Elizabeth Louiza Gist

Female23 May 1846–4 September 1934

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Louiza

When Elizabeth Louiza Gist was born on 23 May 1846, in Alabama, United States, her father, James Gist, was 21 and her mother, Lavina, was 23. She married William C. Pogue on 6 January 1865, in Union, Kentucky, United States. She lived in Choctaw Nation Reservation, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Pinal, Arizona, United States in 1920. She died on 4 September 1934, in Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Florence, Pinal, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Tilford Adams
1848–1932
Elizabeth Louiza Gist
1846–1934
Marriage: 30 January 1878
Sara Eleanor Adams
1878–1962
Clara May Adams
1881–1886
Annie Estella Adams
1885–1919
Zada Priscilla Adams
1887–1892

Sources (10)

  • Elizabeth Adams in household of John * Adams, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Elizabeth L Gist, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Sarah E Fry, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 January 1878Coal Hill, Johnson, Arkansas, United States
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 17

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1866

    Age 20

    Historical Boundaries 1866: Pima, Arizona Territory, United States 1875: Pinal, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Pinal, Arizona, United States

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

    Age 24

    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    English (Devon and Cornwall): nickname from Middle English giste, which could denote a supporting timber or joist, or (in Cornwall) a beam of any kind. The surname possibly denotes a strong, well-built individual.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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