Susan Elizabeth “Lizzie” BrownAge: 82 years1867–1949
- Name
- Susan Elizabeth “Lizzie” Brown
- Given names
- Susan Elizabeth
- Surname
- Brown
- Married name
- Susan Elizabeth Yarbourgh
- Nickname
- Lizzie
 Birth | July 13, 1867 |
 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 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 17 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 |
| 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 |
 Marriage | Edward Lee Yarbourgh — View this family November 3, 1886 (Age 19 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Roscoe Lee Yarbourgh April 15, 1889 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a son | Roscoe Lee Yarbourgh June 29, 1889 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Baxter Rae Yarbourgh October 1, 1890 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mary Magdalen Yarbourgh April 1894 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a husband | Edward Lee Yarbourgh January 24, 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 62 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 |
| 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 | 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 | August 24, 1949 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lexington City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joshiah W “Cy” Brown Birth: Pennsylvania, United States Death: |
| mother |
Susan Wilson Birth: Pennsylvania, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Susan Elizabeth “Lizzie” Brown Birth: July 13, 1867 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: August 24, 1949 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Edward Lee Yarbourgh |
| husband |
Edward Lee Yarbourgh Birth: October 4, 1859 23 25 Death: January 24, 1897 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Susan Elizabeth “Lizzie” Brown Birth: July 13, 1867 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: August 24, 1949 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: November 3, 1886 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years son |
Roscoe Lee Yarbourgh Birth: April 15, 1889 29 21 Death: June 29, 1889 |
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18 months son |
Baxter Rae Yarbourgh Birth: October 1, 1890 30 23 Death: |
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4 years daughter |
Mary Magdalen Yarbourgh Birth: April 1894 34 26 Death: |