Mary Elizabeth Hill

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Hill was born on 12 March 1869, in Liberty, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Thomas Hill, was 26 and her mother, Annis Malissa Tramel, was 25. She married James Anderson Arnold on 15 August 1884, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. She lived in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Civil District 12, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 10 December 1940, in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Snow Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Willie Bell White
1869–1946
Mary Elizabeth Hill
1869–1940
Marriage: 31 July 1892
Robert White
1893–1979
Samuel Walker "Bud" White
1899–1969
Lillie Mae White
1901–1992
Thomas John White
1905–1991
Charles White
1907–1983
Claude White
1909–2001

Sources (14)

  • Betty White in household of Bud White, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Bettie Hill, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Mary Elizabeth Hill White, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1885

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.

English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .

German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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