NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11212 OHIO CO MRS. ELIZABETH JACKSON UNSELL - Unsell 11212 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, pp. 436-7. Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson Unsell. This lady was born in Hartford, Ohio county, Kentucky, on September 27, 1790, and hence is now almost ninety-three years of age. She as married to James Unsell in Greenville, Muhlenburg county, Kentucky, on the 11th day of October, 1811. With her husband and family she removed to Pike county in the month of October, 1818, and settled in Peno township, and upon the place where she still continues to reside. She raised a family of ten children, seven boys and three girls, five of whom, three boys and two girls are still living. She united with the Baptist Church early in life, and was one of the constituting members of the old Peno Baptist Church, one among the first religious congregations organized in Pike county. Mrs. Unsell has always been possessed of remarkable energy and industry, and to these must be attributed the vigorous health which she has so long enjoyed. She also has a will of her own and no ordinary obstacles have ever been permitted to interpose between her and that which she desired to accomplish. These qualities pre-eminently fitted her for her position in life, and contributed no little to the help of a husband who was compelled to rely in some measure upon her affectionate assistance. When the state of Missouri was yet just a territory and when but few settlers had built their cabins within the present limits of Pike county, she came with her husband, trusting in his judgment to advance their own and their childrens interests, and determined to yield a ready and cheerful assistance in forwarding the plans over which they had doubtless so frequently consulted. She became his counselor in devising ways and means for bettering their financial condition, and his helper in executing the plans which they had together matured. Her education at the spinning wheel and the hand-loom had put it within her power to become useful in her new field of life, while her home training had impressed upon her young mind the lesson that her duty to her family implied a willing disposition to support and sustain the efforts of her husband. After many years of united labor in preparing the way and providing means for the comfort and happiness of their children, her husband died, and Mrs. Unsell was left alone. During her widowhood she has continued to reside on the old farm, where most of her life has been spent, and where she was always active in the interests of those she loved. Her son, Henry Unsell, lives in the same yard and looks carefully after all her wants. Mrs. Unsell, thought a little childish, is still quite active and energetic, doing her own housework and even milking a cow every night and morning. She retains her memory and the use of her mental facilities in a remarkable degree for one of her years. She is fond of conversation and takes great interest in the welfare of her neighbors. She reads a great deal, and converses well upon both religious and political topics. She is a woman of decided views upon all questions of public interest, and discusses with considerable ability the great questions that agitate the public mind. With the health which she at this time enjoys, and the degree of strength which she appears to possess, her chances seem good for living an hundred years. May her days be as long as her health will permit her to enjoy them, and may her end be as calm and peaceful as her life has been active and useful. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch