Emma Louise Bates first married an Unknown Lassiter, secondly Thomas Jefferson Taylor and thirdly Reuben Bishop. Emma is the grandmother of Claudia Alta Taylor, wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States.
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United States Census, 1850database with images, FamilySearch, Emma Bates in household of Elihu Bates, Richland county, part of, Richland, South Carolina, United States; citing family 79, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas J Taylor and Emma L Lassiter, 30 Jul 1867; citing Autauga, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm .Bond Date, Emma Louise Lassiter nee Bates.
United States Census, 1870database with images, FamilySearch, Emma L Taylor in household of Thomas J Taylor, Alabama, United States; citing p. 19, family 166, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,500.
Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957database, FamilySearch), Ruben J. Bishop and Emma L. Taylor, 30 Nov 1876; citing reference pg 139; FHL microfilm 1,289,189.
United States Census, 1880database with images, FamilySearch, Emma Bishop in household of Rubin Bishop, Milton, Autauga, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district 5, sheet 99D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0001; FHL microfilm 1,254,001.
Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974database, FamilySearch, Emma Bishop, 05 Dec 1924; citing reference cn 25024, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,264.
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