Dora Lee LYKINS

Female 1882 - 1962  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name Dora Lee LYKINS  [1
    Born Feb 1882  Morgan Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Birth info from 1900 census
    Gender Female 
    _UID BEC8547375714E6F9954D04800DFEAAF6DCD 
    Died 21 Oct 1962  Fayette Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000
      Name: Dora L Whiteaker
      Death Date: 21 Oct 1962
      Death Place: Fayette
      Age: 81
      Residence: Magoffin
      Volume: 45
      Certificate: 22338
    Notes 
    • CENSUS RECORDS

      1900 United States Federal Census
      Name: Dora Lykins
      Age: 18
      Birth Date: Feb 1882
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1900: Caney, Morgan, Kentucky
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Relation to Head of House: Daughter
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's Name: Green Lykins
      Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Mother's Name: Carolina Lykins
      Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky

      1910 United States Federal Census
      Name: Dora Whitaker
      Age in 1910: 29
      Birth Year: 1881
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1910: Cannel, Morgan, Kentucky
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Relation to Head of House: Wife
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: James D Whitaker
      Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky

      1920 United States Federal Census
      Name: Dora Whiteaker
      Age: 38
      Birth Year: abt 1882
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Home in 1920: Cannel City, Morgan, Kentucky
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Relation to Head of House: Wife
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: J D Whiteaker
      Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Able to Read: Yes
      Able to Write: Yes

      1930 United States Federal Census
      Name: Dora Whiteaker
      Gender: Female
      Birth Year: abt 1881
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Race: White
      Home in 1930: Caney, Morgan, Kentucky
      Marital Status: Married
      Relation to Head of House: Wife
      Spouse's Name: James D Whiteaker
      Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
      Household Members:
      James D Whitaker 39 [37]
      Dora Whitaker 29

      1940 United States Federal Census
      Name: Dora Whiteaker
      Age: 59
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
      Gender: Female
      Race: White
      Birthplace: Kentucky
      Marital Status: Married
      Relation to Head of House: Wife
      Home in 1940: Morgan, Kentucky
      Street: State High Way 191
      Inferred Residence in 1935: Morgan, Kentucky
      Education: high school, 1 year
      Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
      Income: 0
      Income Other Sources: No
      Household Members:
      J D Whiteaker 68
      Dora Whiteaker 59

      Dora and James had no children of their own and evidently were concerned about child welfare.

      News Clipping Written By Helen Price Stacy

      Dora Lee Children?s Home of Bloomington, KY was instituted in the old Bridgecroft Children?s Home by two missionaries, Rev. Wilma Miskoley and Miss Margaret Wood who left Cincinnati, OH to come to Morgan County on a mission of child evangelism in the mid 1940s. Phyllis Williams Salyer has told us that the Dora Lee Children?s Home of Bloomington, KY first originated in Cannel City in a small house behind the home of Dr. J. D. and Dora Lee Whitaker; therefore it was named after Dora Lee Lykins Whitaker.
    Person ID I271  Master File
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2014 

    Family James Daniel WHITEAKER, M.D.,   b. 1 Oct 1871, Stacy Fork, Morgan Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1946, Morgan Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1908  [1
    Family ID F49  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S12] Mark Whitaker Material, Mark Whitaker.