MRS. ELIZABETH WILFORD - Biography

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This biography appears on pages 675 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

MRS. ELIZABETH WILFORD, Sec. 35; P. O. Kansasville; born in Cornwall,
England, in November, 18OO; her maiden name was Elizabeth Bartil. She
first married, in 1822, John Hancock, a native of England they had eight
children- John, William, Thomas, Richard, Samuel, Mary and Ann, and one,
unnamed, died in infancy. Mrs. Wilford and her husband came to Wisconsin
in 1842; they first located in Dover Township, Racine Co., and he
engaged at farming on the place where Mrs. Wilford now resides. Mr.
Hancock died in 1845; she married again Amos Wilford in 1846; they had
no children. Her son Richard enlisted in the army; mustered out in 1865,
when he returned to his home and died; Mary Ann and William died -
Thomas enlisted in the army in 1861, and was mustered out in 1865; is
married; John enlisted in 1861; was mustered out in 1865. Mrs. Wilford
owns 152 acres of good, productive land, commodious barns and
comfortable home. She is a member of the Bible Christian Church.