Emily Drusilla HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#5108, b. 22 August 1872, d. 25 February 1918
Father*Jefferson C. HAIRSTON1 b. a 1836, d. 1911
Mother*Louisa Permelia PHILLIPS1 b. May 1838, d. 1911
Birth*Emily Drusilla HAIRSTON was born on 22 August 1872 in Alabama.1,2 
She was the daughter of Jefferson C. HAIRSTON and Louisa Permelia PHILLIPS.1 
Census 1880Emily Drusilla HAIRSTON appeared on the 1880 census of Jefferson C. HAIRSTON on 3 June 1880 in Black Ankle, Heard, Georgia.3

 
Census 1900Emily Drusilla HAIRSTON appeared on the 1900 census of Ira Camp HAIRSTON on 13 June 1900 in Beat 4, Itawamba, Mississippi; Permelia Hairston born May 1838 in Georgia and married in 1853 - married 47 years, with 10 children still living. Permelia is living with her son, Ira Hairston born Oct 1877 in Alabama and daughter Emma Hairston born Aug 1872 in Alabama - divorced. They are living next to her son Newel E. Wilson and her son James L. Wilson.1

 
Death*Emily Drusilla HAIRSTON died on 25 February 1918 in Tallapoosa, Haralson, Georgia, at age 45.2 

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S1900] 1900 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  2. [S3470] Letter: Eda Stertz to Robert E. Hairston, Jr., 2 July 1995, Personal Collection - copy.
  3. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
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