Ellet, Mary Israel, 1780-1870

Mary Israel and Charles Ellet, a hardware merchant, were married in Philadelphia in 1801; they lived alternately in the city and on two farms, one near Tullytown, Pa., and one in Delaware or New Jersey. She bore 14 children, many of whom died in childhood or early adulthood and at the start of the Civil War, only Charles Ellet, Jr., John I. Ellet, Edward Carpenter Ellet, and Alfred Washington Ellet were still living. After the death of her husband in 1847, Mary Ellet spent several extended periods living with her sons in Alton and Bunker Hills, Ill.; her final years were spent in Philadelphia.

From the description of Mary Ellet autobiography, 1870. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 71014807