Feature: Emma E Lanier
131 Years Ago: Emma E. Lanier married Thomas Samuel Childers on 4 July 1889 in Chambers County, Alabama. Sixteen years later, T. S. filed for divorce on 20 July 1905 in Coweta County, Georgia, on the grounds of cruelty.1Chambers County, Alabama, Marriage Book 8: 512, T. S. Childers and E. E. Lanier, 1889, bond, license, and return; Probate Judge’s Office, Lafayette. He identified their children as Sallie Pearl (married, age 15), Nannie Emma (age 11), James Ira (age 9), and Wilber B. (age 3). He stated in that Emma was no longer a resident of Georgia, and her address was unknown.2Coweta County, Georgia, “Register and Index of Divorce 1907,” pp. 68–70, T. S. and E. E. Childers, filed 2 Aug 1905; Office of the Superior Court Clerk, Newnan. Coweta County Superior Court granted the divorce in March 1907.3“Marital Ties Dissolved,” Herald and Advertiser (Newnan, Georgia), 8 March 1907, p. 3, col. 1, image copy, Newspaper Archive (https://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 January 2018). Neither Emma nor any of her children have been found after the divorce. Learn more here. (*Great-aunt, McCauley)
June 28
115 Years Ago: Golden Gladys McCauley was born on 28 June 1905 in Daniel Boone, Hopkins County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins. (*Aunt, McCauley)
233 Years Ago: Nehemiah Younger married Hannah Osborn on 28 June 1787 in Baltimore County, Maryland. Nehemiah was the father of Delinda Younger Weeks and Hannah was probably her mother. (*5th Great-grandparents, Hankins)
June 29
87 Years Ago: Ralph Raymond McCauley died on 29 June 1933 in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was buried there in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Ralph was the son of John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins. (*Uncle, McCauley)
June 30
77 Years Ago: John Franklin Petty died on 30 June 1943 in Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois. He was buried in Sunset Lawn Cemetery in Harrisburg. John was the son of John R. Petty and Margaret E. Thomas. (2nd Great-uncle, Hankins)
July 1
69 Years Ago: Albert Elvie Hankins married Bernice Jackson on 1 July 1951 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Elvie was the son of Thomas Leander Hankins and Samantha Angeline Petty. (*Great-uncle, Hankins)
230 Years Ago: Jabez Hopkins died on 1 July 1790, probably in Rhode Island or Massachusetts. He was the son of William Hopkins and Deborah Allen. (6th Great-grandfather, Hopkins)
July 2
87 Years Ago: Elizabeth Angeline McCauley married Kenneth Mel Carver on 2 July 1933. Liz was the daughter of John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins. Mel was the son of Elmer and Winnie Carver. (*Aunt, McCauley)
129 Years Ago: Aggie Lee Hankins died on 2 July 1891 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. She was buried in Prospect Cemetery in Dalton, Hopkins County. Aggie Lee was the daughter of Thomas Leander Hankins and Samantha Angeline Petty. (*Great-aunt, Hankins)
136 Years Ago: Joseph Fredrick Lanier was born on 2 July 1884 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Fred was the son of Joseph Smith Lanier and Nancy Jane Bennett (*Great-uncle, McCauley)
*Each person’s relationship to me and the surname of the grandparent through which the relationship falls are in parentheses at the end of each item. Please email me for additional information. Additional sources available upon request.
Citations
| ↩1 | Chambers County, Alabama, Marriage Book 8: 512, T. S. Childers and E. E. Lanier, 1889, bond, license, and return; Probate Judge’s Office, Lafayette. |
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| ↩2 | Coweta County, Georgia, “Register and Index of Divorce 1907,” pp. 68–70, T. S. and E. E. Childers, filed 2 Aug 1905; Office of the Superior Court Clerk, Newnan. |
| ↩3 | “Marital Ties Dissolved,” Herald and Advertiser (Newnan, Georgia), 8 March 1907, p. 3, col. 1, image copy, Newspaper Archive (https://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 January 2018). |
