Elsie Lee Hylton

Brief Life History of Elsie Lee

When Elsie Lee Hylton was born on 19 June 1894, in Floyd, Virginia, United States, her father, Alonzo Payton Hylton, was 30 and her mother, Catherine Pratt, was 33. She married Edgar Dickerson on 8 July 1920, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Court House District, Floyd, Virginia, United States in 1940 and Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States in 1950. She died on 12 June 1986, in Floyd, Virginia, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Topeco Cemetery, Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Blaine Gillespie Hungate
1884–1976
Elsie Lee Hylton
1894–1986
Marriage: 24 November 1927
Lora Cathrine Hungate
1929–
Nancy Lee Hungate
1931–1931
Mary Ruth Hungate
1934–2023
Annie Lee Hungate
1937–

Sources (25)

  • Elsie L Hungate, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Elsie L Dickerson, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Elsie Lee Hungate, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"

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1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

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Name Meaning

English (Norfolk): variant of Hilton .

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

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