death: September 3, 1989, Centerville, Tennessee
Parents:
James William (Jim) Wiggs & Lou Ethel Hinson
Siblings:
John Elmer Wiggs
Martha May Wiggs
Mary Lou Wiggs
Ora Wiggs
Andrew Earl Wiggs
Grannie was the oldest daughter.
Marriage: William David (W.D.) Lewis, on February 5, 1922
They were married sitting in a buggy with her sister, Martha May, sitting on a horse beside her. They left for Nashville after the wedding. It was the first time Grannie had been out of the area she was raised in. She had never even been to Centerville, just a few miles away. They caught a train to Dickson and then the train to Nashville, arriving at Union Station.
W.D. Lewis
Children:
Mildred Louise Lewis
Iva Lucille Lewis
James Alexander Lewis (my father)
Thelma Dean Lewis
She miscarried two boys before James was born. Mildred & Lucille were born in Nashville at a hospital. The doctor came and picked Grannie up for Mildred's birth. Papa delivered Daddy and Thelma at home. Grannie nearly bleed to death giving birth to Thelma.
Papa holding Daddy (James Alexander Lewis) outside the home they lived in on Cane Creek, 1938.
Her Childhood:
1910 Tennessee Census Record: Perry County, District 4, taken May 7, 1910
Head of Household: James Wiggs (33 years old, married 9 years, farmer, could read & write)
Wife: Ethel Wiggs (26 years old, married 9 years, gave birth to 5 children, only 4 living, could read & write))
Children:
daughter: Iva J (8 years old, was in school)
daughter: Martha M (4 years old)
daughter: Mary L (3 years old)
daughter: "no name" (0/12 age)
They were renting a farm, working on their own behalf. Each was born in Tennessee.
1920 Tennessee Census Record: Perry County, 2nd Civil District, taken January 7, 1920
Address listed as Tom's Creek Road
Head of Household: James Wiggs (45 years old, farmer, working on his own behalf, could read & write)
Wife: Ethel Hinson (35 years old, about to read & write)
daughter: Iva Jane (17 years old, in school, could read & write)
daughter: Martha May (14 years old, in school, could read & write)
daughter: Mary Lou (12 years old, in school, could read & write)
daughter: Ora (9 years old, i school)
son: Earl (6 years old)
Boarder: Carl Hinson (24 years old, could read & write, farmer, working for wages)
1930 Tennessee Census Record: Davidson County, 4th Civil District, Old Hickory Town, taken April 17, 1930
Address listed: 1305 Dodson Street, Old Hickory
Head of Household: William D. Lewis(32 years old, 24 years old when he got married, renting home at $12.50 @month, could read & write, working as a Foreman in the Silk Mill {DuPoint}, listed as a Veteran of WWI)
Wife: Iva Lewis (26 years old, 19 years old when she got married, could read & write)
daughter: Mildred (5 years old)
Lodgers: Robert Nixon (30 years old, checker at Silk Mill)
wife: Maggie Nixon (20 years old)
Most of their neighbors worked at the Silk Mill.
Map view of general location of their home.
