Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw

                                                           +-- David Henshaw
                                                           |    1744-1808 
                             +-- Andrew Henshaw -----------+
                             |    1783-1853                |
                             |                             +-- Mary Sargent
                             |                                  1755-1831 
Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw ---+
B: 1827                      |                             +-- John Lewis Isbell
D: 1856                      |                             |
                             +-- Elizabeth Isbell Carson --+
                                  1786-?                   |
                                                           +-- Ann Hannah Anderson
M: Rufus Campbell Torrey

Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw [ID 07466]

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Born Aug 21 1827.^76,a

Elizabeth and her brother Andrew were taken as children to the Henshaw home in Leicester, Massachusetts to be educated. Their parents returned to Alabama. Elizabeth became an accomplished artist.^b

She married Rufus Campbell Torrey, Jun 24 1846.^a,b (Judge Rufus Campbell Torrey)^c Rufus was born c1813, Mississippi.^d Elizabeth and Rufus were distant cousins as they were both descended from John Alden.^b

Children:^a,b,d

Andrew Henshaw Torrey, born Feb 6 1848; died at age 5, Aug 6 1854. ^e

Charles John Torrey, born Apr 25 1850.

Elizabeth Henshaw "Daisy" Torrey, born Aug 13 1855; died Aug 30 1946; married Harry Pillan/Pillans, Apr 28 1875.

Andrew Henshaw Torrey, born Dec - 1856. ^e

Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw died Dec 18 1856, Monroe County, Alabama.^f Elizabeth Henshaw died of hemorrhage at the birth of her son Andrew Henshaw Torrey, who reportedly weighed 18 pounds (!!).^b

Widower Rufus and family were shown in the 1860 census (Sep 17 1860), residing with the family of Elizabeth's brother Andrew in Monroe County, Alabama:^d

Rufus Torry, age 47, born in Mississippi.

Charles Torry, age 10, born in Alabama; attended school.

Elizabeth Torry, age 5, born in Alabama.

Andrew Torry, age 3, born in Alabama.

Andrew Henshaw, age 35, born in Alabama; farmer; $20,000 real estate; $90,000 personal property.

Mary Henshaw, age 30, born in Virginia.

Mary Henshaw, age 10, born in Virginia; attended school.

Elizabeth Henshaw, age 73, born in Virginia; $10,000 personal property.

After Elizabeth died, Rufus remarried Feb 3 1869 in Monroe County, Alabama to Mary Anderson (Isbell) Henshaw,^g,c widow of Elizabeth's brother Andrew^c (and also Elizabeth's first cousin).^c

SOURCES

76. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Alabama.

(a) "Genealogy of the Denny family in England and America", Denny, Christopher Columbus; Leicester, Massachusettes, 1886.

(b) Contribution from Mary Alden Hannon ().

(c) Posting Apr 23 2000 to ISBELL-L by Ray Isbell ().

(d) 1860 census, Burnt Corn P.O., Monroe County, Alabama; roll M653-18, page 880, line #30, dwelling #879, family #779.

(e) Contribution from Doug Purcell ().

(f) Contribution from Doug Purcell () citing:
gravestone inscription, as shown in "Early Settlers Along the Old Federal
Road in Monroe and Conecuh Counties, Alabama" by Mary E. Brantley, 1976.

(g) Contribution from Doug Purcell () citing:
"Monroe and Conecuh County, Alabama Marriages 1833-1880", compiled by
Dr. Lucy Wiggins Colson and Dr. Robert Ellis Colson, 1983; page 118.

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