Hettie Rose (Thornton) Sullivan (1896 - 1971)

Born 13 Oct 1896 in Smith County, Mississippi, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of Eldra E Sullivan — married 6 Aug 1916 in Smith County, Mississippi

Descendants

Died 3 Apr 1971 at age 74 in Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Hettie Rose Thornton was born on Oct 13, 1896 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA as the first child of John Franklin Thornton and Missouri Josephine Ashley. ^[1]

She had two siblings, namely: Eunice A, and Edith M.

She died on Apr 03, 1971 in Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, USA (Smith County Hospital; Age at Death: 74). ^{[2] [3]}

When she was 19, she married Eldrie Sullivan on Aug 03, 1916 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA. ^[4]

Hettie Rose Thornton lived in Waco, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1900 (3 Age: 3; EnumerationDistrict: 0103; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter).

She lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (13 Age: 13; Labor Occupation: Labor; AttendedSchool: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0112; Industry: Home Farm; NativeLanguageCode: English; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter). Race: (White) Ethnicity: (American)

She was buried in Mize, Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery).

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Hettie Rose Sullivan. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=10675596&indiv=try. Name: Hettie Rose Sullivan [Hettie Rose Thornton] Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 13 Oct 1895 Birth Place: Rural Smith, Mississippi Father: John Thornton Mother: Zula Ashley SSN: xxx Notes: May 1970: Name listed as HETTIE ROSE SULLIVAN
2. ↑ Obituary for Hettie R Thornton Sullivan
3. ↑ [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116119229/obituary-for-hettie-r-thornton-sullivan/ Obituary for Hettie R Thornton Sullivan pt2
4. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZJ36-R8W2 : 28 May 2020), Hettie Thornton in entry for Eldrie Sullivan, ; citing Marriage, Mississippi, United States, 00374, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.

• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3Q-XXW : Sat Jul 22 13:13:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Eldrie Sullivan and Hettie Sullivan, 1940.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M8-CXM : accessed 11 April 2017), Pauline E Sullivan in household of Eldrie E Sullivan, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 15A, line 20, family 296, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.
• "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDG-K2J : Wed Jul 19 03:58:51 UTC 2023), Entry for John F Thornton and Zula M Thornton, 1910.
• Smith County Genealogical Society, Smith County, Mississippi Cemeteries (1999)