Elizabeth Caroline Petrea was a daughter of William Petrea and his wife Elizabeth E. Galloway, of Mecklenburg Co., NC. Around 1880, she married Samuel Joshua Hartsell (1860-1938). He was a son of Joshua Hartsell and his wife Purlina Penelope Turner, of Cabarrus County, NC.
Elizabeth and Samuel had at least four children, perhaps five, Elizabeth Pauline Hartsell (1881-1929, Mrs. Garmon), Andrew Coyt Hartsell (1882-1949), Walter Aleber Hartsell (1883-?), and Emma Hartsell (1885-1898). There may have been a baby that died in infancy. After Elizabeth's death, Samuel married Lula Jane DeArmon (1873-1933) and they had twelve more children.
One Sunday morning in May of 1898, the Hartsell family went to church, leaving 12 year old Emma at home to care for a sick sibling. Two men broke into the house, brutally attacked, molested and killed poor Emma. This inspired a folk song with begins "In Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Eight, sweet Emma met with an awful fate...."
Elizabeth and Samuel had at least four children, perhaps five, Elizabeth Pauline Hartsell (1881-1929, Mrs. Garmon), Andrew Coyt Hartsell (1882-1949), Walter Aleber Hartsell (1883-?), and Emma Hartsell (1885-1898). There may have been a baby that died in infancy. After Elizabeth's death, Samuel married Lula Jane DeArmon (1873-1933) and they had twelve more children.
One Sunday morning in May of 1898, the Hartsell family went to church, leaving 12 year old Emma at home to care for a sick sibling. Two men broke into the house, brutally attacked, molested and killed poor Emma. This inspired a folk song with begins "In Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Eight, sweet Emma met with an awful fate...."
Elizabeth Caroline Petrea was a daughter of William Petrea and his wife Elizabeth E. Galloway, of Mecklenburg Co., NC. Around 1880, she married Samuel Joshua Hartsell (1860-1938). He was a son of Joshua Hartsell and his wife Purlina Penelope Turner, of Cabarrus County, NC.
Elizabeth and Samuel had at least four children, perhaps five, Elizabeth Pauline Hartsell (1881-1929, Mrs. Garmon), Andrew Coyt Hartsell (1882-1949), Walter Aleber Hartsell (1883-?), and Emma Hartsell (1885-1898). There may have been a baby that died in infancy. After Elizabeth's death, Samuel married Lula Jane DeArmon (1873-1933) and they had twelve more children.
One Sunday morning in May of 1898, the Hartsell family went to church, leaving 12 year old Emma at home to care for a sick sibling. Two men broke into the house, brutally attacked, molested and killed poor Emma. This inspired a folk song with begins "In Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Eight, sweet Emma met with an awful fate...."
Elizabeth and Samuel had at least four children, perhaps five, Elizabeth Pauline Hartsell (1881-1929, Mrs. Garmon), Andrew Coyt Hartsell (1882-1949), Walter Aleber Hartsell (1883-?), and Emma Hartsell (1885-1898). There may have been a baby that died in infancy. After Elizabeth's death, Samuel married Lula Jane DeArmon (1873-1933) and they had twelve more children.
One Sunday morning in May of 1898, the Hartsell family went to church, leaving 12 year old Emma at home to care for a sick sibling. Two men broke into the house, brutally attacked, molested and killed poor Emma. This inspired a folk song with begins "In Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Eight, sweet Emma met with an awful fate...."
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