The death certificate for Belle Kilmer, b. 23 February 1896 and d. 12 October 1960, lists her father as Jim Kilmer and her mother as Johnnie Teasley. The informant was Margaret Kilmer Ussery--"the sister with whom she lived with all of her life" [as stated in Belle Kilmer's last will and testament filed in the Red River Courthouse, Clarksville, Texas].
Texas Death Certificate #58786, FHC Film #2118374:
The death certificate for her sister, Dillie Daisey Kilmer Ruth,
reflects the same father, James Kilmer and the same mother, Johnnie Teasley, as that of Lillie Belle Kilmer.
FHC Film #2114436:
The death certificate for her brother, Ernest Kilmer reflects the same father, James Kilmer, and the mother as Johnnie Cook.
All of this confusion is borne from the fact that their mother:
Susan Miriah "Johnnie" Cook was the daughter of John Burch Cook and Magdalena Barbara Maunz Teasley.
Belle Kilmer was a very pretty girl and was nicknamed Pretty Belle. She fell off a porch as a child and broke her leg and it never healed properly. She was not able to walk and never married. She lived most of her life with her sister, Maggie Kilmer Ussery.
The death certificate for Belle Kilmer, b. 23 February 1896 and d. 12 October 1960, lists her father as Jim Kilmer and her mother as Johnnie Teasley. The informant was Margaret Kilmer Ussery--"the sister with whom she lived with all of her life" [as stated in Belle Kilmer's last will and testament filed in the Red River Courthouse, Clarksville, Texas].
Texas Death Certificate #58786, FHC Film #2118374:
The death certificate for her sister, Dillie Daisey Kilmer Ruth,
reflects the same father, James Kilmer and the same mother, Johnnie Teasley, as that of Lillie Belle Kilmer.
FHC Film #2114436:
The death certificate for her brother, Ernest Kilmer reflects the same father, James Kilmer, and the mother as Johnnie Cook.
All of this confusion is borne from the fact that their mother:
Susan Miriah "Johnnie" Cook was the daughter of John Burch Cook and Magdalena Barbara Maunz Teasley.
Belle Kilmer was a very pretty girl and was nicknamed Pretty Belle. She fell off a porch as a child and broke her leg and it never healed properly. She was not able to walk and never married. She lived most of her life with her sister, Maggie Kilmer Ussery.
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