Brief Life History of Lillie Ruth
When Lillie Ruth Boughton was born on 16 August 1890, in Neosho Falls, Woodson, Kansas, United States, her father, Charles Boughton, was 40 and her mother, Mary Ella McCullough, was 25. She married Newton Levi Smith on 1 May 1912, in Neosho Falls, Woodson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 28 Howard, Jackson, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 28 March 1989, in Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Ruth Boughton in household of C H Boughton, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lillie Ruth Boughton - death: 28 March 1989; Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States
- Ruth E Boughton in entry for Donald R Smith, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1887–1973 Male
1890–1989 Female
Children (4)
1913–2002 Female
1918– Male
1921– Male
1930–1999 Male
Parents and Siblings
1850–1920 Male
1865–1962 Female
Siblings (7)
1890–1989 Female
1892–1995 Male
1895–1988 Male
1897–1900 Female
1899–1974 Male
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 6
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
Age 8
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 26
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places so named. Those in Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, and Nottinghamshire are named from Old English bucc ‘goat’ or the Old English byname Bucca with the same meaning (see Buck 1) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’; those in Cheshire and Kent are named with Old English bōc ‘beech’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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