Brief Life History of Eddie Dillard
When Eddie Dillard Cable was born on 23 October 1907, in Graham, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jacob Francis Cable, was 39 and his mother, Harriet Ingledove Pilkington, was 28. He married Dora Belle Queen on 5 August 1926, in Swain, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Stecoah, Graham, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Stecoah Township, Graham, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 6 December 1977, in Isle of Palms, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Lauada Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Eddie D Cable, "United States 1950 Census"
- Eddie Dillard Cable, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mr Eddie Dillard Cable, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
Spouse and Children
1907–1977 Male
1909–1982 Female
Children (4)
1927–1994 Male
1929–2012 Male
1932–1994 Male
1936–2014 Male
Parents and Siblings
1867–1932 Male
1878–1958 Female
Siblings (3)
1907–1977 Male
1908– Male
1909–1994 Female
World Events (8)
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 1
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Age 11
1927
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: probably from the personal name Kabell', which may be a survival of Anglo-Saxon Ceadbeald, a compound of an originally Brittonic element cad ‘battle’ + Old English beald ‘brave, bold’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope, especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from Middle English cable ‘cable’ (from Late Latin capulum ‘halter’, a word of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with Latin capere ‘to seize’).
English: metonymic occupational name for a horseman, from Middle English cabal ‘horse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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