Emma Jane (Draper) Thomasson (1856 - 1947)

Born 12 Oct 1856 in Henry County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Died 14 Dec 1947 at age 91 in Leaksville, Rockingham, North Carolina

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Biography

Emma Jane Draper was born to parents Peter Davis Draper and Mary Lucinda Nunn in 12 Oct 1857 in Henry County, Virginia. Her full name is listed in the death certificates of daughters Nannie Sue and Valeria.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

She was the wife of Joseph Lea Thomasson.^{[6] [7]}

Children listed in the 1880 and 1900 US Census

1. George S Thomasson
2. Lilly Emma Thomasson
3. Sally Lou Hodges
4. Rosie Carter
5. Ann Florence Litaker
6. Nannie Sue Aaron
7. Maggie Thomasson
8. Valeria B Winn

Emma died 14 Dec 1947 in Leaksville, Rockingham, North Carolina. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917 for Emily V Draper, 12 Oct 1857, database (No Image), FamilySearch.org : 27 August 2018; citing Henry, Virginia, reference p 29 #31; FHL microfilm 31,989.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41C-2F3 : 18 February 2021), Emily Draper in entry for Peter Draper, Henry, Virginia, United State; citing p. 93, family 677, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), Roll 1354.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGJ-V3Q : 29 May 2021), Emely J Draper in entry for Peter D Draper, Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, United States; citing p. 70, family 438, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), Roll 1656.
4. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRH-2SJ3 : 16 August 2019), Emma Jane Draper in entry for Nannie Sue Thomasson Aaron, 24 May 1978; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, United States, entry #215, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
5. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H44B-MRT2 : 14 February 2020), Emma Jane Draper in entry for Valeria Thomas Winn,
6. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X511-YTP : 29 January 2020), Joseph Thomasson, 1874.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5D-6K7 : 20 February 2021), Emily J Thomasson in household of Joseph Thomasson, Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia, United States; citing ED 127, sheet 4D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,373.
8. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP6K-ZQ5 : 10 February 2018), Emma Thomasson, 14 Dec 1947; citing Leaksville, Rockingham, North Carolina, 29861, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,629.