Eliza was the daughter of Henry & Christiana C. Emmerson.
Eliza Jane was the second wife of William Cecil Oakes. They married in 1847 in Madison Co, MS.
Their 8 children:
John Thomas, William Henry, Elizabeth Ellen, Martha Virginia, Nancy Theodocia, Amanda M., Susan F. & a boy who died young
*See spouse's memorial page for more info about 8 children
LETTER WRITTEN BY MARY ANN (HOOKS) DEHART to her sister, Sally, wife of William T. Hutchinson
"Dear sister and family,
I seat my self to knight to write you a few lines. We are all up but not well. The children is having some chills. Mother has come home from Jims. She is in better health than she was in when she went off. She likes up there very well. Eliza (Eliza Jane Emmerson Oakes, widow of William Cecil Oakes, mother of Amanda Oakes DeHart, who was the first wife of Thomas Alexander DeHart) wants her to come and spend next summer with them. They was all glad to see her. She staid up there nearly three months. We have got a fine turnip patch. I get plenty mlk and butter. I have got 47 young chickens. We made a very short crop. We made plenty of molases to do us. We have sold 12 gallons at 75 cts a gallon."
Eliza Jane was the second wife of William Cecil Oakes. They married in 1847 in Madison Co, MS.
Their 8 children:
John Thomas, William Henry, Elizabeth Ellen, Martha Virginia, Nancy Theodocia, Amanda M., Susan F. & a boy who died young
*See spouse's memorial page for more info about 8 children
LETTER WRITTEN BY MARY ANN (HOOKS) DEHART to her sister, Sally, wife of William T. Hutchinson
"Dear sister and family,
I seat my self to knight to write you a few lines. We are all up but not well. The children is having some chills. Mother has come home from Jims. She is in better health than she was in when she went off. She likes up there very well. Eliza (Eliza Jane Emmerson Oakes, widow of William Cecil Oakes, mother of Amanda Oakes DeHart, who was the first wife of Thomas Alexander DeHart) wants her to come and spend next summer with them. They was all glad to see her. She staid up there nearly three months. We have got a fine turnip patch. I get plenty mlk and butter. I have got 47 young chickens. We made a very short crop. We made plenty of molases to do us. We have sold 12 gallons at 75 cts a gallon."
Eliza was the daughter of Henry & Christiana C. Emmerson.
Eliza Jane was the second wife of William Cecil Oakes. They married in 1847 in Madison Co, MS.
Their 8 children:
John Thomas, William Henry, Elizabeth Ellen, Martha Virginia, Nancy Theodocia, Amanda M., Susan F. & a boy who died young
*See spouse's memorial page for more info about 8 children
LETTER WRITTEN BY MARY ANN (HOOKS) DEHART to her sister, Sally, wife of William T. Hutchinson
"Dear sister and family,
I seat my self to knight to write you a few lines. We are all up but not well. The children is having some chills. Mother has come home from Jims. She is in better health than she was in when she went off. She likes up there very well. Eliza (Eliza Jane Emmerson Oakes, widow of William Cecil Oakes, mother of Amanda Oakes DeHart, who was the first wife of Thomas Alexander DeHart) wants her to come and spend next summer with them. They was all glad to see her. She staid up there nearly three months. We have got a fine turnip patch. I get plenty mlk and butter. I have got 47 young chickens. We made a very short crop. We made plenty of molases to do us. We have sold 12 gallons at 75 cts a gallon."
Eliza Jane was the second wife of William Cecil Oakes. They married in 1847 in Madison Co, MS.
Their 8 children:
John Thomas, William Henry, Elizabeth Ellen, Martha Virginia, Nancy Theodocia, Amanda M., Susan F. & a boy who died young
*See spouse's memorial page for more info about 8 children
LETTER WRITTEN BY MARY ANN (HOOKS) DEHART to her sister, Sally, wife of William T. Hutchinson
"Dear sister and family,
I seat my self to knight to write you a few lines. We are all up but not well. The children is having some chills. Mother has come home from Jims. She is in better health than she was in when she went off. She likes up there very well. Eliza (Eliza Jane Emmerson Oakes, widow of William Cecil Oakes, mother of Amanda Oakes DeHart, who was the first wife of Thomas Alexander DeHart) wants her to come and spend next summer with them. They was all glad to see her. She staid up there nearly three months. We have got a fine turnip patch. I get plenty mlk and butter. I have got 47 young chickens. We made a very short crop. We made plenty of molases to do us. We have sold 12 gallons at 75 cts a gallon."
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