She says in her widow's pension she was b in Macon Co AL, but prob in nearest large town, Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA. Two daughters by first marriage, Berta (died at 5) and Gertrude, mar James F Butcher.
Dau of James A and Mary (Watson) Slaton, widow of Thaddeus J Montgomery. Her younger brother Sam was the grandfather of film actress Dorothy Lamour. "Ella" ran a millinery shop, but took up school teaching in Commerce, as well as helping her husband Larkin Presley with his sales for Great Eastern Coffee and Tea.
Dau of James A and Mary (Watson) Slaton, widow of Thaddeus J Montgomery. Her younger brother Sam was the grandfather of film actress Dorothy Lamour. "Ella" ran a millinery shop, but took up school teaching in Commerce, as well as helping her husband Larkin Presley with his sales for Great Eastern Coffee and Tea.
She says in her widow's pension she was b in Macon Co AL, but prob in nearest large town, Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA. Two daughters by first marriage, Berta (died at 5) and Gertrude, mar James F Butcher.
Dau of James A and Mary (Watson) Slaton, widow of Thaddeus J Montgomery. Her younger brother Sam was the grandfather of film actress Dorothy Lamour. "Ella" ran a millinery shop, but took up school teaching in Commerce, as well as helping her husband Larkin Presley with his sales for Great Eastern Coffee and Tea.
Dau of James A and Mary (Watson) Slaton, widow of Thaddeus J Montgomery. Her younger brother Sam was the grandfather of film actress Dorothy Lamour. "Ella" ran a millinery shop, but took up school teaching in Commerce, as well as helping her husband Larkin Presley with his sales for Great Eastern Coffee and Tea.
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