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- [S198] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).
- [S10532] Find a Grave - US Index (Youth and Infants), DISTELHURST Dorothy Ann 1928-1934.
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst, daughter of Ruby Hamilton and Alfred Distelhurst
BIRTH: 13 Jan 1928 Georgia
DEATH: Sep 1934 (aged 6) Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
BURIAL:Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
MEMORIAL ID: 157962055
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Dorothy was a member of the Belmont Methodist Church, where she enjoyed attending Sunday school. She also loved her kindergarten class, and had many little friends at both places.
Dorothy was abducted on September 19th, 1934, as she was walking home from her kindergarten class . Many efforts, including fulfilling a ransom, were made to try and recover her, but to no avail. She was found murdered on November 13th. Several people were questioned, but nobody was ever charged with her death.
Her funeral service was held at the Belmont Methodist Church on the afternoon of November 16th, 1934. Dr. B.B. Pennington, pastor at Belmont, and Dr. Alfred Franklin Smith, officiated. Honorary pallbearers were Dorothy's friends from her kindergarten and her Sunday school. She was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery directly following the service.
Dorothy was survived by her father, Alfred Edgar Distelhurst; mother, Ruby Hamilton; sister, Martha Jane Distelhurst; brother, Alfred Edgar Distelhurst, Jr.; as well as many distant relatives and friends.
She was predeceased by her maternal grandfather, John J. Hamilton (1918); maternal grandmother Charlotte H. Hamilton (1932); and elder infant brother (1922)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157962055
- [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Roll: 2318; Page: 35A; Enumeration District: 0072; Image: 670.0; FHL microfilm: 2342052.
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1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Roll: 2318; Page: 35A; Enumeration District: 0072; Image: 670.0; FHL microfilm: 2342052 |
- [S1563] Web: Boyd County, Kentucky, Ashland Daily Independent Obituary Index, 1922-1945, 1970-1973, 1998-2010, Dorothy Distelhurst.
- [S17] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 10.
- [S1564] Newspapers.com: Death (Murder) of DISTELHURST Dorothy • Nashville Tennessean - Dec 1956, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 30 Dec 1956;), Dorothy Distelhurst.
WHERE DISTELHURST GIRL LAST SEEN ALIVE - This is the section of Scott Avenue along which six-year-old Dorothy Ann Distelhurst, left, walked home from Kindergarten on the afternoon of September 19, 1934. It was near this spot that she was last seen alive.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/111387595/?xid=637
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News (Fatality)-DISTELHURST Dorothy (Kidnap-Murder)
WHERE DISTELHURST GIRL LAST SEEN ALIVE - This is the section of Scott Avenue along which six-year-old Dorothy Ann Distelhurst, left, walked home from Kindergarten on the afternoon of September 19, 1934. It was near this spot that she was last seen alive. |
- [S9057] Newspapers.com: Marriage of Ruby and Alfred Distelhurst • Atlanta Constitution - 26 Sep 1926, Ruby Lee Hamilton and Alfred Edgar Distelhurst Sr - Publication Date: 26/ Sep/ 1926; Publication Place: Atlanta, Georgia.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/398071904/?article=b90bd12c-fec9-4169-813e-270e8518aa97&focus=0.48743445,0.30196545,0.726454,0.3298597&xid=3398
- [S10784] Find a Grave: HAMILTON Ruby Distelhurst 1896-1985, Ruby Lee Hamilton Distelhurst.
Ruby Hamilton was born on January 12, 1896 in Mississippi, to John J. and Charlotte Hamilton. She was the sister to Lonie, John and Virginia.
In the late 1920s, Ruby married Alfred Edgar Distelhurst. The two lived in several states, including Georgia and Texas, before settling down in Tennessee. They had two daughters, Dorothy Ann and Martha Jane.
Ruby and her family were struck by an incomprehensible tragedy when their eldest daughter Dorothy was abducted while walking home from school. Many efforts were made to recover her alive, including fulfilling a ransom, but Dorothy was found murdered eight weeks after her abduction. Dorothy's story gained national attention, and although there was a spotlight on her case, her killer was never caught.
Nine years after Dorothy's death, Ruby's stepson, Alfred Edgar Distelhurst, Jr., was killed in WWII.
After Alfred Jr.'s death, Ruby and Ed moved to Virginia, where they lived until both Ed and their adult daughter Martha died within a year of each other. Ruby then moved back to Tennessee, where she died in January of 1985.
Ruby was preceded in death by her husband, Ed (1972); daughter, Dorothy (1934); stepson, Alfred (1943); and daughter, Martha (1973).
She was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park with her family.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157986861/ruby-distelhurst
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