Elizabeth Ellen “Bettie” MathisAge: 84 years1860–1944
- Name
- Elizabeth Ellen “Bettie” Mathis
- Given names
- Elizabeth Ellen
- Surname
- Mathis
- Nickname
- Bettie
- Married name
- Elizabeth Ellen Brown
 Birth | March 27, 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: 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 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 years)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 |
 Marriage | James Felston Brown — View this family October 26, 1876 (Age 16 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Minas Brown about 1877 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Dewey Brown about 1878 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #3 | Curtis Charles Brown June 1879 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a son | Minas Brown before 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a son | Dewey Brown before 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Ray Brown about 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a son | Ray Brown about 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Newman Nathaniel Brown June 3, 1883 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Mary Clyde Brown September 1887 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Ida Mae Brown February 6, 1891 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Isaac Felston Brown May 31, 1892 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Minus Peyton Brown May 27, 1894 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Effie Clara Brown August 9, 1896 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 |
| Birth of a son #11 | George Dewey Brown May 7, 1899 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #12 | Nellie C Brown about 1902 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #13 | Roy Murray Brown May 15, 1904 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Newman Nathaniel Brown — Maggie B Morgan — View this family March 4, 1906 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Gillis Monty Brown February 9, 1907 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a son | Curtis Charles Brown before 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | George Dewey Brown — Earline Louisa Shemwell — View this family September 18, 1928 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Morris Hayden Brown February 5, 1929 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | George Everett Brown June 23, 1932 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | James Rex Brown February 16, 1939 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Felston Brown August 3, 1939 (Age 79 years) |
| Burial of a husband | James Felston Brown August 4, 1939 (Age 79 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
 Census | May 2, 1940 (Age 80 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Jerry Dalton Brown April 17, 1942 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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 |
 Death | May 3, 1944 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | May 4, 1944 (1 day after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
| Family with James Felston Brown |
| husband |
James Felston Brown Birth: June 1, 1852 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 3, 1939 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Ellen “Bettie” Mathis Birth: March 27, 1860 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 3, 1944 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: October 26, 1876 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months son |
Minas Brown Birth: about 1877 24 16 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1880 |
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2 years son |
Dewey Brown Birth: about 1878 25 17 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1880 |
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18 months son |
Curtis Charles Brown Birth: June 1879 27 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 |
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19 months son |
Ray Brown Birth: about 1880 27 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: about 1880 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Newman Nathaniel Brown Birth: June 3, 1883 31 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 14, 1955 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Mary Clyde Brown Birth: September 1887 35 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 25, 1967 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ida Mae Brown Birth: February 6, 1891 38 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 7, 1969 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months son |
Isaac Felston Brown Birth: May 31, 1892 39 32 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 23, 1947 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Minus Peyton Brown Birth: May 27, 1894 41 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 19, 1969 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Effie Clara Brown Birth: August 9, 1896 44 36 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 22, 1967 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
George Dewey Brown Birth: May 7, 1899 46 39 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 16, 1958 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Nellie C Brown Birth: about 1902 49 41 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years son |
Roy Murray Brown Birth: May 15, 1904 51 44 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 16, 1946 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - George Dewey Brown - Household
405 East 23rd Street Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky
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