Eba Anderson Lawton

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Eliza who [[Montgomery Clift]]'s biographer Patricia Bosworth mistakeningly calls "Erba", married businessman James Marsland Lawton (born 1830 New York City) on 3 Jul 1886 (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=5WxoOvnQgMQC&pg=PA105&dq=Robert+Anderson+Clinch#PPA109,M1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=tfMSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA49&dq=%22robert+anderson%22+clough&as_brr=3#PPA60,M1]).  James died on 20 Feb 1895 at his home at 375 Fifth Avenue (his obit is in[http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=3&did=103362629&SrchMode=1&sid=9&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1217563575&clientId=54310 ''The New York Times'']).  Note that in another source, their address is given as "37 Fifth Avenue".
 
Eliza who [[Montgomery Clift]]'s biographer Patricia Bosworth mistakeningly calls "Erba", married businessman James Marsland Lawton (born 1830 New York City) on 3 Jul 1886 (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=5WxoOvnQgMQC&pg=PA105&dq=Robert+Anderson+Clinch#PPA109,M1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=tfMSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA49&dq=%22robert+anderson%22+clough&as_brr=3#PPA60,M1]).  James died on 20 Feb 1895 at his home at 375 Fifth Avenue (his obit is in[http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=3&did=103362629&SrchMode=1&sid=9&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1217563575&clientId=54310 ''The New York Times'']).  Note that in another source, their address is given as "37 Fifth Avenue".
  
In 1911 Eba published some of her father's letters that he had writen while he was away fighting the Mexican War 1846-7.  She was living in 1912 at 87 Fifth Avenue (possibly another mistake for 37 Fifth Avenue).  Eba died in 1919, at her summer home in Elizabethtown, New York.  The [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=0&did=118162987&SrchMode=1&sid=11&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1217564320&clientId=54310 report about Eba's will] states that she gives, inter alia, her sisters "Maria L and Sophie C Anderson" her home at Elizabethtown, New York and $5,000 each.
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In 1911 Eba published some of her father's letters that he had writen while he was away fighting the Mexican War 1846-7.  She that same year, published a phamplet seeking to correct some incorrect statements about her father's involvement with the operation and surrender of Fort Sumter.  She was living in 1912 at 87 Fifth Avenue (possibly another mistake for 37 Fifth Avenue).  Eba died in 1919, at her summer home in Elizabethtown, New York.  The [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=0&did=118162987&SrchMode=1&sid=11&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1217564320&clientId=54310 report about Eba's will] states that she gives, inter alia, her sisters "Maria L and Sophie C Anderson" her home at Elizabethtown, New York and $5,000 each.
  
 
Eba had no surviving children, she devoted her time to society, mostly genealogical enterprises.
 
Eba had no surviving children, she devoted her time to society, mostly genealogical enterprises.

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