Eliza Ann Faison

(1815-1862)

Story

Updated January 2018 by a BSHS Researcher:

Eliza Faison, Mary Amelia’s older sister, married Patrick Murphy (1801-1874) in 1833. The Murphy’s were generous benefactors to Burwell School. Mary Amelia attended school with Mary Bailey Murphy and Susan Mosley Murphy, twin daughters of Eliza Ann and Patrick Murphy.

Resources:

Death/Burial:  "Find A Grave Index,"  28083034

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Eliza Ann Faison was born on December 29, 1815. She died in January 1862, and was buried in Taylor's Bridge Township, NC.

Occupations

• Homemaker.

Relatives

• Parents: William Alexander Faison (1791-1857) and Susan Moseley (1799-1860).
• Spouse: Patrick Murphy (1801-1874) [1]. They had three daughters, Mary Bailey Murphy (b. 1834)  [1], Lou Murphy [1] and Susan Moseley Murphy (b. 1834) .
• Siblings:
  • five brothers, Matthew James Faison (1819-1874), William Alexander Faison, II (1821-1903), Franklin Julian Faison (1823-1862), Abner Moseley Faison (1825-1888) and Albert Faison (b. 1826).
  • four sisters, Mary Amelia Faison (1833-1861) , Sarah Maria Faison (1816-1844), Susan Arabella Faison (1828-1902) and Elizabeth Grace Faison (b. 1830).
• Others: Jere Robert Pearsall (grandson, b. 1861), Joseph Dickson Pearsall, [Jr.] (grandson, b. 1860), Kate J. Pearsall (granddaughter, b. 1863), Patrick Murphy Pearsall (grandson, b. 1858), Louisa Marable (niece, b. 1859) and Mary Belle Marable (niece, 1861-1909).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).