Lennie Elizabeth Watts

Brief Life History of Lennie Elizabeth

When Lennie Elizabeth Watts was born on 15 August 1877, in Todd, Kentucky, United States, her father, Charles Henry Watts, was 24 and her mother, Florence A. Alley, was 18. She married Henry Andrew Dillon on 19 December 1895, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. She died on 9 June 1943, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Andrew Dillon
1876–1954
Lennie Elizabeth Watts
1877–1943
Marriage: 19 December 1895
Flora Lee Dillon
1896–1901
Mai Glenn Dillon
1899–1986
Charles Henry Dillon
1905–1933
James Daniel Dillon
1907–1990
Lillian Catherine Dillon
1909–1910

Sources (15)

  • Lennie Dillon in household of H A Dillon, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Lemie E Watts, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Lennie Elizabeth Dillon, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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World Events (8)

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Watt , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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