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When Josephine Elise Daniels was born on 24 May 1895, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, her father, Jacob W. Daniels, was 32 and her mother, Margaret Jane Travis, was 22. She married General James Harold Doolittle on 24 December 1917, in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- General James Harold Doolittle
Josephine Elsie. Daniels. Doolittle. Birth. 24 May 1895. Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA. Death. 24 Dec 1988 (aged 93) Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, USA.
Doolittle married Josephine "Joe" E. Daniels on December 24, 1917. At a dinner celebration after Jimmy Doolittle's first all-instrument flight in 1929, Josephine Doolittle asked her guests to sign her white damask tablecloth. Later, she embroidered the names in black.
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Mrs. Doolittle was born Josephine Daniels. She was given her lifelong nickname of "Joe" by her father, who spelled it with an "e" because he had wanted a boy. In future years, she came to be known as 94 Uke other aviators and well· known figures who dined with the Doollttles, Orville Wright signed Mrs. Doolittle's tablecloth In pencil so she could
All these signatures were embroidered for posterity by Mrs. James H. Doolittle, the recently deceased wife of the legendary aviator. The tablecloth preserves the original handwriting of Orville Wright, Eddie Rickenbacker, and many of the other “name” pioneers of aviation.
He married Josephine Elise Daniels on 24 December 1917, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in New York City, New York, United States for about 1 years and Charleston, South Carolina, United States in 1993.
