Portrait of Elizabeth Wood Bayless

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Title

Portrait of Elizabeth Wood Bayless

Description

Elizabeth Wood Bayless was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She migrated to Mason County, Kentucky, with her family sometime within the first decade of Kentucky's statehood. Her father, George Wood, was a Revolutionary War Veteran who was one of the first Baptist preachers to settle in the region. Elizabeth married Benjamin Bayless in 1798 in Mason County, Kentucky.

Source

The Filson Historical Society Museum Collection

Date

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Language

Identifier

2005.23.2

Citation

Attributed to John T. Turner, “Portrait of Elizabeth Wood Bayless,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 18, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/5800.