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Retirement and death. External links. References. Elizabeth Jarvis Colt (born Elizabeth Hart Jarvis, October 5, 1826 – August 23, 1905) was the widow and heir of firearms manufacturer Samuel Colt, founder of Colt's Manufacturing Company . Early life. Hart Jarvis House, Portland, CT (October 2017).
Elizabeth Jarvis Colt died on Aug. 23, 1905, at the age of 78. Her obituary took up the entire front page of the Hartford Courant, which called her the First Lady of Connecticut. She left her art collection to the Wadsworth Athenaeum and the Armsmear grounds to the City of Hartford.
Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt died in Hartford in 1905. She is buried along with her husband and children in Hartford’s historic Cedar Hill Cemetery . Born: 1826
Oct 5, 2020 · October 5, 2020 • Samuel Colt, Hartford, Women. Armsmear, Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford - Connecticut Historical Society. On October 5, 1826, Elizabeth Jarvis was born in Hartford. When she was 30, she married industrialist Samuel Colt and 6 years later, upon his death in 1862, Elizabeth Jarvis Colt inherited controlling interest in Colt’s ...
Jun 5, 2021 · On June 5, 1856, Samuel Colt married Elizabeth Hart Jarvis, the daughter of Reverend William Jarvis and Elizabeth Hart of Middletown. Colt chartered the steamboat Washington Irving to transport him and his friends down the Connecticut River to the Episcopal church in Middletown.
5 Oct 1826. Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA. Death. 23 Aug 1905 (aged 78) Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA. Burial. Cedar Hill Cemetery. Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Show Map. Plot. Sec: 2, Lot: 2. Memorial ID. 12544. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 9. Flowers 43. Memorials. Region.
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Jan 5, 2015 · Tragedy struck in 1862 when Samuel at age 47 died of pneumonia. His company, along with his fortune, was inherited by his wife, Saybrook-born Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt (1826-1905) who managed the business for the next 40 years.