Ida Elizabeth (Adams) Willingham (1910 - 1978)

Born 11 Jan 1910 in Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of Ratus Granville Willingham — married 21 Nov 1925 in Evansville, Indiana

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1978 at age 68 in Henderson Kentucky

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Biography

Lizzy listed her birth date as Jan 11, 1904 on the marriage record. This is six years different from death certificate info. I knew the year was misrepresented, but had no idea she was only 15 + years of age when she married my grandfather. Died of congestive heart failure. also had diabetes mellitus. Place of birth listed as Kentucky on 1910 census & Find A Grave.

Sources

• Death Verification 8-2-1978 Henderson County Health Department, Henderson Kentucky
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2XS-228 : accessed 23 May 2018), Lizzie Adams in household of Charles Adams, Boxville, Union, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 126, sheet 5B, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 504; FHL microfilm 1,374,517.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-X9ZW : 11 July 2016), Ida Elizabeth Adams Willingham, 1978; Burial, Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States of America, Fernwood Cemetery; citing record ID 49746047, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.