Individual Details

The date of her birth on her death certificate is 18 Jan 1845 - but the 1850 census gives her age as three - her brother David as five.

1880 Census-Precinct 4, Bandera, TX, Hh 30
Martin Jeffers, 31, Farmer, b. TX
Elizabeth, 24, wife, b. LA
D. [David] L. 11, William B. 11, James H. 9, Thomas W. 7, Ophelia 5, John M. 2, Josiphene 7m and Lettie 7m. David & William were twins and Josiphene & Lettie were twins - the girls were born in Nov 1879

Tradition suggests the families had gone to Otero Co, NM by 1900 - it was actually formed in 1899. Certainly the Jeffers had lost a child prior to 1900 in Otero.

1910 Census-Orange, Otero, New Mexico Census: James H Lewis 46 Lella A Lewis 30 Cardelia B Lewis 11 Eldow W Lewis 9
Martin V Jeffers 62 Elisabeth W Jeffers 65. Living w/son and family.

Texas Death Certificate #13852
Elizabeth Jeffers of 3814 Trowbridge, El Paso, TX died 24 Apr 1925 of nephritis and old age. She was 80. Parents were listed as T. W. Lewis b. Alabama and Eveline Go..., b. Oklahoma. Informant was M. V. Jeffers.

Elizabeth and Martin are buried Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso Co, TX

Birth	18 Jan 1845	Louisiana
Death	24 Apr 1925	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Marriage		Martin Van Buren Jeffers

Spouse	Martin Van Buren Jeffers (1848 - 1938)
Child	John M. Jeffers (1877 - 1893)

Father	Thomas Wafer Lewis (1815 - 1887)
Mother	Evalina Goodgion (1825 - 1908)
Sibling	David L. Lewis (1842 - 1902)
Sibling	Addelena Lewis (1850 - )
Sibling	James Pierce Lewis (1853 - )
Sibling	Lettica "Lettie" Lewis (1856 - 1932)
Sibling	Crawford Josephine Lewis (1864 - 1947)
Sibling	Frances Lewis (1864 - )