Emma Nash was my grandmother’s maternal grandmother. She was born in Xenia, in Clay County, Illinois in December of 1852. I don’t know her date or cause of death at this time. I eventually will pull up an obituary.
In the 1860 census for Clay County, Illinois she is living with her parents, Pleasant Riley Nash and Elisabeth Gammon Nash. Dad is 33 and a farmer, while mom is 24 and the mother of 3 children. Emaline is the oldest at 8 years old. Note the age difference. Mom was 16 when she had Emma.
In the 1870 census in Xenia, Clay County, she is living with her father and a stepmom, Nancy, who is 38 years old. Emaline is 18 years old and the oldest of 8 kids. She has brothers who are 16, 14, and 12 who are reported as “working on farm”. She may have some step-brothers or step-sisters.
In the 1880 census she is married to Andrew Jackson “Andy” Carson and have a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, my grandmother’s mom. Emma is 28 and the age is misreported on the census form as 26.
In 1900 Andy and Emma are living in Mound Valley, Kansas’s. She is 48 years old and reports having 3 living out of 5 total children. A tough question for a census taker to have to ask. She reports being born in December 1852, which is the source we have for her date of birth.
In the 1910 census in Mound Valley, Kansas, she is 58 years old and reports being a “Laundress” and working out of her home. This is further evidence that family economics are not doing as well as when she and Andy were young parents. She reports that she can both read and write.
We have no date or cause of death yet.
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