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Lisle, Chloe, 1916-2001

Description

Alberta Chloe Colvin was born on December 1, 1916 in Cherry, Nebraska. Chloe Calvin moved to Beatty, Nevada in the 1930s and worked as a schoolteacher. Chloe married Ralph Fairbanks Lisle on July 5, 1939. In 1955, the Lisle family opened a hardware store in Beatty. Chloe Lisle passed away on February 2, 2001 at the age of 84.

Sources:

Lisle, Ralph F., Chloe C. McCracken, and Nye County Town History Project. An Interview with Ralph F. and Chloe C. Lisle: An Oral History. Tonopah, Nev.: Nye County Town History Project, 1987.

Keefner, Claire. "Townbuilding runs in Fairbanks Family." Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 22, 1982.