Elija Belva GordonAge: 84 years1867–1952
- Name
- Elija Belva Gordon
- Given names
- Elija Belva
- Surname
- Gordon
 Birth | October 28, 1867 27 26 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | George W Gordon about 1869 (Age 14 months) Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | July 1, 1870 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Polly Shepherd after 1870 (Age 2 years) Note: Mary is shown in the 1870 Census; but, not beyond that date |
| Death of a mother | Cynthia Manerva Magee December 15, 1874 (Age 7 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr — Lucretia Pevehouse — View this family June 13, 1875 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Elijah Magee May 1884 (Age 16 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr — Bathesheba “Bashie” Magee — View this family about 1897 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 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 50 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 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 brother | Charles Alexander Gordon June 5, 1943 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 74 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 82 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 78 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | July 5, 1952 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cement Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr Birth: about 1840 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| mother |
Cynthia Manerva Magee Birth: November 21, 1840 31 29 — Wayne, Tennessee, United States Death: December 15, 1874 — Wayne, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 17, 1860 — Wayne, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
William J Gordon Birth: about 1862 22 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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10 months elder brother |
Charles Alexander Gordon Birth: October 26, 1862 22 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 5, 1943 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Francis Marion Gordon Jr Birth: about 1866 26 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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22 months himself |
Elija Belva Gordon Birth: October 28, 1867 27 26 — Clifton, Wayne, Tennessee, United States Death: July 5, 1952 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
George W Gordon Birth: about 1869 29 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Bathesheba “Bashie” Magee |
| father |
Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr Birth: about 1840 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| step-mother |
Bathesheba “Bashie” Magee Birth: about 1846 37 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: after 1920 |
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Marriage: about 1897 — Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Lucretia Pevehouse |
| father |
Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr Birth: about 1840 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| step-mother |
Lucretia Pevehouse Birth: about 1833 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: June 13, 1875 — Wayne, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Francis Marion Gordon Sr - Household
Wayne, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Francis Marion Gordon Sr - Household
Perry, Tennessee, United States
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