She was born on Forney's Creek in Swain County, NC on March 20, 1900 and the name on her birth record is Melldora Prudie Cable. She was called Dora.
She is first seen on the Census with her parents and siblings on Forneys Creek, Swain County, NC, at one month old.
Joseph Cable 39
Mary Cable 34
Riley Cable 15
Martha Cable 14
John Cable 12
Marten Cable 10
Ida Cable 3
Dora Cable 1/12
In 1920 the family are also seen on Forneys Creek and she is 10 years old:
Joseph G Cable 50
Mary C Cable 44
John Cable 20
Martin Cable 18
Ida Cable 14
Dora Cable 10
Norman Cable 7
Hardy Cable 5
In 1920, at age 18, she and her family are listed on Forneys Creek when she was 18:
Joe Cable 57
Linnie Cable 52
Martin Cable 27
Dara Cable 18
Norman Cable 17
Harlie Cable
She married Arthur Jackson Watkins on September 3, 1922 in Swain County, NC.
They are shown living on Forneys Creek. They are living 2 houses down from her brother Norman's family. Her widowed. Mother and younger brother are also in the household.
Arthur J Watkins 33
Dora Watkins 28
Norman L Watkins 7 son
1940 Census notes that in 1935 tthey are living in a Fontana, Swain County, NC (lodger was in Bryson City.
In 1940 they were again living on Forneys Creek according to the 1940 Census.
Arthur Watkins 43
Dora Watkins 38
Norma Lee Watkins 16 daughter
James W More 28 lodger
Arthur preceded his wife in death on July 9, 1957 in Asheville, Buncombe County, NC.
She was living in Hazelwood, Haywood County, NC at the time of her death' she died in Asheville, Buncombe County, NC.
She was born on Forney's Creek in Swain County, NC on March 20, 1900 and the name on her birth record is Melldora Prudie Cable. She was called Dora.
She is first seen on the Census with her parents and siblings on Forneys Creek, Swain County, NC, at one month old.
Joseph Cable 39
Mary Cable 34
Riley Cable 15
Martha Cable 14
John Cable 12
Marten Cable 10
Ida Cable 3
Dora Cable 1/12
In 1920 the family are also seen on Forneys Creek and she is 10 years old:
Joseph G Cable 50
Mary C Cable 44
John Cable 20
Martin Cable 18
Ida Cable 14
Dora Cable 10
Norman Cable 7
Hardy Cable 5
In 1920, at age 18, she and her family are listed on Forneys Creek when she was 18:
Joe Cable 57
Linnie Cable 52
Martin Cable 27
Dara Cable 18
Norman Cable 17
Harlie Cable
She married Arthur Jackson Watkins on September 3, 1922 in Swain County, NC.
They are shown living on Forneys Creek. They are living 2 houses down from her brother Norman's family. Her widowed. Mother and younger brother are also in the household.
Arthur J Watkins 33
Dora Watkins 28
Norman L Watkins 7 son
1940 Census notes that in 1935 tthey are living in a Fontana, Swain County, NC (lodger was in Bryson City.
In 1940 they were again living on Forneys Creek according to the 1940 Census.
Arthur Watkins 43
Dora Watkins 38
Norma Lee Watkins 16 daughter
James W More 28 lodger
Arthur preceded his wife in death on July 9, 1957 in Asheville, Buncombe County, NC.
She was living in Hazelwood, Haywood County, NC at the time of her death' she died in Asheville, Buncombe County, NC.
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