Individual Details

Emma Josephine Trail

(7 Jul 1900 - 20 Jan 1964)

Church of God Prophecy Minister. One of the first Female ministers in America. She founded 8 Churches; Including Black Churches. She was also a Mid-Wife. She used to go into bars and other places of ill repute and preach to the people. Her piety will always be with us.

Events

Birth7 Jul 1900Hiawassee, Pulaski County, Virginia
Marriage15 Dec 1915Dobson, North Carolinia - William Early Smith
Death20 Jan 1964Bluefield, West Virginia
OrdinationChuch-of-God-Profecy Minister

Families

SpouseWilliam Early Smith (1894 - 1983)
ChildEarly Henry Smith (1917 - 2002)
ChildPearl Smith (1917 - 1917)
ChildLillian Ellen Smith (1919 - 1922)
ChildHubert Smith (1922 - 1922)
ChildMarjorie Smith (1923 - 2019)
FatherAndrew Jackson Trail Sr. ( - 1947)
MotherSarah Jane Swacker (1869 - )
SiblingMaude Tabor Trail (1891 - )
SiblingBessie I. Trail (1893 - 1938)
SiblingBrewster "Bruce" Trail (1902 - 1930)
SiblingRuth Ann Trail (1904 - 1987)
SiblingLettie Trail (1904 - )
SiblingLatisha Trail (1906 - )
SiblingNancy "Nanny" Trail (1908 - )
SiblingElizabeth Trail (1894 - )