Brief Life History of Mary Keziah "Kizzie"
When Mary Keziah "Kizzie" Dilley was born on 24 September 1855, in Phoenix, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States, her father, Samuel M. Dilley, was 53 and her mother, Charlotte Lemenda Hinds Usher, was 38. She married Edwin Hickman Smith on 8 December 1873, in Yazoo, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1860 and Beat 3, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1900. She died on 29 May 1933, in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- M K Smith in household of John H Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
- Kezie Dilly, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Find a Grave - Mary Keziah "Kezzie" Dilley Smith
Spouse and Children
1840–1924 Male
1855–1933 Female
Children (7)
1875–1934 Male
1876–1960 Female
1878–1973 Male
1880–1947 Male
1885–1959 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1802–1874 Male
1817–1890 Female
Siblings (12)
1836–1837 Male
1837–1883 Female
1839–1929 Female
1841–1911 Male
1842–1863 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1861
Age 6
1863
Age 8
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 21
Name Meaning
English: possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name Dylla, found as the first element in the placenames Dillington (in the former Huntingdonshire) and Dilton (in Wiltshire). The name may sometimes have been confused with Doyley and Dolley (see Olley ).
German: variant of Dilly or a surname of French origin, an altered form of Delay .
In some cases also an altered form of French Dilly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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