Individual Details

Mary Elizabeth Nelson

(14 Mar 1853 - 6 Aug 1923)




1900 Census. Prec 4, Dallas Co, TX ED 136, Hh 83
Elizabeth Dennis, b. Mar 1853, married 30 years, 7 children - 6 are living, b. MS, Farmer
Joseph H., son, b. May 1873, age 27, b. Texas
Alta, dau, b. Aug 1885, age 14, b. TX
Walter L., son, b. May 1881, b. TX

1920 Census. Prec 4, Dallas Co, TX, Hh 8
William M. Moore, age 37, b. TX
Alta, wife, 34, b. TX, father b. TN, mother b. MS
Mable, dau, 18, b. TX
Elizabeth Dennis, motherin-law, age 69, widow, b. Missouri [wrong - should be Mississippi] father b. AL, mother b. MS
Next door in Hh 8
Charle A. Dennis, 43, b. TX, father b. TN, mother b. MS
Nannie, wife, 33, b. TX
Charles son age 1 year, 11 months, b. OK
Raymond, Nephew, 19, b. TX, father b. TX, mother b. IN

Texas Death Certificate #22320. Mrs. Elizabeth Dennis of Pleasant Mound, Dallas Co, TX, died 6 Aug 1923. She had ovarian cancer. The informant was W. L. Dennis of Dallas (her youngest son). Her birth was given as 14 Mar 1850; she was born in Mississippi. Her father was William Nelson, mother's name unknown.

She is buried Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Dallas County, TX, as is her son Walter Lee and daughter Alta.

Events

Birth14 Mar 1853Mississippi
Marriage12 Feb 1868Grayson County, Texas - Miles Pinkney Dennis
DivorceBef 1897Miles Pinkney Dennis
Death6 Aug 1923Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Families

SpouseMiles Pinkney Dennis (1848 - 1907)
ChildJames William Dennis (1869 - 1934)
ChildJohn Pinkney Dennis (1871 - 1939)
ChildJoseph W. Dennis (1873 - )
ChildCharles Dennis (1876 - )
ChildWalter Lee Dennis (1880 - 1938)
ChildAlta Corine Dennis (1885 - 1966)

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