Individual Details

Elizabeth Adelaide "Lizzie" Bent

(27 Nov 1843 - 9 Dec 1916)

Events

Birth	27 Nov 1843	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marriage	16 May 1866	the residence of Capt. William H. Mower (uncle of the groom)., Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - Seward Porter Richardson
Census	15 Jul 1870	Bangor, Penobscot, Maine
Bio Note	28 Oct 1887	Elizabeth hosted a party, together with Gratia Mower and Mary (Mower0 Richardson - Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Death	9 Dec 1916	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Burial		Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine

Families

Spouse	Seward Porter Richardson (1844 - 1901)
Child	Harry Bent Richardson (1870 - 1949)

Father	John Patch Bent ( - )
Mother	Lurenia Fairbanks ( - )

Notes

Marriage

They were married by Rev. George Washington Blagden, D.D.

Census

Lizzie was enumerated in Simon Richardson's household as a 26 year old white female, with her birthplace listed as Massachusetts.

Bio Note

According to a news article in the Saint Paul Globe, "the swell party of the season among the ladies was an afternoon reception at the residence of Mrs. Seward P. Richardson, on South Third street, between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Gratia Mower and Mrs. W. H. Richardson, of St. Paul, assisted in the receiving of the lady guests, who numbered about 100. the mansion was prettily decorated on the interior with floral designs. Refreshments were served and a pleasant time reported by all who participated."

Endnotes

1. Allen H. Bent, The Bent Family In America: Being Mainly a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Bent Who Settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1638, With Notes Upon the Family in England and Elsewhere (Boston, Massachusetts: David H. Clapp & Son, Printer, 1900), 109-110; digital image, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 5 February 2019.

2. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 73.

3. Allen H. Bent, The Bent Family In America: Being Mainly a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Bent Who Settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1638, With Notes Upon the Family in England and Elsewhere (Boston, Massachusetts: David H. Clapp & Son, Printer, 1900), 109-110; digital image, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 5 February 2019.

4. "Married," Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier, 21 May 1866, p. 2, col. 4; digital image, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : accessed 10 May 2008), Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers.

5. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 February 2019), digital image, "Marriages Registered in the City of Boston," image 56 of 170; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records..

6. Rev. Edward D. Neill; J. Fletcher Williams, History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota: And Outlines of the History of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota: North Star Publishing Company, 1881), p. 595; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 11 February 2019.

7. 1870 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Bangor West Side Kenduskeag Stream, p. 155, dwelling 1102, family 1238, Simon Richardson household, line 20, Lizzie Richardson; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 February 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.

8. "Social and General News of the Prison City," The Saint Paul (Minnesota) Daily Globe, 30 October 1887, p. 14, col. 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 13 July 2017).