Her parents, John Quincy Adams and Susan Muffley were married in December 1846. We don't know why Eliza did not join the family at that time, but on the 1850 US Federal Census, she was living with her maternal grandparents, William and Catherine 'Kitty' Muffley, in Washington Township, Westmoreland County, while her parents lived across the Conemaugh River in Indiana County, with their two younger daughters Catherine born in 1847 and Rachel born in 1850.
In 1860, Eliza Jane was still living with her grandmother Kitty. Her parents had moved to Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with two more children: Eva born 1853 and William born 1856.
In 1868, Eliza Jane married John Learn. She was close to her sister Rachel, despite growing up in different households. In 1872, Rachel and her husband Richard F Mitchell named their firstborn, 'John Learn Mitchell'.
Eliza and John Learn were living in Avonmore when Eliza's father, John Q Adams died in 1912. She is mentioned in his obit as eldest daugher 'Mrs Ida Lern of Avonmore' (sic).
John Learn died in 1926. John and Eliza had no children, and Eliza went to live in Greensburg with her nephew John Learn Mitchell, her husband's namesake and the son of her sister Rachel.
Eliza Jane (Adams) Learn died September 21, 1934, at the home of her nephew. She was 90 years old. John Learn Mitchell signed her death certificate, giving the names of her parents as 'John Adams' and 'Susan Muffley'. Eliza was buried next to her husband in Hillview Cemetery, Greensburg.
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