Born in Rockhouse, Letcher County, Kentucky
Daughter of Greenberry Thomas
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Solomon Mitchell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Norma Naomi (Mitchell) Guthrie, Luther Edward Mitchell, Veda Marie (Mitchell) Rice, Ercle Irene (Mitchell) Dunaway, Martha Louise (Mitchell) Woodward and Louis McKinley Mitchell
Died
at age 81
in Madison County, Arkansas
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Dec 2015
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Biography
My sweet little granny. Only 4' 11" but she made you tow the line.
Fairlena was born in 1894. Her father was Greenberry Thomas. In 1900, the family was living in Rock House, Letcher, Kentucky.[1]
Failena married Solomon Mitchell, then later William Mitchell.
She and Solomon were mentioned in the death record of their son, Louis M Mitchell, in 2008.[2]
She passed away in 1977.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HF-C1C : accessed 4 August 2018), Farlena Thomas in household of Green Thomas, Magisterial District 3, Rock House, Letcher, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76, sheet 10A, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,538.
- ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5K-1M3S : accessed 4 August 2018), Fairlena Thomas Mitchell in entry for Louis M Mitchell, Arkansas, United States, 20 Aug 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
- Me, her granddaughter.
- The grandmother of James and Glenda Mitchell's children
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