He died in 1869 , when Eliza was fifteen .
The eldest of three children , Eliza was raised in a family that struggled financially , especially after her father , an abolitionist Quaker , enlisted in the Union army during the American Civil War .
father died in 1869 , when Eliza was fifteen .
The eldest of three children , Eliza was raised in a family that struggled financially , especially after her father , an abolitionist Quaker , enlisted in the Union army during the American Civil War .