 Manuscript 2004.13GEORGE ELBERT AND ELIZABETH DIXON RENDER DALLIS
and ETHEL DALLIS HILL COLLECTION MS-2004.13 1850-1941 SOURCE: Jane Crayton Davis SIZE: 1 lf SHELVING UNITS: 3 boxes PROCESSING: BNJ, 2004 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: George Elbert Dallis (b. 9-27-1855; d. 8-10-1913), the son of Hubert W. Dallis and Mollie Glanton, was a LaGrange businessman who invested in Unity Cotton Mill and real estate. In 1891, he and four other men incorporated the LaGrange Street Railway Company which existed a few years. He later served as a director of both the LaGrange National Bank and LaGrange Banking & Trust Company. On January 25, 1882, he married Elizabeth Dixon "Bettie" Render (b. 9-25-1859; d. 11-4-1939) of Greenville, Georgia, the daughter of Joshua L. Render and Mary Jane Dixon. The couple had two children, Render Dallis and Ethel Dallis. Ethel Dallis (b. 3-7-1883; d. 10-30-1967) was a musician having graduated from Southern Female College in LaGrange and Cox College in College Park, Georgia. She attended the Von Ende School of Music in New York City and taught violin at LaGrange College. She married Robert Johnson Hill on June 25, 1903. In the 1920s, she was assistant to the pastor of the Centenary Methodist Church of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As a genealogist, Mrs. Hill did much to preserve old family records in Troup County by copying Bible and family records of many pioneer Troup County families. These records may be found at the Georgia State Archives, DAR Headquarters in Washington, D. C., and LaGrange Memorial Library. SCOPE/CONTENT: This collection consists of the correspondence between George Elbert Dallis and his future bride Bettie Render as well as letters to other individuals and family members. Letters regarding George Dallis' travels are included as are some Render family letters and genealogical notes collected by Mary Jane Dixon Render, mother of Bettie Render. Correspondence of Ethel Dallis Hill includes letters written to her parents and grandparents as well as correspondence regarding the Hawthorne Literary Society of Southern Female College and Cox College for which she served as secretary. Other correspondence includes letters from her violin teacher, Herwegh Von Ende, family members and friends. News articles concerning her recitals and performances and information on the Dallis family found in newspaper clippings complete the collection. CONTAINER LIST: Box 1: George E. Dallis and Bettie R. Dallis Correspondence Folder 1 Letters from G. E. Dallis to parents regarding travels, 1871-1876 2-14 Letters from G. E. Dallis to Bettie R. Dallis, 1876-1886 15-18 Letters from Bettie R. Dallis to G. E. Dallis, 1880-1882 19 Letters from Mary Jane Dixon Render to Bettie R. Dallis, 1882 Box 2: Dallis, Dixon, Render, Hill Correspondence Folder 1-3 Letters to G. E. Dallis from various people, 1872-1881 and not dated 4 Letters from Mary Dallis to G. E. Dallis, 1877 5 Letters from G. E. Dallis to Lucie Heard, 1877-1898 6 Letters from Lucie Heard to G. E. Dallis, 1877-1878 7 Letters from Cousin Carrie to G. E. Dallis, 1879 8-9 Dixon Correspondence, 1850-1894 10 Genealogical letters to Mary Jane Dixon Render, 1893-1898 Surnames: Abercrombie, Bacon, Culbreath, Dixon, Henderson, Kennon, Reed 11 Miscellaneous invitations and business/personal calling cards, 1892-1941 Ethel Dallis Hill Correspondence Folder 12 Letters from Ethel Dallis Hill to parents and grandparents, 1876-1895 13 Hawthorne Literary Society Correspondence, 1900-1901 14-17 Letters to Ethel Dallis Hill, 1901-1936 18 Letters from Herwegh Von Ende to Ethel Dallis Hill, 1907-1914 19 Church and Concert Programs, 1891-1931 20 Society news articles, 1894-1942 21 Family news clippings, 1899-1903 22 Violin performances, 1907-1912 OVERSIZED ITEMS OP Genealogical chart prepared by Ethel Dallis, c. 1920-30s, with Mary Jane Dixon Render being the youngest person listed TRACINGS Businesses - LaGrange Cox College Genealogy Greenville, Georgia Southern Female College Troup County History GEORGE ELBERT AND ELIZABETH DIXON RENDER DALLIS COLLECTION MS-2004.13 1850-1941 Description ...1 Biographical Note 1 Scope and Content ...1 Container List 2-3 Tracings ...3 Return to Manuscripts Index | Return to Holdings and Databases
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