Portrait of Elizabeth Wood Bayless, circa 1815
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Title
Portrait of Elizabeth Wood Bayless, circa 1815
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.
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The Filson Historical Society Museum Collection
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2005.23.2
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Citation
Turner, John T., “Portrait of Elizabeth Wood Bayless, circa 1815,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed July 10, 2025, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/5800.
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