Ruth Edna Hopson b. 21 Feb 1883 Kentucky, USA d. 11 Sep 1947 Vigo, Indiana, USA: The Lost Creek Settlement

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Name	Ruth Edna Hopson [1, 2, 3, 4]
Born	21 Feb 1883	Kentucky, USA [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
Race	Colored [1, 2, 3]
Reference Number	5705
Residence	1900	Wallonia, Trigg, Kentucky, USA [3]
	Age: 17; Occupation: At School; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: 9; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0083; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter
Residence	1935	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA [1]
Residence	1940	Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA [1]
	Age: 57; Occupation: House Keeper; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker in private work; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 84-71; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 6th grade; HoursWorked: 50; Income: 300; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: Yes; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 30; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Servant
Died	11 Sep 1947	Vigo, Indiana, USA [2]
	Age: 64
Person ID	I5705	Families

Father	Fields Hopson, b. Oct 1849, Trigg, Kentucky, USA , d. USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Lucy Ann Tandy, b. Jan 1856, Trigg, Kentucky, USA , d. USA
Relationship	natural
Married	1881 [3]
Family ID	F1781	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Bennett R. Stewart, b. 6 Apr 1884, Vigo, Indiana, USA , d. 22 May 1971, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (Age 87 years)
Married	17 Jul 1943	Vigo, Indiana, USA
Family ID	F1780	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2 William L. Shelton, b. 1885, Kentucky, USA , d. 1940, Vigo, Indiana, USA (Age 55 years)

Married 1890

Children

1. Cassius Shelton, b. 26 Apr 1909, Kentucky, USA

, d. 12 Oct 1978, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA

(Age 69 years) [natural]

Family ID F7709 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Born - 21 Feb 1883 - Kentucky, USA
	Residence - Age: 17; Occupation: At School; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: 9; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0083; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter - 1900 - Wallonia, Trigg, Kentucky, USA
	Residence - 1935 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
	Residence - Age: 57; Occupation: House Keeper; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker in private work; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 84-71; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 6th grade; HoursWorked: 50; Income: 300; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: Yes; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 30; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Servant - 1940 - Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
	Married - 17 Jul 1943 - Vigo, Indiana, USA
	Died - 11 Sep 1947 - Vigo, Indiana, USA

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Sources

[S150] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: North Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01105; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 84-71.
Record for Ruth Shelton
[S400] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1947; Roll: 11.
Record for Ruth Edna Stewart
[S295] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Wallonia, Trigg, Kentucky; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0083.
Record for Fields Hopson
[S400] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1978; Roll: 12.
Record for Cassius Shelton

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