Born: April 8, 1842
Birthplace: Monroe, Michigan
Father: Judge Daniel Stanton Bacon 1798 – 1866
(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Michigan)
Mother: Eleanor Sophia Page 1814 – 1854
(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Michigan)
Husband: George Armstrong Custer 1839 – 1876
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Marriage: February 9, 1864 in Monroe, MichiganChildren: None
Early Life:
Only one of her and her siblings to live to be an adult
1862: met George Armstrong Custer officially and fell in love
1862: Graduated from a girl’s seminary
1864: Married George Armstrong Custer who she called Autie
Midlife:
Followed her husband to every assignment he was posted
Followed her husband into Western Territory
1876: Her husband George A. Custer killed at Little Big Horn
Life after Little Big Horn:
Launched a one-woman campaign to rehabilitate her husband’s image
Writer of Articles and Speaker about her husband
1885: Author of Boots and Saddles
1887: Author of Tenting on the Plains
1890: Author of Following the Guidon
Never visited the Valley of the Little Big Horn
1910: Attended the unveiling of Custer Statue in Monroe, Michigan
Died: April 4, 1933
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Age at time of Death: 90 years old
Burial Place: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York
An elderly Elizabeth, seen looking at President Taft in black hat
and dress from the far left of the frame, attends the unveiling
of the Custer statue in Monroe, Michigan, in 1910.
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