Elizabeth E. Kyle

Elizabeth E. Kyle

• Elizabeth E. Kyle was born circa 1825 in Virginia.
• She married Samuel Fielding Spiller, son of George W. Spiller and Mary Ann Spears, on 8 June 1841.
• Samuel Fielding Spiller and Elizabeth E. Kyle appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Robert Fielding Spiller, William Marcellus Spiller, Mary Hester Spiller and George Kyle Spiller.
• Evelina Wood wrote on 14 May 1855, to her daughter Lizzie Powell, undergoing treatment for cancer in Murfreesboro, Tennessee: ". . . Dr Spiller Asks Campbell to bring him Mr Powell's letter every week. . . . Mrs Dr Spiller took dinner here Yesterday, she said give her love to you and send Wood a kiss -- Virginia has got well. . . ." Letter in private collection of B. M. Henwood, descendant of Wm Wood Powell; original transcription by R. E. Reichardt.
• Elizabeth E. Kyle became a widow at the 14 June 1859 death of her husband Samuel Fielding Spiller.
• Elizabeth E. Kyle appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Waverly PO, Walker (later San Jacinto) County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Marcellus Spiller, Mary Hester Spiller, Robert Fielding Spiller and Virginia Evalina Spiller. Also in the household was German-born saddler G. A. Ludewig.
• She was keeping a boarding house, according to the 1860 census.
• Elizabeth E. Kyle died circa August 1860 in Walker County, Texas, . She was enumerated in the 1860 census on 30 July 1860, so apparently the 1860 Walker County Mortality Schedule listed persons who died beyond the specified "Year ending 1st June 1860": E Spiller, age 40, born in Virginia, "Died of Grief," in August (apparently August 1860, not 1859).
• Were Elizabeth E. Kyle and Caroline Kyle sisters?

• Last Edited: 11 May 2013