Individual Details

Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" AYERS

(15 Sep 1847 - 2 Nov 1941)

Elizabeth Ayers was half Cherokee. Her husband, Wilburn Robinson, was killed by a train and Elizabeth was left a young widow with eight small children.

She also raised five grandchildren. Her son Ben was the father of the children. His  wife died.

She was a midwife and often traveled  by horseback to the top of the mountain to deliver babies.  Records indicate that she delivered over 350 babies in the lower part of Lee County. 



Events

Birth15 Sep 1847Virginia, United States
Census-shared1850(Henry AYERS) Lee County, Lee, Virginia, United States
Marriage1869Lee, Virginia, United States - Wilburn B. ROBINSON
Residence1870Residence Post Office: Jonesville - Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States
Residence1880Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife - Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States
Residence1900Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Head - Balls Mill, Lee, Virginia, United States
Census-shared1900(Robert Lee ROBINSON) Rose Hill District (Bales' Mill Precinct), Lee, Virginia, United States
Residence1910Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother - Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States
Residence1930Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Mother - Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States
Census1940Rose Hill Magisterial District, Lee, Virginia, United States
Death2 Nov 1941Ewing, Lee, Virginia, United States
Burial10 Nov 1941Brook's Cemeterey, Ewing, Lee, Virginia, United States
Alt nameMary Elizabeth "Lizzie" AYERS
NationalityNative American. She was 1/2 Cherokee.

Families

SpouseWilburn B. ROBINSON (1849 - 1896)
ChildAmanda Jane ROBINSON (1870 - 1931)
ChildBenjamin Henry ROBINSON (1872 - 1946)
ChildWilliam ROBINSON (1874 - 1917)
ChildSallie Locker ROBINSON (1876 - 1945)
ChildJoseph Thomas "Thomas" ROBINSON (1877 - 1951)
ChildRobert Lee ROBINSON (1883 - 1963)
ChildJames Harrison "Sherlock" ROBINSON (1886 - 1968)
ChildAddie ROBINSON (1888 - )
ChildSarah L. ROBERSON (1877 - )
ChildAllie Caroline ROBINSON (1887 - 1970)
ChildJohn Randolph ROBINSON (1874 - 1956)
ChildAmanda L. ROBINSON (1869 - )
FatherHenry AYERS (1822 - 1880)
MotherLockygeals "Lockey" MARTIN (1828 - 1878)
SiblingDaniel Lester "Tuck" "Tuck" AYERS (1855 - 1938)
SiblingFranklin AYERS (1852 - )
SiblingLucy Ann AYERS (1856 - 1857)
SiblingJoseph I. AYERS (1860 - 1888)

Notes

Census-shared

Margaret Gales F 8 Virginia

Death

Obituary: Daily News, Middlesboro Kentucky, November 4, 1941

MRS.ELIZABETH AYERS ROBINSON
 
Mrs. Elizabeth Ayers Robinson, widow of Wilburn Robinson, who preceded herein death May 12 1891[death on grave stone May 12, 1896], died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dow Chadwell Ewing, VA., at noon Sunday, Nov. 2, 1941. She was 94 years; 1 month, and, 17 days of age.
 
She is survived by Ii children,—Mrs. Dow Chadwell; Mrs. John Bailey; Ben Robinson; Tom Robinson; R. L.Robinson; and James Robinson, all of Ewing, VA. Too, she is survived by 157 grand children, great grandchildren and great, great grandchildren.
 
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. A. E. Robertson and Rev. S. Rowlette, were held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dow Chadwell, at one o'clock Monday afternoon, after which the body was in;erred in the Brook's Cemetery, Ewing, VA.
 
Flower girls were Mrs. Bruce Barnes; Mrs. Joe W. Robinson; Mrs. Bryant Bailey; Mrs. Sewell Rowland;Mrs. John Barnes; Mrs. William Cowan; Misses Gladys, Betty, and Clara Ann Robinson; Colleen Brown; Iva Jean Rowland; Lizzie and Mossie B. Ayers; Elizabeth Chadwell; Opal Susong; and Beulah and Sallie Niday.
 
Pallbearers were J. R., Hubert, Joe S., Joe W., and Wilburn Robinson and Hubert Bailey, the pallbearers being 6 of the many grand sons.

Endnotes

1. United States Census Bureau, 1850, Lee County, Virginia, United States, , , Henry Ayers; NARA microfilm publication M432, citing family 1149.

2. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia; Roll: M593_1658; Page: 346A; Family History Library Film: 553157.

3. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia; Roll: 1375; Page: 296B; Enumeration District: 047.

4. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: Balls Mill, Lee, Virginia; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1241715.

5. United States Census Bureau, ""United States Census,1900",", , Family Search ( : 9 July 2016), Robert Robinson in household of Lizzie Robinson, Rose Hill District (Bales' Mill Precinct), Lee, Virginia, United States; citing sheet 10A, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,715..

6. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Year: 1910; Census Place: Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia; Roll: T624_1633; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0034; FHL microfilm: 1375646.

7. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Year: 1930; Census Place: Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2342183.

8. United States Census Bureau, ""United States Census, 1940",", , Family Search ( : 1 July 2016), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRB8-DTJ : 17 May 2014), Lizzie Robinson in household of Dow C Chadwell, Rose Hill Magisterial District, Lee, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-16, sheet 14A, family 221, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4273..

9. "Obituaries ," Obituary for Elizabeth Ayers Robinson (1847-1941), Daily News, 4 November 1941, .

10. Mary Elizabeth Ayers, Brook's Cemetery, Ewing, Lee, Virginia ().