Versa Etna DortonAge: 52 years1884–1936
- Name
- Versa Etna Dorton
- Given names
- Versa Etna
- Surname
- Dorton
- Married name
- Versa Etna Burnett
 Birth | March 12, 1884 31 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy Elizabeth “Nannie” Dorton March 11, 1886 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a brother | William Osborne Dorton August 13, 1888 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary T Dorton October 18, 1890 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Maude Dorton October 25, 1893 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ida M Dorton October 14, 1896 (Age 12 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 27, 1900 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth W Kerley October 17, 1900 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Osborne Dorton August 17, 1901 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | James Douglas “Dug” Burnett — View this family about 1906 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Martin Burnett April 11, 1906 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ernestine Burnett September 25, 1907 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Joe John Burnett February 23, 1910 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Mabel G Burnett August 3, 1911 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Pvt. Douglas W Burnett about 1914 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 31 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Martha Rebecca “Mattie” Burnett November 23, 1917 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 32 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 33 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Hazel Alice Burnett May 5, 1919 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | January 14, 1920 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Marjorie Rose Burnett March 22, 1923 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph David Dorton June 11, 1924 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a sister | Maude Dorton April 12, 1927 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Quincy Thomas Burnett November 8, 1927 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a son #10 | Herbert Charles Burnett April 3, 1929 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 45 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Mary T Dorton November 25, 1929 (Age 45 years) Cause: Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Census | April 17, 1930 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Douglas “Dug” Burnett May 29, 1931 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Lewis Robert Burnett November 23, 1933 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Theodore Roosevelt Tollett — Mabel G Burnett — View this family February 2, 1935 (Age 50 years) |
 Death | April 24, 1936 (Age 52 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph David Dorton Birth: November 11, 1852 — Grassy Cove, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 11, 1924 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Ann Selby Birth: March 25, 1856 31 29 — Grassy Cove, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 10, 1961 — Crossville City, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1880 — |
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14 months elder brother |
James Monroe Dorton Birth: March 10, 1881 28 24 — Grassy Cove, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 1968 — Hillsboro, Coffee, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Ernest Edison Dorton Birth: October 27, 1882 29 26 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1950 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months herself |
Versa Etna Dorton Birth: March 12, 1884 31 27 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1936 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Nancy Elizabeth “Nannie” Dorton Birth: March 11, 1886 33 29 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 9, 1982 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
William Osborne Dorton Birth: August 13, 1888 35 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 17, 1901 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary T Dorton Birth: October 18, 1890 37 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 25, 1929 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Maude Dorton Birth: October 25, 1893 40 37 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 1927 — Roane, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ida M Dorton Birth: October 14, 1896 43 40 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 14, 1981 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with James Douglas “Dug” Burnett |
| husband |
James Douglas “Dug” Burnett Birth: February 18, 1886 25 24 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 29, 1931 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Versa Etna Dorton Birth: March 12, 1884 31 27 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1936 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1906 — |
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3 months son |
James Martin Burnett Birth: April 11, 1906 20 22 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 16, 1984 — Ludington, Mason, Michigan, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Ernestine Burnett Birth: September 25, 1907 21 23 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 13, 1973 — Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States |
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2 years son |
Joe John Burnett Birth: February 23, 1910 24 25 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 1950 — Crab Orchard, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Mabel G Burnett Birth: August 3, 1911 25 27 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 22, 1978 — Brevard, Florida, United States |
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3 years son |
Pvt. Douglas W Burnett Birth: about 1914 27 29 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 29, 1943 — North Africa |
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4 years daughter |
Martha Rebecca “Mattie” Burnett Birth: November 23, 1917 31 33 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 10, 2007 |
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17 months daughter |
Hazel Alice Burnett Birth: May 5, 1919 33 35 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: June 13, 2002 |
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4 years daughter |
Marjorie Rose Burnett Birth: March 22, 1923 37 39 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 19, 1991 |
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5 years son |
Quincy Thomas Burnett Birth: November 8, 1927 41 43 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 10, 1942 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months son |
Herbert Charles Burnett Birth: April 3, 1929 43 45 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 28, 2004 — Houston, Texas, United States |
Versa Etna Dorton has 27 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (27)
Parents James Lloyd Selby + Sarah Elizabeth Hyder
Parents Daniel Johnson Selby + Mary Agnes Davenport
Parents William Monroe Selby + Mary Emily Hyder
Parents James Lafayette Brown + Mary Temperance Selby
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph David Dorton - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Douglas Burnett - Household
Pleasant Hill Road Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Douglas Burnett - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Douglas Burnett - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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