Elizabeth Farragut

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Elizabeth Farragut (Shine)

Also Known As: "Porter"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lenoir County, North Carolina, USA
Death: June 22, 1808 (43)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Shine and Eleanor Shine
Wife of Major George Farragut (Continental Navy and Militia)
Mother of Admiral David Farragut (USN); Nancy Anne Shine Gurlie; Elizabeth Dupont and William Augustus Claiborne Farragut
Sister of Nancy Trimble
Half sister of Elizabeth Shine; James Shine; Eleanor Shine; John Shine; Francis Stringer Shine and 4 others

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About Elizabeth Farragut

Daughter of John Shine and Eleanor McIver. At the time of her birth, the location was in Dobbs County. In Tennessee, she once repelled a group of Indians when her husband was away. With the children, she followed him to New Orleans later in 1807 on a keelboat. Died of yellow fever. The place of burial has not been found.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 30 2021, 18:14:01 UTC

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Elizabeth Farragut's Timeline

1765
June 7, 1765
Lenoir County, North Carolina, USA
1797
August 23, 1797
Knox County, Tennessee, United States
1801
July 5, 1801
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States
1804
January 20, 1804
Farragut, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
1807
November 12, 1807
Farragut, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
1808
June 22, 1808
Age 43
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA