Hazel Dorothy Whitson

Brief Life History of Hazel Dorothy

When Hazel Dorothy Whitson was born on 31 March 1887, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States, her father, Reuben Granville Whitson, was 23 and her mother, Lettie E Pippin, was 25. She married Rasadu David Rippetoe on 27 November 1905, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Civil District 7, Putnam, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Civil District 1, Putnam, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 11 December 1954, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Pippin Cemetery, Putnam, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rasadu David Rippetoe
1888–1970
Hazel Dorothy Whitson
1887–1954
Marriage: 27 November 1905
Doyle M Rippetoe
1909–1963
Fred Granville Rippetoe
1910–1995
Ruby Jewell Rippetoe
1912–1998
Opal Frances Rippetoe
1915–1915
Rocie C Rippetoe
1917–1999
Audrey Rippetoe
1922–1996
Willard D Rippetoe
1925–2012

Sources (21)

  • Hessel S Rippto in household of Ras D Rippto, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hazle D Whitson - Published information: birth-name: Hazle D Whitson
  • Hazzell Whitson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

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1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish (Midlothian): from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Whiteson, literally ‘white son’ or perhaps ‘son of someone named White ’. Occasionally, a variant of Whiston .

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

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