Elizabeth Bacon Custer
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Elizabeth Bacon Custer was an American author and public figure who devoted much of her life to defending and shaping the legacy of her husband, General George Armstrong Custer, after his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elizabeth Bacon Custer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5655972 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Bacon Custer Context triple: [George Armstrong Custer, spouse, Elizabeth Bacon Custer]
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A.
Lisa Fremont
Lisa Fremont is the stylish and resourceful socialite portrayed by Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's film "Rear Window."
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B.
Jessie Little Doe Baird
Jessie Little Doe Baird is a Wampanoag linguist and language activist known for leading the revival of the Wôpanâak language and efforts to restore it as a living, spoken language in her community.
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C.
Susan Maria Delano
Susan Maria Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family of New York, related to Sara Ann Delano and thus part of the extended family circle of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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D.
Martha Jane Kane
Martha Jane Kane was the wife of legendary Los Angeles Lakers guard and NBA logo inspiration Jerry West.
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E.
Tamsen Donner
Tamsen Donner was a member of the ill-fated Donner Party and the wife of its leader George Donner, remembered for her tragic death during the expedition’s entrapment in the Sierra Nevada in 1846–47.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Bacon Custer Target entity description: Elizabeth Bacon Custer was an American author and public figure who devoted much of her life to defending and shaping the legacy of her husband, General George Armstrong Custer, after his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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A.
Lisa Fremont
Lisa Fremont is the stylish and resourceful socialite portrayed by Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's film "Rear Window."
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B.
Jessie Little Doe Baird
Jessie Little Doe Baird is a Wampanoag linguist and language activist known for leading the revival of the Wôpanâak language and efforts to restore it as a living, spoken language in her community.
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C.
Susan Maria Delano
Susan Maria Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family of New York, related to Sara Ann Delano and thus part of the extended family circle of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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D.
Martha Jane Kane
Martha Jane Kane was the wife of legendary Los Angeles Lakers guard and NBA logo inspiration Jerry West.
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E.
Tamsen Donner
Tamsen Donner was a member of the ill-fated Donner Party and the wife of its leader George Donner, remembered for her tragic death during the expedition’s entrapment in the Sierra Nevada in 1846–47.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States citizen
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human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ public figure ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1842-04-08 ⓘ |
| birthName | Elizabeth Clift Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | West Point Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| deathDate | 1933-04-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Young Ladies’ Seminary in Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Daniel Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNoChildren | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defending the reputation of George Armstrong Custer
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lectures about frontier army life ⓘ popularizing a heroic image of George Armstrong Custer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
American Civil War era
NERFINISHED
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Gilded Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1864-02-09 ⓘ |
| militaryConflictContext | American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Eleanor Sophia Page Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Lost Cause of the Confederacy literature supporter of Custer’s image ⓘ |
| name | Elizabeth Bacon Custer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Boots and Saddles
NERFINISHED
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Following the Guidon NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenting on the Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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lecturer ⓘ memoirist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Monroe, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
Fort Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
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Monroe, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| significantEvent | widowed after the Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ |
| spouse | George Armstrong Custer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographies about Elizabeth Bacon Custer ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
George Armstrong Custer’s military career
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life in U.S. Army frontier posts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elizabeth Bacon Custer Description of subject: Elizabeth Bacon Custer was an American author and public figure who devoted much of her life to defending and shaping the legacy of her husband, General George Armstrong Custer, after his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Referenced by (2)
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