Grave of Elizabeth Graham Stodghill
N 37° 28.645 W 080° 39.520
17S E 530179 N 4147890
A sign telling us about how Elizabeth was captured and returned.
Waymark Code: WMQ8YW
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2016
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Grave of Elizabeth Graham Stodghill
AStop the hill on the Coulter farm is the gravesite of Elizabeth Graham Stodghill (1770~1858), and her husband Joel. In 1777 at the age of 7, Elizabeth was captured by a band of Shawnees who raided her home at Lowell and took her to Ohio. She was found and ransomed by her father, James Graham Sr., in 1785 Gravesite located, 1973, by Carrie Reardon, nee Graham, great-great-great-grand-daughter of the Lowell homesteader.
Marker Number: none on the sign
Marker Title: Grave of Elizabeth Graham Stodghill
Marker Location: West of RT 219
County or Independent City: Lindside
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Archives and History, 1975
Web Site: Not listed
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