Eliza Ann

Eliza Ann, born c. 1837, was given to Virginia A. (Bower) Humphreys Shumate by her father, William Bower, shortly after her marriage to William J. Shumate in 1852. William Bower also gave enslaved men, women, and children to his other married children. Eliza Ann was brought from Fauquier County, Virginia to Montgomery Hall along with Jesse, born c. 1834, William Henry, and George in January, 1853. Jesse and Mary were given to Virginia A. Bower at the time of her marriage to Francis Marion Humphreys in 1845. F. M. Humphreys died in 1846 and his widow returned to Fauquier County, Virginia. Mary, mother of William Henry and George, died shortly after George’s birth. George was sold to an unknown person in May or June, 1859. Jesse and William Henry were also sold in 1859.

Eliza Ann had a daughter, Mary, while living at Montgomery Hall.

William J. Shumate later moved to a farm in Fauquier County, Virginia and lived there until his death in 1883.