Dinah Breedlove was born Dinah Philips daughter of Jesse Walter Phillips and Mariam Parmelia Etheridge who were originally from North Carolina. Dinah was the eldest of 21 children.
Family legend:
Dinah was close friends with Elizabeth Snow Breedlove.
Elizabeth's husband Irvin was in the calvary for the Union Army and was away when Elizabeth went into labor with
the set of twins she was carrying. It is said the twins were still born and Elizabeth also died. Before she did, she asked Dinah to watch over her three children and when Irvin got back, she wanted Dinah to marry him and raise her children. Dianna did as she was asked. Dinah and Irvin had many children of their own.
It is said that when Elizabeth's children knew when Irvin was coming home, they would sit on her grave and wait...,
Family legend:
Dinah was close friends with Elizabeth Snow Breedlove.
Elizabeth's husband Irvin was in the calvary for the Union Army and was away when Elizabeth went into labor with
the set of twins she was carrying. It is said the twins were still born and Elizabeth also died. Before she did, she asked Dinah to watch over her three children and when Irvin got back, she wanted Dinah to marry him and raise her children. Dianna did as she was asked. Dinah and Irvin had many children of their own.
It is said that when Elizabeth's children knew when Irvin was coming home, they would sit on her grave and wait...,
Dinah Breedlove was born Dinah Philips daughter of Jesse Walter Phillips and Mariam Parmelia Etheridge who were originally from North Carolina. Dinah was the eldest of 21 children.
Family legend:
Dinah was close friends with Elizabeth Snow Breedlove.
Elizabeth's husband Irvin was in the calvary for the Union Army and was away when Elizabeth went into labor with
the set of twins she was carrying. It is said the twins were still born and Elizabeth also died. Before she did, she asked Dinah to watch over her three children and when Irvin got back, she wanted Dinah to marry him and raise her children. Dianna did as she was asked. Dinah and Irvin had many children of their own.
It is said that when Elizabeth's children knew when Irvin was coming home, they would sit on her grave and wait...,
Family legend:
Dinah was close friends with Elizabeth Snow Breedlove.
Elizabeth's husband Irvin was in the calvary for the Union Army and was away when Elizabeth went into labor with
the set of twins she was carrying. It is said the twins were still born and Elizabeth also died. Before she did, she asked Dinah to watch over her three children and when Irvin got back, she wanted Dinah to marry him and raise her children. Dianna did as she was asked. Dinah and Irvin had many children of their own.
It is said that when Elizabeth's children knew when Irvin was coming home, they would sit on her grave and wait...,
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