Hickory (Chesapeake), Virginia

CTL-E-3190 · Locality · city · contemporary

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Hickory, Virginia (now the city of Chesapeake): birthplace of Bessie Blount (November 24, 1914). She attended Diggs Chapel Elementary School there before her formal schooling ended at sixth grade and the family moved to New Jersey.

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Also known as: Hickory VA, Hickory, Virginia

Notes

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Bessie Blount Griffin — from → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Bessie Blount Griffin
ThoughtCo - Biography of Bessie Blount, American Inventor

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