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Hall, Didema[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1839 - Aft 1915  (> 77 years)


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  • Name Hall, Didema 
    Nickname Dide 
    Birth 8 Jan 1839  Russell, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • While her birth has been reported as 1845, this is undoubtedly incorrect, especially if the reported date of her marriage was 1856. At any rate, she listed her age as 21 on the 1860 Letcher County census. Further, she is listed in her father's household in the 1850 Russell County census as a ten-year-old.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Russell, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1860  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • The 1860 census of Letcher County, KY includes the following in household #588:
      James B. Franklin, 21, b. VA
      Didemy, 21
      Henry (sic) G., 6 months.
    • Role: Family member
    Census 1860  District, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Cumberland River, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    • The 1880 census of the Cumberland River district of Letcher County reports, on page 8, #546, the household of Diden (sic) Franklin, age 35, female, born in Virginia. Also reported in the household were Harvey, 17, born in Kentucky, and Catharine, 15, and a boarder, Milo Hall, 17, farm laborer.
    Census 1900  Roberson Magisterial District, Wise, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Census 1910  Roberson Magisterial District, Wise, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Death Aft 1915  Indian Creek, Wise, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • According to a transcription of a WPA project compiled by James Taylor Adams of Wise, VA, and reproduced on the Wise County, VA, GenWeb internet site:

      "There are some unmarked graves there [the Isham Hall Cemetery], among them the grave of Didema (Dide) Franklin, wife of James Bradley Franklin, and daughter of Isham and Jane (Mullins) Hall. James Bradley Franklin was a son of Byrd and Agnes (Stallard) Franklin. When I was about twelve years old Dide Franklin was a frequent visitor at our home on the head of Crafts Colly Creek, Letcher County, Kentucky. We all called her Aunt Dide. She must have been about seventy years old then. She was tall, slender, beautiful, one of the most lovable characters I ever knew. I remember hearing people talk about her long, slim, beautiful hands. She had a slight cough in winter and would gather and dry poke berries in the fall and eat a certain number of them every night before going to bed, to relieve it. She died at the home of her only daughter, Cat (Catherine) Hall, wife of Ed Hall, near the mouth of Indian Creek."
    Burial Isham Hall Cemetery, Pound, Wise, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Person ID I35  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2021 

    Father Hall, Isham II,   b. 1780, Franklin, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1858, Wise, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mullins, Jane,   b. 1802, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870 (Age > 69 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1818  Russell, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Franklin, James S. Bradley,   b. 18 Mar 1839, Scott, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1865, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)  [3] 
    Marriage 5 Jul 1856  Russell, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • No documentation for this marriage date has been located; it is merely a date provided by some distant family members. It is likely that they never legally married, thus resulting in other family stories that their children were "baseborn".
    Children 
    +1. Franklin, Elizabeth Catherine,   b. 2 Feb 1858, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1931 (Age 73 years)
    +2. Franklin, Harvey G.,   b. 28 Jan 1860, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1949, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Jan 1839 - Russell, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Russell, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Jul 1856 - Russell, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Cumberland River, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Roberson Magisterial District, Wise, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Roberson Magisterial District, Wise, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Aft 1915 - Indian Creek, Wise, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Isham Hall Cemetery, Pound, Wise, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The following is a transcription of the comments of James Taylor Adams, of Wise, Virginia, as part of a WPA project in the 1930s, regarding the Isham Hall Cemetery on Indian Creek:

      "There are some unmarked graves there, among them the grave of Didema (Dide) Franklin, wife of James Bradley Franklin, and daughter of Isham and Jane (Mullins) Hall. James Bradley Franklin was a son of Byrd and Agnes (Stallard) Franklin. When I was about twelve years old Dide Franklin was a frequent visitor at our home on the head of Crafts Colly Creek, Letcher County, Kentucky. We all called her Aunt Dide. She must have been about seventy years old then. She was tall, slender, beautiful, one of the most lovable characters I ever knew. I remember hearing people talk about her long, slim, beautiful hands. She had a slight cough in winter and would gather and dry poke berries in the fall and eat a certain number of them every night before going to bed, to relieve it. She died at the home of her only daughter, Cat (Catherine) Hall, wife of Ed Hall, near the mouth of Indian Creek."

  • Sources 
    1. [S316] WPA Cemetery Project (Adams).

    2. [S955] WPA Cemetery Project (Adams).

    3. [S2195] Didemy Franklin in household of James B Franklin, "United States Census, 1860".

    4. [S37429] Diamene Hall in entry for Harvey G. Franklin, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962".

    5. [S37432] Didama Hall in household of Isham Hall, "United States Census, 1850".

    6. [S853] FamSch1860 Census, /MM9.1.1/MZBG-1C4; 1 May 2013; James B Franklin, 1860.

    7. [S2206] James B Franklin, "United States Census, 1860".

    8. [S586] 1880 Census Letcher Co KY, 8-546.

    9. [S37433] Diden Franklin, "United States Census, 1880".

    10. [S171510] Didema Franklin in household of Elisabeth C Hall, "United States Census, 1900".

    11. [S171511] Dideman Franklin in household of Elizabeth C Hall, "United States Census, 1910".

    12. [S171512] Didema Hall Franklin, "Find A Grave Index".