What happened to Ben Cartwrights wife(s).?

Ben

His 1st wife, Elizabeth, died after she gave birth to Adam, Inger died because she got an arrow in the back shortly after Hoss was born, and Marie died when her horse fell on her

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Andy

All we were ever told is that she died and that was told us on the pilot for "The Andy Griffith Show" which appeared on "The Danny Thomas Show". Opie's pet turtle , Wilford, was stepped on and killed by "Mrs. Balford" out in front of the ice cream parlor and he wants Andy to arrest her for 'murder', give her a fair trial and "hang her." Andy tries to help Opie deal with the loss by talking about how it was when Opie's 'ma' died. Opie looks to Andy and says, "Who stepped on Ma?" That was the only time Andy's first wife was mentioned.

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Actually Andy's wife was mentioned again in a later episode when Aunt Bee was going to get married because she thought that she was interfering with Helen and Andy's relationship. Opie asked why they were getting married and Andy said because they had a deep down love for one another and Opie asked andy if he (Andy) and his mother had the same kind of love.

Adams mom grew to become into Elizabeth Stoddard performed by way of Geraldine Brooks Hoss's mom grew to become into Inger Borgstrom performed by way of Inga Swenson Lil Joe's mom grew to become into Marie DeMarigny performed by way of Felicia Farr

Maybe that's right