Mary Eliza Morford
Submitted by Jodi Bolden June 7, 2012
Kentucky Post, Thursday, 14 January 1897, page 5
Kentucky's Smallest Woman Passes Away in Newport
MEASURED 3 FEET 4 INCHES Was 29 Years Old and Weighed Fifty Pounds
Mary Eliza Morford, daughter of Mr. Samuel Morford, died at her parents residence, 331 Elm Street, Newport, Wednesday night. Miss Morford was credited with being the smallest woman in the world. She was 29 years of age, three feet four inches in height and tipped the scales at 50 pounds.
She had been on exhibition in every large city in the United States. The remains are in charge of Undertaker William H White.
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Daily Public Ledger, Maysville Ky. Friday, 15 January 1897, page 2
Mary Elizabeth Morford, the midget, who has been exhibited at the various museums throughout the country for a number of years, died at her home, 331 Elms street, Newport Ky. Wednesday after a prolonged illness. The cause of her death was hemorrhage of the lungs.
Miss Morford was born in Maysville twenty-nine years ago and from her birth she was a curiosity. At the time of her death she weighed but fifty pounds and was only three feet tall. Her parents, with whom she made her home, are still living and are of the ordinary size.