Eliza Hendricks

Eliza Hendricks
Second Lady of the United States
In role March 4, 1885 – November 25, 1885
President	Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	Ellen Colfax (1873)
Succeeded by	Anna Morton (1889)
First Lady of Indiana
In role January 13, 1873 – January 8, 1877
Governor	Thomas Hendricks
Preceded by	Matilda Baker
Succeeded by	Nancy Williams
Personal details
Born	November 23, 1823 North Bend, Ohio, U.S.
Died	November 3, 1903 (aged 79) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Thomas Hendricks (1845–1885)

Eliza Carol Morgan Hendricks (November 23, 1823 – November 3, 1903) was the wife of Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks who was in office for the first eight months of the first administration of Grover Cleveland until his death on November 25, 1885. They were married on September 26, 1845 after a two-year courtship and had one son Morgan who died at age three. Mrs. Hendricks was a native of North Bend, Ohio, having been born there in 1823.^[1]

Mrs. Hendricks was described as "generous, wise and discreet".^[2] She died in 1903 at Indianapolis after being paralyzed for three weeks.^[3][4]

References

1. "Death of Mrs. Eliza Carol Hendricks", Middlebury Independent, Friday, November 06, 1903, Middlebury, Indiana, United States Of America
2. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Thomas_Hendricks.htm
3. Find a Grave
4. "Mrs. Eliza Hendricks is Dead", Logansport Pharos Tribune, Tuesday, November 03, 1903, Logansport, Indiana, United States Of America