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Elizabeth (Dees) Stewart (1869 - 1949)

Elizabeth Stewart formerly Dees
Born in Tippah, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
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Died at age 80 in Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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Biography

The daughter of Mark Dees and Rebecca (Brooks) Dees, Bettie Dees was born in Tippah County, Mississippi in 1869.[citation needed] She lived there with her family.[1] In 1880, her family lived in Jonesborough, Mississippi.[2] Bettie Dees married James Stewart (1872-1957), marrying in Tippah County in 1897.[citation needed] Their children included:

  1. Alabama "Bama" (Stewart) Nail (1891-1981)
  2. Ethel (Stewart) Riley (1901-1981)

They made their home in DeSoto County, Mississippi.[3][4] She passed away there around the age of 85[citation needed] and is buried at Oak Grove Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSY-3VL : 29 May 2021), Elizabeth Dees in entry for Mark A Dees, 1870.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4P7-H5J : 14 January 2022), Bettie Dees in household of Mark Dees, Jonesborough, Tippah, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4SG-VTR : 2 February 2021), Lizzie Stewart in entry for J M Stewart, 1920.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBP-HD8 : accessed 23 April 2022), Lizzie Stewart in household of J M Stewart, Beat 4, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 3B, line 91, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1144; FHL microfilm 2,340,879.
  5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #70309521




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