Emily May Barton was born to William Alphonzo Barton and Frances "Fannie" Easterwood in Redwing, Nebraska. She was the eldest of eight children. Fannie's mother Susan (Lee) and the Easterwood family had moved from Johnson County, Arkansas after the death of Fannie's father, William Washington Easterwood in 1861, to Owyhee county, Idaho where Fannie and William were married. The newly wed couple went east to Nebraska where their first six children were born. They then moved to Wallowa, Oregon where Fannie had two more children who were twins.
Emma and her mother worked as a cooks for wheat ranchers in Umatilla county near Athena. Emma met and married James Hathhorn who was a farm hand for a rancher. They married in the "parlours of the Athena Hotel" 18 October 1903.
Emma and Jim moved to Crook county, now Jefferson county near Madras and Metolius where they obtained land for a homestead. Their first two boys, Reece Nash and Jesse Bell, were born on the homestead. Not satisfied with the terraine and weather in central Oregon, they moved to Hood River where they spent the remainder of their lives. Five more children were born to this union in Hood River. William Albert who died an infant, James Ray, Alpha Alice, Edith Rose and Clifford Keith.
"Maam" as Jim called her, cooked for her family from produce raised in the garden. There was a variety of vegetables from the rich soil with cherries, apples, peaches and black walnuts from the trees. Chickens, turkeys, pigs, and beef were also grown and butchered to feed everyone. She sewed clothing for the children, husband and herself with her pedal sewing machine then washed them in her wringer washing machine or by hand on a wash board. Her kitchen stove was heated by wood as was her house which had a wood stove in the living room.
Emma died of a heart attack in her living room on the morning of July 18, 1955.
Emma and her mother worked as a cooks for wheat ranchers in Umatilla county near Athena. Emma met and married James Hathhorn who was a farm hand for a rancher. They married in the "parlours of the Athena Hotel" 18 October 1903.
Emma and Jim moved to Crook county, now Jefferson county near Madras and Metolius where they obtained land for a homestead. Their first two boys, Reece Nash and Jesse Bell, were born on the homestead. Not satisfied with the terraine and weather in central Oregon, they moved to Hood River where they spent the remainder of their lives. Five more children were born to this union in Hood River. William Albert who died an infant, James Ray, Alpha Alice, Edith Rose and Clifford Keith.
"Maam" as Jim called her, cooked for her family from produce raised in the garden. There was a variety of vegetables from the rich soil with cherries, apples, peaches and black walnuts from the trees. Chickens, turkeys, pigs, and beef were also grown and butchered to feed everyone. She sewed clothing for the children, husband and herself with her pedal sewing machine then washed them in her wringer washing machine or by hand on a wash board. Her kitchen stove was heated by wood as was her house which had a wood stove in the living room.
Emma died of a heart attack in her living room on the morning of July 18, 1955.
Emily May Barton was born to William Alphonzo Barton and Frances "Fannie" Easterwood in Redwing, Nebraska. She was the eldest of eight children. Fannie's mother Susan (Lee) and the Easterwood family had moved from Johnson County, Arkansas after the death of Fannie's father, William Washington Easterwood in 1861, to Owyhee county, Idaho where Fannie and William were married. The newly wed couple went east to Nebraska where their first six children were born. They then moved to Wallowa, Oregon where Fannie had two more children who were twins.
Emma and her mother worked as a cooks for wheat ranchers in Umatilla county near Athena. Emma met and married James Hathhorn who was a farm hand for a rancher. They married in the "parlours of the Athena Hotel" 18 October 1903.
Emma and Jim moved to Crook county, now Jefferson county near Madras and Metolius where they obtained land for a homestead. Their first two boys, Reece Nash and Jesse Bell, were born on the homestead. Not satisfied with the terraine and weather in central Oregon, they moved to Hood River where they spent the remainder of their lives. Five more children were born to this union in Hood River. William Albert who died an infant, James Ray, Alpha Alice, Edith Rose and Clifford Keith.
"Maam" as Jim called her, cooked for her family from produce raised in the garden. There was a variety of vegetables from the rich soil with cherries, apples, peaches and black walnuts from the trees. Chickens, turkeys, pigs, and beef were also grown and butchered to feed everyone. She sewed clothing for the children, husband and herself with her pedal sewing machine then washed them in her wringer washing machine or by hand on a wash board. Her kitchen stove was heated by wood as was her house which had a wood stove in the living room.
Emma died of a heart attack in her living room on the morning of July 18, 1955.
Emma and her mother worked as a cooks for wheat ranchers in Umatilla county near Athena. Emma met and married James Hathhorn who was a farm hand for a rancher. They married in the "parlours of the Athena Hotel" 18 October 1903.
Emma and Jim moved to Crook county, now Jefferson county near Madras and Metolius where they obtained land for a homestead. Their first two boys, Reece Nash and Jesse Bell, were born on the homestead. Not satisfied with the terraine and weather in central Oregon, they moved to Hood River where they spent the remainder of their lives. Five more children were born to this union in Hood River. William Albert who died an infant, James Ray, Alpha Alice, Edith Rose and Clifford Keith.
"Maam" as Jim called her, cooked for her family from produce raised in the garden. There was a variety of vegetables from the rich soil with cherries, apples, peaches and black walnuts from the trees. Chickens, turkeys, pigs, and beef were also grown and butchered to feed everyone. She sewed clothing for the children, husband and herself with her pedal sewing machine then washed them in her wringer washing machine or by hand on a wash board. Her kitchen stove was heated by wood as was her house which had a wood stove in the living room.
Emma died of a heart attack in her living room on the morning of July 18, 1955.
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