Born in Missouri
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph G McLain
and Rachel Louise (Preslar) McLain
Sister of
Nancy Elizabeth (McLain) Thompson and Francis M McLain
Wife of
William Childress Whitesell
— married
25 Dec 1877 in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Virgil Marion Whitesell Sr, Annie Louise (Whitesell) Sharp and Zillah Emma (Whitesell) Harris
Died
at age 61
in Lewisburg, Marshall Co., TN
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Biography
Sources
- "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSLX-WJR : accessed 20 May 2016), Joseph Mclain in entry for Dempie Emma Whitsel, 26 Apr 1919; citing Cemetery, Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, v 35 cn 464, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,299,706.
Biography
Emma was born in 1857. She passed away in 1919.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7R-5NP : accessed 2 November 2015), Dempy Whitesall in household of William Whitesall, District 7, Marshall, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district 138, sheet 389A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1269; FHL microfilm 1,255,269.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCK-25W : accessed 3 November 2015), Emma Whitesell in household of William Whitesell, Civil District 15, Marshall, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 13A, family 255, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,587.
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