The following is a video update on my most recent research related to Elizabeth's life and death. After viewing the video, you may want to review the chronology below.
Here is all that we know thus far about the progression of events in Elizabeth's life:
- Abt. 1880: born.
- May 1899: gave birth to a son, William M. (McKinley?) Magsley. (According to Minnie Belle Turpin Hall, King and Elizabeth's first child was William McKinley Turpin--presumably the William M. Magsley noted here.)
- 1900: lived in the home of Amanda Turpin. (Amanda's nephew, King, lived there as well.)
- February 2 or 3, 1902/03: gave birth to a son, "Little King" Turpin, in a houseboat on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- March 1, 1906: gave birth to a daughter, Minnie Belle Turpin, in a houseboat on the Tennessee River someplace in Alabama.
- 1906-1910: divorced or separated from King Turpin and united with John Selby.
- 1906-1910: died (?), presumably in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (According to an interview with Minnie Belle Turpin Hall in the early 1980's, her mother, Elizabeth Belle Magsby, died at 525 Market Square. See the video above for the reasons why this information is dubious.)
