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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.
As the Civil War raged in 1862, 35-year-old Elizabeth Jarvis Colt suddenly lost her beloved husband and year-old daughter to illness. A son had already died in infancy. Six months after she was widowed, she gave birth to a stillborn daughter.
With Samuel Colt’s premature death in 1862 at the age of 47, Elizabeth Colt became one of the richest women in the United States, inheriting several million dollars and a controlling interest in Colt’s Patent Arms Manufacturing Company.
1042: Elizabeth Jarvis Colt. She’s Been Relegated to “Sam Colt’s Wife” Status. Born: 5 October 1826, Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America. Died: 23 August 1905, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America. But in reality, Elizabeth was much, much more.
Their daughter, Elizabeth Hart Jarvis, married Samuel Colt of Hartford and for many years after his death ran Colt’s Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company. After the Jarvises, the house was purchased by Erastus Brainerd, Sr. and much later by the Gildersleeve family.
25 de ago. de 2011 · Church’s painting was commissioned by Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt, the wealthy widow of arms manufacturer Samuel Colt. Mrs Colt, like the Churches, had suffered terrible misfortunes – the death of her husband in 1862, as well as the loss of three children, all in fewer than six years.
5 de oct. de 2020 · Elizabeth Jarvis Colt went on to become a respected civic leader, art patron, and philanthropist. Known as the “The First Lady of Hartford”, she served for 22 years as the president of the Union for Home Work, which provided daycare for the children of working mothers, meals, and access to a library and classes.
