Dorothy Ann Distelhurst

1928 - 1934  (5 years)

• Name	Dorothy Ann Distelhurst  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	13 Jan 1928	Georgia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Death	1934	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  	Cause: Kidnapped and murdered at age six
  Burial	Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2]
  		Cemetery-Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum (Nashville TN)
  Person ID	I14874	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Alfred Edgar Distelhurst, Sr,   b. 14 Oct 1890, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA d. 2 Oct 1972, Arlington County, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ruby Lee Hamilton,   b. 12 Jan 1896, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA d. Jan 1985, Hermitage, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Oct 1926  [3, 7]
  Family ID	F4767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 13 Jan 1928 - Georgia, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1930 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA Death - Cause: Kidnapped and murdered at age six - 1934 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Dorothy Distelhurst

  
  

  Headstones

  Cemetery-Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum (Nashville TN)

  
  

  News

  Homicide-DISTELHURST Dorothy (Kidnap-Murder)

  
  

• Sources

  [S113] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S1472] Find a Grave: Dorothy Ann Distelhurst, Dorothy Ann Distelhurst BIRTH 13 Jan 1928 Georgia, USA DEATH 1934 (aged 5–6) Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA BURIAL Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA MEMORIAL ID 157962055. Dorothy was a member of the Belmont Methodist Church, where she enjoyed attending Sunday school. She also loved her kindergarten class, and had many little friends at both places. Dorothy was abducted on September 19th, 1934, as she was walking home from her kindergarten class . Many efforts, including fulfilling a ransom, were made to try and recover her, but to no avail. She was found murdered on November 13th. Several people were questioned, but nobody was ever charged with her death. Her funeral service was held at the Belmont Methodist Church on the afternoon of November 16th, 1934. Dr. B.B. Pennington, pastor at Belmont, and Dr. Alfred Franklin Smith, officiated. Honorary pallbearers were Dorothy's friends from her kindergarten and her Sunday school. She was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery directly following the service. Dorothy was survived by her father, Alfred Edgar Distelhurst; mother, Ruby Hamilton; sister, Martha Jane Distelhurst; brother, Alfred Edgar Distelhurst, Jr.; as well as many distant relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her maternal grandfather, John J. Hamilton (1918); maternal grandmother Charlotte H. Hamilton (1932); and elder infant brother (1922) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157962055 [S12] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Roll: 2318; Page: 35A; Enumeration District: 0072; Image: 670.0; FHL microfilm: 2342052. 1930 United States Federal Census [S1473] Web: Boyd County, Kentucky, Ashland Daily Independent Obituary Index, 1922-1945, 1970-1973, 1998-2010, Dorothy Distelhurst. [S13] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 10. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 [S1474] Murder of Dorothy Distelhurst - Tennessean 30 Dec 1956, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 30 Dec 1956;), Dorothy Distelhurst. WHERE DISTELHURST GIRL LAST SEEN ALIVE - This is the section of Scott Avenue along which six-year-old Dorothy Ann Distelhurst, left, walked home from Kindergarten on the afternoon of September 19, 1934. It was near this spot that she was last seen alive. https://www.newspapers.com/image/111387595/?xid=637 Homicide-DISTELHURST Dorothy (Kidnap-Murder) [S3] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), Publication Date: 26/ Sep/ 1926; Publication Place: Atlanta, Georgia, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/398071904/?article=b90bd12c-fec9-4169-813e-270e8518aa97&focus=0.48743445,0.30196545,0.726454,0.3298597&xid=3398.