Maiden name is SPARROW. Daughter of Elias Sparrow (1780-1859) and Nancy (Barker) Sparrow (1787-1870)
Sister to Delila (Sparrow) McPeak (?-1870), Sarah "Sally" (Sparrow) Hodgson (1813-1889), William Kenzie Sparrow (1814-1876), Perry Sparrow (1814-1891), Melvina Adeline (Sparrow) Kerr (1818-1907), James Madison Sparrow (1820-1861), Benjamin Wesley Sparrow (1823-1849), Felix Grundy Sparrow (1825-1898), Elizabeth (Sparrow) Ranney (1828-1889), Spencer B. Sparrow (1829-1863) and Samuel A. Sparrow (1830-1891)
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Q-D13 : 4 April 2020), Emma Peasley in household of Joseph Peasley, Tazewell county, part of, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH5-VRH : 19 March 2020), Emily Paisley in entry for Joseph Paisley, Hopedale, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WV-2FF : 19 March 2020), Emily Hodson in entry for Wm Hodson, Hopedale, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK2-1L9 : 7 September 2017), Emily Hodson in household of Wm R Hodson, Hopedale, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSH5-9KS : accessed 4 November 2020), Emily Hodson, HopedaleTownship Hopedale vill., Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Find A Grave: Memorial #11453447 for Emily Jan Sparrow Hodson (25 Dec 1821–31 Aug 1902), citing Sparrow Cemetery, Hopedale, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by 46620252 (includes headstone photo).
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