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Elizabeth Jacobs
Birth: 1797
Death: unknown
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Nickname: Betty
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A letter from Edwin Seward to Frances Seward, December 9, 1850, says, " Mrs Seward has been to the store and met betty the wife of Stephen Jacobshe worked three or four for our Father he is wasting very fast with the consumption I will go and see him" Stephen and Betty were an African American husband and wife.
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A letter from Edwin Seward to Frances Seward, December 9, 1850, says, " Mrs Seward has been to the store and met betty the wife of Stephen Jacobshe worked three or four for our Father he is wasting very fast with the consumption I will go and see him" Stephen and Betty were an African American husband and wife.
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/7163/4276952_00388?pid=31836143&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3D1870usfedcen%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D31836143&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true
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The 1865 census lists Betty as 68 years old, making her birth year around 1797. The 1870 census aslo lists her as 68 years old, making her birth year around 1802.
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