Eliza Ann Merrill Hand
Eliza Ann Merrill Hand (unk.-1849) married William Hand about 1831, and they had three children. She was baptized 30 Jan. 1844 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She was visited by Wilford Woodruff in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut on 21 Oct. 1848, and her death in Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri was mentioned by Wilford in his journal on 31 May 1849. She died before 13 May 1849 in Jefferson City.
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