Elizabeth Allen Burke

• Death Notes
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• General Notes
  • She was born in Elbert county, Georgia, a daughter of William P. Burke, and died at the age of seventy-six years, the latter part of her life having been spent with her children. Left a widow, in 1860, with twelve small children, the youngest but two years old, she assumed management of the home farm, carrying it on with great success, and keeping her family together until all were self-supporting. She reared five daughters and seven sons, as follows: Ann; Sarah; William: Mary; Henry; Louisa; John; Luther; Joseph; James; Preston B.; and Elizabeth.
    
    From: "A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA", By William Harden, VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED. THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1913.  p. 925-926.

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