After her marriage to John D. Little, there was no change in Ilah's lifestyle. She was wealthy in her own right, and combining with a successful husband was all the better. In 1920, John and Ilah were living in their home at 760 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, GA. Among the servants in their employ was a chauffeur, a laundress, and a maid.
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| 1922 Passport Photo |
Ilah also continued to travel, often to Europe. Passport applications are plentiful for the 1920s and 30s. For example, in August 1916 she accompanied her husband for a 3 month visit to France. And in 1922, Ilah D. Little intended to visit France and Switzerland for 8 months simply for pleasure.
Though her second husband died in 1934, Ilah continued her travels through Europe. In fact, her death occurred abroad. Ilah Dunlap Jordan Little died 26 July 1939 at Hotel Bristol in
Carlsbad, Sudetenland. Her remains were cremated a few days later and shipped to the United States, where they were put to rest in the
Dunlap Mausoleum at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Ancestry.com. Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad,
1835-1974 [database & images online]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data from National Archives. |
Ilah did not have any children from either marriage, so what happened to all the money?
"The Ilah Dunlap Little memorial Library...opened in 1953. It honors the memories of Mrs. Little, her husband John D. Little, her father Samuel Scott Dunlap, her brother Samuel Scott Dunlap, Jr. and her first husband Leonidas A. Jordan. Mr. and Mrs. Little left their entire estate to the University of Georgia Libraries for the creation of a new library building." (
Account Book for the Estate of Ilah Dunlap Little) Read more at the
This Day in Athens blog.
Wow, what a story!!!
ReplyDeleteThought of her every time I went in that library.
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