Eliza Edmunds Hewitt: Songs from a Bed of Pain Dan Graves, MSL Can there be a purpose in a crippling ailment? Eliza Hewitt may have wondered that. Eliza was born on this day, June 28, 1851 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Educated in the local school system, she graduated as valedictorian of the Girl’s Normal School that she attended. … More Today In Church History