Elizabeth Shoemaker Rutan ***

     Elizabeth Shoemaker was born in 1823 in Horseheads, Tioga County, New York. She was the daughter of James & Anna [Shoemaker] Rutan of Horseheads. Elizabeth Shoemaker married John Truesdell Carpenter, son of Townsend Carpenter and Elizabeth Truesdell, on 15 April 1849 in Horseheads, Chemung County, New York. 20 July 1860, Elizabeth and her husband John were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Horseheads, Chemung County, New York. Enumerated in this household were John T. Carpenter [52 New York], his wife: Elizabeth [37 New York], children: Townsend [10 New York], Theodore [8 New York], and Ellen C. Rowley [19 Ireland]. John is a butcher.² Elizabeth departed this life on Thursday, 5 June 1862 in Horseheads, Chemung County, New York. She was buried at Horseheads, Chemung County, New York, in the Horseheads Cemetery.