Ellen went by Nellie all her life, and is listed as Nellie on her death certificate when she passed in Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama. Her parents were listed as J. W. Middleton and Jennie Figgett and Nellie always said on census records that she and both parents were born in Virginia.
Nellie was married to James Biddle and they had one daughter, Lygia Biddle, who married Gilmore Leech Aignor. Nellie married 2nd a Desler, said she had been married 2 years in the 1910 census but after that she always said 'widowed.'
She began her teaching career in her hometown of Buena Vista, then at Victoria, Rockbridge, Baths, and Fords in Virginia. After her husband died, she came to Tennessee and taught at Polk County for 21 years, leaving in 1932 to go to Harriman to be near her daughter. She was an active Sunday school worker in the Methodist Church.
Nellie was married to James Biddle and they had one daughter, Lygia Biddle, who married Gilmore Leech Aignor. Nellie married 2nd a Desler, said she had been married 2 years in the 1910 census but after that she always said 'widowed.'
She began her teaching career in her hometown of Buena Vista, then at Victoria, Rockbridge, Baths, and Fords in Virginia. After her husband died, she came to Tennessee and taught at Polk County for 21 years, leaving in 1932 to go to Harriman to be near her daughter. She was an active Sunday school worker in the Methodist Church.
Ellen went by Nellie all her life, and is listed as Nellie on her death certificate when she passed in Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama. Her parents were listed as J. W. Middleton and Jennie Figgett and Nellie always said on census records that she and both parents were born in Virginia.
Nellie was married to James Biddle and they had one daughter, Lygia Biddle, who married Gilmore Leech Aignor. Nellie married 2nd a Desler, said she had been married 2 years in the 1910 census but after that she always said 'widowed.'
She began her teaching career in her hometown of Buena Vista, then at Victoria, Rockbridge, Baths, and Fords in Virginia. After her husband died, she came to Tennessee and taught at Polk County for 21 years, leaving in 1932 to go to Harriman to be near her daughter. She was an active Sunday school worker in the Methodist Church.
Nellie was married to James Biddle and they had one daughter, Lygia Biddle, who married Gilmore Leech Aignor. Nellie married 2nd a Desler, said she had been married 2 years in the 1910 census but after that she always said 'widowed.'
She began her teaching career in her hometown of Buena Vista, then at Victoria, Rockbridge, Baths, and Fords in Virginia. After her husband died, she came to Tennessee and taught at Polk County for 21 years, leaving in 1932 to go to Harriman to be near her daughter. She was an active Sunday school worker in the Methodist Church.
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