Individual Details

Emily Ida Pesterfield

(10 May 1888 - 12 Oct 1958)

Events

Birth	10 May 1888	Delayed birth certificate lists Vanoured as her birthplace. Can not find any record of such a place. Van Buren is likely the location. - Van Buren, Crawford, AR, USA
Residence	1900	1900 Cherokee Nation, Indian Nation census lists Ema I age 12, born in May 1888. Listed with her brother William 25, mother Susan a widow 51, siblings Rosie B 22, Junie 20, ? 18, Elizabeth 17, Joseph 14, and Tennessee 9. All children born in Arkansas . - Township 21, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA
Marriage	27 Aug 1908	1908 Aug 27 Married by J.K. Rutledge, Minister M.E. Church S. Recorded by A.C. Brewster, County Judge - Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA - Nathan Benjamin Parsons
J.H. Parsons, Mr. & Mrs. Ben Parsons, Miss Nettie Parsons, P	12 Mar 1909	Tip New about J.H. Parsons, Mr& Mrs. Ben Parsons, Nettie Parsons, Burgess' and Pesterfields - Pryor, Oklahoma
Residence	1910	1910 Center, Mayes, Oklahoma census lists Emlia 21 married to Benjimon Parsons with one child Leone age 9 mo. Ben is a farmer. Emily is listed as born in Arkansas, her father in Tennessee, and mother in North Carolina. - Center, Mayes, Oklahoma, USA
Residence	1920	1920 Adair township, Mayes, Oklahoma census lists Emma I 31, with husband Ben 35, children Norma F 8, James L 3yrs 2mo., Ruth M 6 mo. one boarder Clay Cochran age 18 - Adair, Mayes, Oklahoma, USA
Residence	1930	1930 Econtuchka, Seminole, Oklahoma census lists Emma 41 and Ben 44, childredn James L. 12, Ruth 10, Mary 8, Susie 5, Benjamin 3 yrs 11 mo., Jerrell 1 mo. Ben is a pipe fitter in the oil field near Seminole. - Econtuchka, Seminole, Oklahoma
Residence	1 Apr 1940	1940 Salina, Mayes, Oklahoma census lists Emma 51 and Ben 55. Emma is a seamstress for the PWA project. Children Susan 15, Jr. Ben 12, Gerald 4. - Salina, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States
Residence	1950	Pryor Creek, Mayes, Oklahoma, USA
Parsons Observe 50th Anniversary at Dinner Party	28 Aug 1958	50th Anniversary Dinner for Nathan and Emma Parsons - Pryor, Oklahoma
Death	12 Oct 1958	Pryor, OK, Mayes, USA
Obituary for Emma Ida Parsons (Aged 70)	16 Oct 1958	Pryor, Oklahoma
Residence		309 South Whitaker Pryor
Burial		Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA

Families

Spouse	Nathan Benjamin Parsons (1884 - 1962)
Child	William Leon Parsons (1909 - 1914)
Child	Norma Jean Frances Parsons (1911 - 1938)
Child	Robert Eugene Parsons (1914 - 1916)
Child	James Lewis "J.L" Parsons (1916 - 2010)
Child	Ruth Marie Parsons (1919 - 1994)
Child	Mary Evelyn Parsons (1922 - 2010)
Child	Susie Marguerite Parsons (1924 - 2006)
Child	Nathan Benjamin Parsons (1927 - 2002)
Child	Gerald Leroy "Jerry" Parsons (1930 - 2009)

Father	Henry Lewis Pesterfield (1827 - 1893)
Mother	Susan Adelia McMasters (1849 - 1932)
Sibling	Baby Pesterfield (1873 - )
Sibling	William David Pesterfield (1874 - 1958)
Sibling	Rosa Bell Pesterfield (1877 - 1904)
Sibling	June Ellen Pesterfield (1879 - 1958)
Sibling	Benjamin Franklin Pesterfield (1881 - 1960)
Sibling	Leona Elizabeth Pesterfield (1883 - 1956)
Sibling	Joseph Walter Pesterfield (1886 - 1954)
Sibling	Tennessee Pesterfield (1891 - 1987)

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