Elizabeth (Eubank) Fortune
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Elizabeth (Eubank) Fortune (abt. 1745 - abt. 1821)

Elizabeth Fortune formerly Eubank
Born about in Keene, Albemarle, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1760 in Albemarle, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 76 in Fortunes Cove, Nelson, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Elizabeth Eubank was born about 1746 to John Eubank and Hannah Major.

Marriage

She married Thomas Fortune in 1760 in Albemarle, Virginia, United States.

They had several children born to this Union.

Residence

Death and Burial

She passed away 1821 in Fortunes Cove, Nelson, Virginia, United States.[1]

Notable family

Elizabeth is the great grandmother of American financier Thomas Fortune Ryan, (1851–1928), the youngest man to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. At one time Ryan had controlling interest in 30 corporations. Upon his death on November 23, 1928, Thomas Fortune Ryan was the South's wealthiest native son and the 10th wealthiest man in America. Thomas Fortune Ryan and his second wife are buried in his Oak Ridge Estate Cemetery in Nelson Co. Virginia.[2]

Research

More reading on the Fortune-Eubank Family in My Virginia Kin.[3]

My Virginia Kin Book

Sources

  1. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27967574/elizabeth-fortune : accessed 13 May 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Eubank Fortune (1745–1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27967574, citing Fortune Cemetery, Lovingston, Nelson County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Terry (contributor 48560424) .
  2. Wikipedia: Thomas Fortune Ryan.
  3. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/36983-my-virginia-kin-comprising-the-hamlett-witt-giles-wills-eubank-fortune-mullenix-lynchard-talbot-and-kight-families-with-a-short-treatise-on-the-loving-family




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DNA Connections
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