Individual Details
(May 1, 1862 - Sep 11, 1946)
BIOGRAPHY: Her given name was Elizabeth Ida; but as did her mother an d her son, General Eisenhower, she effected a transposition of her na me to Ida Elizabeth. After her parents' death, she lived with her gr andfather, William Link until his death in 1879. Then she lived wit h other relatives until she was twenty-on e when she received a smal l inheritance, which permitted her to go to Kansas in June 1883, wher e her brothers, William and Jacob, had already settled. Unlike her hu sband David, Ida was known to be bright, witty, popular, vivacious an d o utgoing. Her greatest passion was music. She enrolled at Lane Un iversity in t he autumn of 1883 where she studied music and liberal ar ts.
Events
| Birth | May 1, 1862 | Mount Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia | | | |
| Christen | Nov 21, 1875 | Salem Lutheran Church | | | |
| Marriage | Sep 23, 1885 | Lecompton, Kansas - David Jacob Eisenhower | | | |
| Death | Sep 11, 1946 | Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas, USA | | | |
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