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Note: h year has been calculated from this information. She escaped from Wyoming, PA Indian massacre on the Susquehanna River. Her given name is said to have been Elizabeth.
James Brierley 2002 North Sutton Rd, Dunham (Quebec) J0E 1M0 found in the Christian Guardian of Toronto newspaper, July 11, 1838 p. 143 the following obit of Elizabeth Brush: Page 143 The Christian Guardian of Toronto July 11, 1838 : Died at Masconche, near Montreal, on the 7th of June, Elizabeth relict of the late Thomas Brush, aged 83 years. Being favored with pious parents and trained up “in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” she enjoyed the influence of divine grace in early life. The precise date of her conversion to God, and the circumstances therewith connected, are not now known; but to those who knew her, she gave abundant evidence that her conversion was scriptural, and that hers was “The faith that works by love, and purifies the heart.” For many years she was an acceptable member of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, and since 1810 she had been connected with the followers of Wesley. To trials she was not a stranger. She was one of the few women who made their escape from Wyoming (Valley), on the Susquehanna River, in July 1778. At the …tion of this place by the Indians, she suffered the painful trial of seeing a beloved husband and brother put to death by the merciless savages. After traveling about 150 miles, chiefly through a dense forest, she and her brave companions reached a place of safety. In the year 1782 she was again married and in 1821 she was again made a widow. In all her afflictions the lord remembered mercy: through the merits of the adorable Redeemer she was enabled to put her burden upon the Lord. Her last illness was projected, but she was enabled to endure it with the most exemplary patience and Christian fortitude. A short time before she died she requested to be helped from her bed, that she might kneel down, and like Stephen, commend her spirit into the hands of her savior. She remained on her knees a few minutes, when, appearing overcome with the exercise, her attendants replaced her in bed. She then calmly said, “It is enough,” and expired with out a struggle or a groan. “The weary wheels of life stood still at Last’ E.T.I.
Note: Oral history says that she died on June 7, 1838 in Canada near Montreal at age 83. Her birt
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