When Elizabeth Short Harrison was born in 1825, in North Bend, Miami Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, her father, John Scott Harrison, was 21 and her mother, Lucretia Knapp Johnson, was 21. She married Dr. George Coleman Eaton on 1 June 1847, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Miami Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 12 May 1904, in North Bend, Miami Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Congress Green Cemetery, North Bend, Miami Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.