Elizabeth (Butts) Baines (1890 - 1975)

Born 4 Nov 1890 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Tom Baines — married 3 Nov 1909 in Montgomery, Mississippi, United States

Died 2 May 1975 at age 84 in Mound Bayou, Bolivar, Mississippi, United States of America

Biography

Lizzie (Butts) Baines is a part of US Black heritage.

This profile is part of the Mound Bayou, Mississippi One Place Study.

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Butts was born on 4 November 1890 in Mississippi. She was the daughter of John Wesley Butts Sr and Mary (Allen) Butts. ^[1]

In the 1900 census Lizzie (age 9) was living in Lodi Town, Montgomery, Mississippi. ^[1]

Lizzie Butts married Tom Baines on 3 Nov 1909 in Montgomery, Mississippi.^[2] They had the following children:

1. Delores Baines Miller 1910–1991
2. Clara Baines Marchel 1913–1971
3. Mary Virginia Baines Johnson 1915–1983
4. Theora Delphine Baines Reed 1917–2002
5. Calvin Baines 1918–1996
6. Fred Murray Baines 1919–2005
7. Rubye Baines Thomas Reynolds 1923–2016
8. Elizabeth Leola "Tot" Baines Waldon 1924–2000

In the 1910 census Lizzie (age 19) was living in Beat 4, Montgomery, Mississippi. ^[3]

In the 1920 census Lizzie (age 29) was living in Beat 3, Sunflower, Mississippi. ^[4]

In the 1930 census Lizzie (age 39) was living in Beat 3, Sunflower, Mississippi. ^[5]

In the 1940 census Lizzie (age 49) was living in Bolivar, Mississippi, United States. ^[6]

Lizzie died at the age of 84 in May 1975 in Mound Bayou, Bolivar, Mississippi, United States of America. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1900 Census: Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18,
   Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Lodi, Montgomery, Mississippi; Roll: T623_820; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 79.
   Ancestry Record 7602 #28196673 (accessed before 26 January 2014),
   Birth date: Nov 1890 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Lodi Vown, Montgomery, Mississippi.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935"
   Original data: Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935. Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library
   Ancestry Record 7842 #89506 (accessed 8 November 2023)
   Lizzie Butts marriage to Tom Bains on 3 Nov 1909 in Montgomery.
3. ↑ 1910 Census: Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was,
   Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 4, Montgomery, Mississippi; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image:.
   Ancestry Record 7884 #149809978 (accessed before 26 January 2014),
   Birth date: 1891 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Beat 4, Montgomery, Mississippi.
4. ↑ 1920 Census: Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco,
   Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Beat 3, Sunflower, Mississippi; Roll: T625_894; Page: 45B; Enumeration District: 119; Image:.
   Ancestry Record 6061 #51310306 (accessed before 26 January 2014),
   Birth date: abt 1897 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Beat 3, Sunflower, Mississippi.
5. ↑ 1930 Census: Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,
   Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 3, Sunflower, Mississippi; Roll: 1166; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 839.0.
   Ancestry Record 6224 #37758373 (accessed before 26 January 2014),
   Birth date: abt 1891 Birth place: Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Beat 3, Sunflower, Mississippi.
6. ↑ 1940 Census: Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627.
   Ancestry Record 2442 #118795352 (accessed before 26 January 2014),
   Birth date: abt 1896 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Bolivar, Mississippi, United States.
7. ↑ Death Registration: Title: Social Security Death Index Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security D,
   Page: Number: 587-04-0468; Issue State: Mississippi; Issue Date: 1973.
   Ancestry Record 3693 #2394231 (accessed before 26 January 2014),
   Birth date: 4 Nov 1890 Birth place: Death date: May 1975 Death place: Mound Bayou, Bolivar, Mississippi, United States of America.