American AcornsRilla Evonda Dupriest
1907–1970 · Female · died at 63
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Overview
Biography
Rilla Evonda Dupriest lived in Alabama, Michigan, Mississippi and New Hampshire. The later records show her working as a nurse.
Birmingham and Michigan
Rilla was born on April 13, 1907, according to her death record and the Social Security Death Index. Her family tree gives Alexander City, Alabama, as her birthplace. By 1935 she lived in Birmingham with Louis Gordon Dixon and their daughter Evelyn (1940 census; Birmingham News).
Likely About this evidence
Rilla's death certificate names Sidney Johnson DuPriest as her father, with Evelyn as informant, but says her mother's name could not be learned. The tree's Frances Adeline Philyaw and the precise birthplace remain unconfirmed.
In 1940 the family was in Lake Township, Michigan, near St Clair Shores. Louis worked as a patrolman at an auto-body factory; Rilla was recorded as a homemaker, and seven-year-old Evelyn attended school. The census valued their home at $1,500 and recorded Louis's 1939 earnings as $1,750. His draft card later that year named Rilla as his wife and the Murray Corporation of Detroit as his employer (1940 census).
Confirmed About this evidence
The census and draft card establish the household. Their addresses differ, without an explanation in these records.
A second marriage and nursing
Rilla's gravestone identifies her as the wife of L. G. Dixon from 1929 to 1948 and of George Clement from 1949 to 1953. In 1950, she lived on North Main Street in Monroe County, Mississippi, as George's wife. He was a railroad special agent; she worked forty hours a week as a practical nurse at a hospital. Two children were listed as George's children. Evelyn was then a student nurse in Birmingham (Find a Grave; 1950 census).
Likely About this evidence
The gravestone supplies the marriage-year ranges; no marriage records or husbands' death records are cited. A nearby George Clement marker is a Likely match, with a birth year that differs from his census age. The census does not establish Rilla's relationship to the two children. The end of her second marriage is not independently documented.
New Hampshire
By 1970, Rilla lived on Main Street in Danville, New Hampshire, where Evelyn and her family also lived. Her death certificate described her usual occupation as registered nurse in hospitals. She died at Exeter Hospital on November 4, 1970, aged 63, and was buried at Masonic Cemetery in Amory on November 8 (New Hampshire death certificate 70-6419; SSDI).
Confirmed About this evidence
The death certificate places Exeter in New Hampshire, correcting the tree's Exeter, Maine. It records her as widowed and names Evelyn as the informant. The date of her move, her employers and the transition from practical to registered nursing are not established.
Timeline of the public record (10 entries)
Family
Parents
- Mother: Frances Adeline Philyaw 1875–1925
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- Father: Sidney Johnson DuPriest 1861–1926
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Husband: Louis Gordon Dixon 1905–1948 Unconfirmed evidence: show why
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- Daughter: Evelyn Dupriest Dixon Oak 1932–1997
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Husband: George Clement born c. 1904 Unconfirmed evidence: show why
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Life events
| Born | 13 Apr 1907, Alabama, USA Likely evidence: show whyWhy: Her New Hampshire death certificate (1970), a later source for a birth, gives April 13, 1907, in Alabama, and names her father Sidney Johnson DuPriest. No record seen names Alexander City. Records: Review: assessed 11-02-2026; evidence: Image examined. Earlier: Unconfirmed (09-24-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. · Confirmed (10-26-2026, research): Her New Hampshire death certificate gives her birth on April 13, 1907, in Alabama, father Sidney Johnson DuPriest. No record seen names Alexander City. |
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| Died | 4 NOV 1970, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Her New Hampshire death certificate (70-6419): died Nov. 4, 1970, at Exeter Hospital, Exeter; residence Danville; informant her daughter Evelyn Oak. Records: Review: assessed 10-26-2026; evidence: Image examined. Earlier: Unconfirmed (09-24-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. |
| Also recorded as | Rilla Evon Dupriest |
| Marriage | 1929, with Louis Gordon Dixon 1905–1948 |
| Residence | 1935, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama |
| Residence | 1940, Lake Twp, St Clair Shores, Macomb, Michigan, USA |
| Marriage | 1949, with George Clement born c. 1904 |
| Residence | Occupation: Practical nurse; Relation to Head: Wife, APR 1950, Monroe, Mississippi, USA |
| Residence | Occupation: Registered nurse; widowed, 1970, Danville, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA |
| Occupation | Nurse (practical nurse in a hospital, 1950; registered nurse, hospitals, 1970) |
Record images
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1940 U.S. census, Lake Township (St. Clair Shores), Macomb County, Michigan, ED 50-24, sheet 26A, lines 5-7: Louis G. Dixon household (crop of the name columns).1940 · sheet 26A, lines 5-7
April 1950, Monroe County, Mississippi: George Clement, a railroad special agent, and his wife Rilla, born in Alabama, a practical nurse at a hospital; two children of the head are listed. The census does not say they are Rilla's.1950
State of New Hampshire Certificate of Death 70-6419: Rilla Evon Clement, 1970 (whole certificate, Social Security number redacted).1970
The burial entry on New Hampshire's certificate of death for Rilla Evon Clement: burial, Masonic Cemetery, Amory, Mississippi, 8 November 1970, Pickle Funeral Home.1970
Rilla Evon Dupriest grave marker, naming both marriages (L.G. Dixon, Geo. Clement)
Sources
- Find a Grave memorial 178115676, Rilla Evon Dupriest Dixon, Masonic Cemetery, Amory, Section VI: stone transcription "Wife of L.G. Dixon 1929-1948" Burials and memorials Citation only Marriage
- 1940 United States Federal Census Census Scan: family sign-in Birth
- 1940 United States Federal Census Census Scan: family sign-in
- 1940 United States Federal Census Census Scan: family sign-in Residence
- 1950 U.S. census, Monroe Co., Mississippi, sheet 12, lines 10-13 (dwelling 107, 700 N. Main), enumerated April 1950: Rilla E., wife, 42, born Alabama, practical nurse, hospital, in the household of George Clement, railroad special agent Census Citation only Birth, Residence
- Certificate of Death, State of New Hampshire, State File No. 70-6419: Rilla Evon Clement, died 4 Nov. 1970, Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Rockingham Co. (New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records, 1678-1974, Ancestry collection 61834, image 61834_01_1623-00840). 1950 U.S. census, Monroe Co., Mississippi, sheet 12, lines 10-13 (dwelling 107, 700 N. Main), FamilySearch ark 1:1:6FMW-RPF7 Census Citation only Occupation, Residence
- Certificate of Death, State of New Hampshire, State File No. 70-6419: Rilla Evon Clement, died 4 Nov. 1970, Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Rockingham Co. (New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records, 1678-1974, Ancestry collection 61834, image 61834_01_1623-00840). No URL recorded; repository/film/page as above Birth, marriage and death records Citation only Death
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Birth, marriage and death records Citation only
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