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22 gru 2023 · Wife of Sherman Otis Houghton — married 10 Oct 1861 in Sacramento, California, United States. [children unknown] Died 19 Feb 1922 at age 78 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Eliza remained there for six years, and in 1861 she married a veteran of the Mexican American War named Sherman Houghton who went on to serve two terms in Congress. In 1911, when Eliza was in her sixties, she published her memoir, The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate.
Second wife of Sherman Otis Houghton and a Donner Party survivor. She chronicled the early years of the state on October 10, 1861 in Sacramento, California. Eliza belonged to several organizations, including the Red Cross, the Native Daughters of the Golden West, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and...
Eliza remained there for six years, and in 1861 she married a veteran of the Mexican American War named Sherman Houghton who went on to serve two terms in Congress. In 1911, when Eliza was in her sixties, she published her memoir, The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate.
2 mar 2020 · At just four years old, Eliza Donner was one of the last survivors of the Donner Party to be rescued from Donner Lake. Donner and her surviving sisters raised each other in the San Francisco Bay Area until 1861 when she married Sherman Otis Houghton, the widower of another Donner Party survivor.
Daughter Eliza, 3, was rescued by the Third Relief, and remained with her sister Georgia at the Brunners and at her half-sister Elitha’s. In 1861, she married Sherman Houghton, widower of her cousin Mary. Sherman and Eliza had six children.
24 gru 2021 · In 1861, she married politician Sherman Otis Houghton, who had recently been widowed by his first wife, another Donner Party survivor Mary Martha Donner.
