She married Thomas Jefferson Withers, in 1831. She was a daughter of Burwell Boykin and Mary Whitaker, and sister of Governor Steven D. Miller's wife, thus the aunt of Governor Miller's children. They moved to Camden, South Carolina where her husband opened a law practice. His office was a one-room wooden building, the last on the west side of Broad Street, south of the old Court House. In 1832, he was elected Solicitor of the Circuit and re-elected several times.
Elizabeth and Judge Withers' first four children Mary, Amelia, Sarah, and Burwell died in infancy of scarlet fever from 1832 to 1838. Governor Miller also died in 1838, and the Withers became guardian of his two daughters Mary Boykin Miller, and Catherine Boykin Miller. [Mary, born 1823, married James Chestnut, Jr. and wrote Diary from Dixie. Catherine was born in 1827.]
Judge Withers and Elizabeth had four surviving children:
Mary Miller Withers, who married William Lenox Kirkland, Jr. in 1859;
Thomas J.Withers, Jr., born in 1841, died in 1858 in a horse racing accident;
William Randolph Withers (Tanny) was born in1846; and
Katherine, born in 1845, died of typhoid fever in July, 1865
Elizabeth and Judge Withers' first four children Mary, Amelia, Sarah, and Burwell died in infancy of scarlet fever from 1832 to 1838. Governor Miller also died in 1838, and the Withers became guardian of his two daughters Mary Boykin Miller, and Catherine Boykin Miller. [Mary, born 1823, married James Chestnut, Jr. and wrote Diary from Dixie. Catherine was born in 1827.]
Judge Withers and Elizabeth had four surviving children:
Mary Miller Withers, who married William Lenox Kirkland, Jr. in 1859;
Thomas J.Withers, Jr., born in 1841, died in 1858 in a horse racing accident;
William Randolph Withers (Tanny) was born in1846; and
Katherine, born in 1845, died of typhoid fever in July, 1865
She married Thomas Jefferson Withers, in 1831. She was a daughter of Burwell Boykin and Mary Whitaker, and sister of Governor Steven D. Miller's wife, thus the aunt of Governor Miller's children. They moved to Camden, South Carolina where her husband opened a law practice. His office was a one-room wooden building, the last on the west side of Broad Street, south of the old Court House. In 1832, he was elected Solicitor of the Circuit and re-elected several times.
Elizabeth and Judge Withers' first four children Mary, Amelia, Sarah, and Burwell died in infancy of scarlet fever from 1832 to 1838. Governor Miller also died in 1838, and the Withers became guardian of his two daughters Mary Boykin Miller, and Catherine Boykin Miller. [Mary, born 1823, married James Chestnut, Jr. and wrote Diary from Dixie. Catherine was born in 1827.]
Judge Withers and Elizabeth had four surviving children:
Mary Miller Withers, who married William Lenox Kirkland, Jr. in 1859;
Thomas J.Withers, Jr., born in 1841, died in 1858 in a horse racing accident;
William Randolph Withers (Tanny) was born in1846; and
Katherine, born in 1845, died of typhoid fever in July, 1865
Elizabeth and Judge Withers' first four children Mary, Amelia, Sarah, and Burwell died in infancy of scarlet fever from 1832 to 1838. Governor Miller also died in 1838, and the Withers became guardian of his two daughters Mary Boykin Miller, and Catherine Boykin Miller. [Mary, born 1823, married James Chestnut, Jr. and wrote Diary from Dixie. Catherine was born in 1827.]
Judge Withers and Elizabeth had four surviving children:
Mary Miller Withers, who married William Lenox Kirkland, Jr. in 1859;
Thomas J.Withers, Jr., born in 1841, died in 1858 in a horse racing accident;
William Randolph Withers (Tanny) was born in1846; and
Katherine, born in 1845, died of typhoid fever in July, 1865
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