Life History

Notes

• 1900 Federal Census, Cleburne County, Arkansas, 14 June, Sugar Loaf Township, District 18, page 8B, Hse #137, Fam #141
  Dumond, Edward C Head  W M  Jan 1860  40  Married 15 years AR AR AR Farmer  Owns Farm
  Dumond, Emma C  Wife  W F Sept 1866  33 Married 15 years AR GA GA
  Dumond, Dollie E  Dau W F  Sept 1896  3 AR AR AR
  
  Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain reports from family history that Dollie Emma Dumond and Mary Theresa Dumond died one day apart and were buried on the same day (the day Dollie died, the date given as 12 March 1902).
  --  Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain, handwritten letter to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 27 February, 1979
  
  The dates are on their graves in the Roach Family Cemetery in the Fork Lagrue Community near DeWitt.  Thanks to Bobby Shireman for the memorials of these graves on Find a Grave, found in search on 1 June 2015.  The name on the grave is spelled Dolly, as Bertie spelled the name in one reference is a letter to me.  --  OBJ
  
  According to the memorials, Dolly and Mary Theresa did not die in the same year.  The date of death reported on Find a Grave for Dollie is Mar 12, 1903 and for Mary Theresa 11 December 1902.  I have no information to resolve the contradiction from the very clear report that Bertie gave from their family information that the two girls died one day apart and were buried on the same day.  There is no photo of the gravestones on the memorial.  At this pont I can only conclude that the stones are so damaged that the date was hard to decipher.  I will use the dates given by Bertie from Dumond family information for their death.
  
  The birth date differs also, with the family records reporting Dolly was born on 23 September 1896, while the memorial says the birth date was 23 Sep 1902 with death on 12 March 1903.  The actual date of death for Mary was 11 March 1902, with burial on 12 March 1902.
  
  Dolly Emma Dumond
  Birth Sep 23, 1902 [23 Sept 1896 in family information]
  Death Mar 12, 1903 [12 Mar 1902] De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  Parents Edward Caliste Dumond (1860 - 1902)
  Sibling Mary Theresa Dumond (1882 - 1902)
  Burial Roach Family Cemetery, De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  Created by Bobby Shireman Sep 26, 2012
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #97840242, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dumond&GSiman=1&GScid=2422907&GRid=97840242&
  

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Cleburne County, Arkansas
  • 14 June, Sugar Loaf Township, District 18, page 8B, Hse #137, Fam #141
• 2. Personal Letters
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry