FAUSTINA LARKINS was born on January 12, 1870 in Charlotte, Dickson, Tennessee. Her parents were Joseph Henry Larkins (1843-1905) and Elizabeth Frances Corlew (1842-1919). Faustina was the second of nine children, six girls and 3 boys. Faustina was still living at home in the 1900 census along with six of her siblings, just two of sisters having married. In 1905 Faustina became the second wife of Van Jackson Eleazer.
Van's first wife was Emma Larkins, a third cousin to Faustina, had died five years prior. Faustina became the step-mother to three girls aged 14, 11, and 9. She and Van then had four children of their own, one boy and three girls, between 1906 and 1916. In May of 1931 Van was diagnosed with tuberculosis and succumbed to the disease in November of the following year at age 68. Their four children were still living at home. By 1940 Faustina is living in a home valued at $175 with one daughter and a lodger. She outlives her husband by 34 year and dies in 1966 at the age of 96.
Faustina is my husband's 3rd cousin 3x removed. But Van Jackson Eleazer is also his great grandfather and Faustina helped to raise his grandmother.
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