Dorothy Harris Billingslea (1925–2010) • FamilySearch

Dorothy Harris Billingslea

Female4 March 1925–3 November 2010

Brief Life History of Dorothy Harris

When Dorothy Harris Billingslea was born on 4 March 1925, in Camden, Madison, Mississippi, United States, her father, David Watts Billingslea, was 31 and her mother, Eleanor Maxwell Harris, was 21. She married Powell Grisette Potts on 20 December 1944, in Franklin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Simpson, Kentucky, United States in 1950. She died on 3 November 2010, in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Southwest Territory, United States.

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Family Time Line

Powell Grisette Potts
1919–2006
Dorothy Harris Billingslea
1925–2010
Marriage: 20 December 1944
Elizabeth Potts
1866–

Sources (12)

  • Dorothy Patts, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Dorothy Billingslea, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Dorothy Potts, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 December 1944Franklin, Kentucky, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

    Age 1

    In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

    1927

    Age 2

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

    Age 23

    The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Billingsley .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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