of Spalding County

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A TRIBUTE

In memory of Mrs. Dora Nixon Burdette who was born Nov. 30, 1854 and departed this life April 16, 1936 being eighty-two (82) years old at her going. Mrs. Burdette had for years been an enthusiastic member of our Missionary Society and was its oldest active member.

She had heard the Masters voice saying, his gospel should be preached to all the world and she was ever ready to heed that call with loving and willing hands to send Christ's message of love to all shores.

Submission to her Heavenly Father's will was wonderful and her bravery in suffering was met by sad hearts but smiling faces of thos (sic) who loved her so devotedly, and who anticipated and ministered to her every want so tenderly. May our Father send His comforting influences to bind up the broken hearts of the breaved (sic) ones. 'Twas the work of God who does all things well.

Therefore be it resolved,
1st - That while we deplore our loss, yet we bow in humble submission to His will and shall ever cherish her memory with love.

2nd - That we extend her children, grandchildren, brother, and sisters our warmest sympathy.

3rd - That a copy of these resolutions be spread on the minutes of our Missionary Society and be sent to the family of the deceased.

Mrs. L. O. Hutchinson
Miss Clevie Stewart
Mrs. A. D. Pope
Committee


Additional Comments:
[Note: Dora was the sister of my husband's GG Grandfather, Charles Bartow Nixon. Dora's first husband's family, the Swygerts, have ties Meriwiether Co., so that is why I have posted this to that county, too. - v.j.f.]

1880 Census - Meriwether Co., District #705; pg. 231C
S-263; ED 82; sheet 23, line 47
Morgan SWYGART   Self   M   Male   W   35   SC   Farmer   SC   SC 
Dora SWYGART   Wife   M   Female   W   26   GA   Keeping House   GA   GA 
Rosa SWYGART   Dau   S   Female   W   7   GA   At School   SC   GA 
Ester SWYGART   Dau   S   Female   W   5   GA   At Home   SC   GA 
Lula SWYGART   Dau   S   Female   W   3   GA   At Home   SC   GA 
*
2nd marriage, listed as Swygert, Martha D. Mrs (applied)
*
1900 Census - Coweta Co., GA; Haralson District
ED 26, sheet 4, line 57; family #59-59
6 June 1990; widowed (2 times); 6/6 children living
Living 3 doors from parents, Harrison & Elvira; and next to sisters Mary Ella (Nixon) Addy & Alice P. (Nixon) Horton.
Martha D Burdette  1855  Georgia  White Head
Lottie M Burdette  1889  Georgia  White Daughter   
Lucius G Burdette  1894  Georgia  White Son   
Thomas R Burdette  1892  Georgia  White Son 
*
1910 Census - Coweta Co., GA
living w/father Harrison Nixon.
widowed; 6/6 children living
*
1920 Census - Haralson, Coweta Co., GA, pg. 4A; ED 46
Burdette, Martha D head own 65 widowed GA/GA/SC
Lusious G son 25 widowed GA/GA/GA farmer general farming
Ele_vr (Elmer?) M. grandson 4  9/12
*
1930 Census - GMD 1393/Haralson, Coweta Co., GA; Dist 26; HH #57
Senoia-Haralson Rd.
Burdette, Martha D., head, own, 75, widowed, GA/GA/SC 
Burdette, L. Guy, son, 35, widowed, GA/GA/GA, carpenter, public works
Burdette, Maxwell, grandson, 15, b. GA
*
Georgia Deaths, 1919-98 
Name: Mrs Dora N Burdette
Death Date: 16 Apr 1936
Gender:
County of Death: Spalding
Certificate: 22097
Age:
Comments:
*
Descendants of Martha Madora "Dora" Nixon
1  Martha Madora "Dora" Nixon b: 30 Nov 1854 in Coweta Co., Georgia
d: 16 Apr 1936 in Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia  Father: Harrison H. Nixon  Mother: Elvira H. Elmore

First Husband:

+Morgan Govan Swygert b: 10 Nov 1845 in Lexington Co., South Carolina m: 5 Jan 1871 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 22 Dec 1880 in Georgia Burial: Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: John Zeno Swygert Mother: Mittie Ann Addy
~ 2  Rozilla "Rosa" Ann Swygert b: 1872 in Georgia Baptism: 30 Apr 1872 Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia d: 22 Sep 1949 in Cobb Co., Georgia

~~ +William D. Hood b: Abt 1854 in Georgia Father: Mother:
~~~~ 3  John D. Hood b: 1892 in Georgia

