Individual Details

Lettie Isabell Parrish

(17 Mar 1869 - 28 Sep 1940)



Although her name appears as "Lillie" when she was age 11 - apparently the t's weren't crossed as later records give her name as Lettie.
E. H. Mims, age 21, married Letty Parish, age 18, 25 Dec 1887, Chilton, AL.

1900 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 391
E. H. Mims, b. Aug 1866, age 33, married 12 years, farmer
Lettie I, wife, b. Mar 1869, 31, 3 children
Charlotte, dau, b. Mar 1889, 11
Martha J., dau, b. Sep 1892, 7
Ellen, dau, b. Oct 1894, age 5
Lee Knight, servant, male, b. Jul 1873, age 26, farm labor

1910 Census. Prec 4, Chilton, AL, Hh 524
Elijah Mims, age 43, married 22 years
Lettie I., wife, 41, 6 children - 4 are living
Charlotte, dau, 27 (she was 21). Martha J., dau, 17. Ellen, dau 15. Leon, son, age 2
Ed Miner, cousin, age 22.

1920 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 581
Eliga Mims, 53. Lettie I., wife, 51
Martha J., dau, 24, school teacher. Leon, son, 12. Leroy, son, 8
Major Hames, Black, servant, age 47, widowed, farm labor
Jo Sistrunk, Black, servant, 17, farm labor

1930 Census. Beat 4, Chilton, AL
Elijah H. Mims, 63. Lettie I, wife, 61. Leon, son, 22.

1940 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 21
Lived in the same house in 1935
Elijah H. Mims, 73, farmer. Lettie, wife, 71
Martha Jane, dau, 47, public school teacher
Leon, son, 32

Her Alabama death records gives birth as 17 Mar 1869 in Clanton - death 28 Sep 1940 in Clanton. Buried Concord Cemetery on 29 Sep 1940. Her father was Elijah Parrish, her mother Charlotte Mims; her spouse E. H. Mims.

Events

Birth17 Mar 1869Alabama
Marriage25 Dec 1887Chilton County, Alabama - Elijah H. Mims
Death28 Sep 1940

Families

SpouseElijah H. Mims (1866 - 1948)
FatherElijah Hillman Parrish (1849 - 1944)
MotherCharlotte Elizabeth Mims (1849 - 1923)
SiblingSarah Parrish (1867 - )
SiblingJoseph Samuel Parrish (1877 - )
SiblingJulia Parrish (1881 - )
SiblingJohn Moses Parrish (1883 - 1945)
SiblingWilliam Alonzo "Lonnie" Parrish (1890 - 1956)