Doyle Lewelling

Male8 April 1896–20 October 1965

Brief Life History of Doyle

When Doyle Lewelling was born on 8 April 1896, in Mississippi, United States, his father, Benjamin Lewelling, was 52 and his mother, Mary Saphrona Musick, was 39. He had at least 1 daughter with Adell Moore. He lived in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Beat 3, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States for about 30 years. He died on 20 October 1965, in Mississippi, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States.

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Doyle Lewelling
1896–1965
Adell Moore
1913–2003
Margarette S Lewelling
1935–2003

Sources (7)

  • Doyle Lewelling in household of William H Lewelling, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Doyle Lewelling, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Doyle Lewelling in entry for Adell Lewelling Sullivan, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 2

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop

Age 11

When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 20

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Altered form of Welsh Llewellyn .

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

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