Her husband died between the 1860 and 1870 census, where she is living with the family of her son Jacob.1448

On 1 June 1850 Nicholas, 70, and his wife Eva [sic], 59, lived alone on a farm next to the farms of their sons Jacob, Francis and Nicholas in Clearfield Township, Pennsylvania.1322 On 1 June 1860 Nickless Recott {sic}, 79, and his wife Eve, 69 lived together on a farm adjacent to the farms of their three sons Francis, Jacob and Nicholas in Summit Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.1450 He died before the 1870 census. 1448