Elizabeth Thornton GilmerAge: 65 years1780–1846
- Name
- Elizabeth Thornton Gilmer
- Given names
- Elizabeth Thornton
- Surname
- Gilmer
- Married name
- Elizabeth Thornton McGehee
 Birth | October 15, 1780 |
 Historical Event | The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution |
 Marriage | Thomas Baytop McGehee — View this family October 8, 1798 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 12 years)Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 22 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 31 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Death of a husband | Thomas Baytop McGehee April 18, 1832 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 51 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 54 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 65 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Death | September 6, 1846 (Age 65 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |
| Family with Thomas Baytop McGehee |
| husband |
Thomas Baytop McGehee Birth: December 1, 1771 41 18 — Prince Edward, Virginia, United States Death: April 18, 1832 — Madison, Alabama, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Thornton Gilmer Birth: October 15, 1780 — Augusta, Virginia, United States Death: September 6, 1846 — Bastrop, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1798 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States |
No family available
| Burial | Biography from Findagrave Website: "Betsy was a daughter of John Blair Gilmer and his wife, Mildred Thornton Meriwether. She married Thomas Baytop McGehee at Ogelthorpe County, Georgia on October 8, 1798. She and her husband were parents to twelve children. The family relocated to Madison County, Alabama about 1815 where the husband prospered. Tom died in 1832 at his Alabama home, located just a few short miles from the Tennessee border. Around 1840 she relocated to Bastrop County, Texas where several of her children had gone before her.
"One of her grandchildren remembered Betsy as being a remarkably beautiful woman, excelling in all those virtues which go to make a noble Christian character."
[ Quote is taken from the book, "McGehee Descendants, Volume III" by Jane N. and Ethel Woodall Grider, p. 184]"
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