Emma Leona Sullivan was born born about 1894 in Mississippi, USA as the fifth child of Louis S Sullivan and Emmazine Grubbs. She had four siblings, namely: Albert Ross, Hullon Duncan, Magnolia, and Alice Dee. She died on Feb 22, 1970 in Whistler, Mobile, Alabama, USA (Age at Death: 76).[1]
Emma Leona Sullivan was reported to be buried in Shivers, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Peacock Cemetery).[2]
Race: (White) She lived in Beat 4, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1900 (Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). [3]
She lived in Beat 4, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 22; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). [4]
She lived in Beat 5, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 30; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).[5]
Elijah Dennis "Lije" Thurman and Emma Leona Sullivan had the following children:
James D Thurman was born on Sep 20, 1919 in Shivers, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on May 28, 2005 in Ocean Springs, Jackson, Mississippi, USA (Ocean Springs Hospital; Age at Death: 85).
Ollie Ree Thurman was born in 1920 in Mississippi, USA. She died in 2002 in Mobile County, Alabama, USA (Age at Death: 82).
↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN7L-16P : accessed 18 March 2016), Emma S Thurman, 22 Feb 1970; citing reference 4752, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2,033,354.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FS-Z5Z : accessed 18 March 2016), Emma Sullivan in household of Louis Sullivan, Beat 4, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 19A, family 298, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,828.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDG-MDN : accessed 18 March 2016), Emma Sullivan in household of Louis Sullivan, Beat 4, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 126, sheet 21B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,771.
↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN7L-16P : accessed 18 March 2016), Emma S Thurman, 22 Feb 1970; citing reference 4752, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2,033,354.
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