~~~~ 3  Kate Hood b: Abt 1899

~~~~~ +John T. Lecroy b: Abt 1898 in Georgia d: 4 Jan 1987 in Cobb Co., Georgia Father: Mother:
~~~~ 3  James W. Hood b: Abt 1905

~ 2  Esther Viola Swygert b: 23 Aug 1873 in Georgia d: 6 May 1958 in Floyd Co., Georgia (Resident of Spalding Co., Georgia)
Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia
~~ +Azmon Benson Shackleford, Jr. b: 30 Jul 1870 in Georgia m: 14 Mar 1897 in Spalding Co., Georgia d: 24 Apr 1899 in Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: 25 Apr 1899 Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Father: Azmon Benson Shackleford Mother: Matilda A. Greene

~ *2nd Husband of Esther Viola Swygert:

~~ +John Marshall Crowe, Rev. b: 1 Sep 1857 in Forayth Co., Georgia m: 29 May 1901 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 26 Nov 1932 in
Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Father: Mother:
~~~~ 3  John D. Crowe b: Abt 1908

~~~~ 3  Warren Chandler Crowe b: 25 Apr 1910 d: 20 Sep 1933 in Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia

~~~~ 3  Wilson Crowe b: Abt 1912

~~~~ 3  Morgan Crowe

~ 2  Lula Addy Swygert b: 13 Aug 1876 in Georgia Baptism: 20 Sep 1876 Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia d: 13 Mar 1937 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co. Georgia
~~ +Othel Morgan b: 6 Sep 1874 m: 4 Dec 1901 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 6 Dec 1939 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co. Georgia Father: Mother:
~~~~ 3  Howard P. Morgan b: 1 Sep 1906 d: 31 Aug 1908 Burial: Bethel Methodist Church, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia

*2nd Husband of Martha Madora "Dora" Nixon:

+Thomas Newton Burdette b: 10 Nov 1849 in Georgia m: 1 Feb 1888 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 9 Oct 1899 in (Coweta Co.,  Georgia) Burial: Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Thomas Jefferson Burdette Mother: Almedia C. Murphy
~ 2  Lottie (Lottye) Mae Burdette b: 3 May 1889 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 7 Aug 1982 in Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama Burial:  9 Aug 1982 Highland Cemetery - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama

~~ +John Thomas "Tom" Hamilton, MD b: Abt 1875 in Alabama d: 5 May 1947 in Alexandria, Calhoun Co., Alabama Burial: 7 May 1947 Highland Cemetery - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama Father: Mother:
~~~~ 3  ~No Children~

~ 2  Thomas Reese Burdette b: 24 Jun 1891 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: Mar 1971 in Last Res: Clanton, Chilton Co., Alabama

~~ +Eula Viola Garrick b: 21 Jun 1892 in Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia m: 29 Jan 1913 in Eula's Parent's Home - Senoia, Coweta Co., GA; License: Meriwether Co., Georgia d: 25 Mar 1983 in Jefferson Co., Alabama; Last Res: Clanton, Chilton Co., Alabama Father: George Washington Garrick Mother: Martha Angela "Mattie" Williams
~~~~ 3  Jarrell T. Burdette b: 4 Dec 1913 d: 10 Dec 1992 in Last Res: Clanton, Chilton Co., Alabama

~~~~~ +?_______ ?_______
Father: Mother:
~~~~ 3  Eula Elaine Burdette b: 6 Jul 1922 in Eutaw, Greene Co., Alabama d: 22 Jun 1995 in Baldwin Co., Alabama

~~~~~ +John Russell Ambrose
Father: Mother:
~~~~ 3  Billy Reese Burdette b: 23 Nov 1934 in Chilton Co., Alabama

~ 2  Lucius Guy Burdette b: 15 Mar 1894 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 3 Nov 1984 in Meriwether Co., Georgia (Resident of Luthersville)
~~ +Mary Lucy Huckaby b: 23 May 1894 m: Bef 1915 d: 12 Oct 1918 Burial: Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery - Haralson,  Coweta Co., Georgia Father: M. E. Huckaby Mother: ?____ ?_______
~~~~ 3  Elmer Maxwell "Max" Burdette b: Abt 1915 in Georgia

~~~~ 3  Infant Burdette b: Abt 12 Oct 1918 d: Abt 12 Oct 1918 Burial: Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia
~ *2nd Wife of Lucius Guy Burdette:

~~ +Minnie Rachel Wyche-Lambert b: 1 Feb 1893 in Wooster,  Meriwether Co., Georgia m: 3 Nov 1958 in Meriwether Co., Georgia d: 2 Mar 1991 in LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia; Last Res: Luthersville, Meriwether Co., Georgia Father: Mother: