Individual Details

Various trees on Ancestry have different surnames for Dora/Dorett - but the following marriage record shows that her surname was Hess.

Marriage record:
Geo. T. Hellard of Hazel Patch, age 22. First marriage. Occupation, Railroading. Born Jackson Co. S. E. Hellard & Sophia Hellard were his parents, both born Jackson Co.
To Doreta Hess, also of Hazel Parch, age 17, b. Laurel Co, KY. Herman & Ellen Hess - parents. To be married at Hazel Patch on 23 Jan 1913.
Married at the house of Mrs. Hess, Laurel Co, in the presence of W. H. Wagner and Winnie Bruner, by J. F. Fortney, MG, on 23 Jan 1913.
Note: her mother's maiden name was Bruner

Kentucky Death Certificate (stamped DELAY) #36663
Dorett Hellard died Livingston, Rockcastle Co, KY on 16 Oct 1918 of pneumonia. She was just over age 21, born 20 Aug 1897 in Laurel Co KY. J. K. Nickerson was her father; Ellen Bruner her mother. Geo. T. Hellard of Livinston was the informant

Birth	20 Aug 1897	Laurel County, Kentucky
Marriage	1913	George Thomas Hellard
Death	16 Oct 1918	Laurel, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

Spouse	George Thomas Hellard (1891 - 1956)
Child	Opal Lee Hellard (1914 - 1981)
Child	Living