspoon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Mobile, Alabama, and son John Witherspoon Goldthwaite was enumerated in Marengo County.. Other members of the household included George Goldthwaite, Alfred Goldthwaite, Mary Purvis, Henry Goldthwaite and Lilly Witherspoon Goldthwaite.
• Elizabeth Isabella Witherspoon died on 12 April 1884 at age 67 in Mobile, Alabama.
• The following appeared on 17 April 1884 in The Sun: Mrs. Eliza Goldthwaite, the venerable widow of Judge Henry Goldthwaite, died in Mobile, Ala., Saturday last. The deceased was the daughter of Dr. John Ramsey Witherspoon, a neighbor and intimate friend of Henry Clay. After her marriage Mrs. Goldthwaite, who was widely known for her beauty and greatly admired for her wit and brilliancy, became one of the leading women of Mobile, and the home of Judge Henry Goldthwaite was a centre and resort of nearly all the distinguished visitors to that town. Mrs. Goldthwaite was noted for her kind attentions to young people, and especially those who came from the North and England and France to engage in the cotton business of that port; also for her kindness to the soldiers of Louisiana, many of whom camped near her residence. Her husband died of yellow fever and left her with seven children, and it was then that she exhibited the true greatness of her sex and her blood. Aided greatly by her brother-in-law, Judge John A. Campbell, of New Orleans, who married her husband's sister, Mrs. Goldthwaite managed the estate. She brought up a family that reflects the highest honor upon their mother's fidelity and care, as they are influential citizens in several States. Her mother was a daughter of Gen. Graham, of revolutionary fame, and an aunt of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and Mrs. Gen. D. H. Hill, and she herself was a niece of Senator and Gov. William A. Graham, of North Carolina.

• Last Edited: 15 Nov 2015