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Emma <I>Manley</I> Hedrick Wilson

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Emma Manley Hedrick Wilson

Birth
Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA
Death
18 Sep 1942 (aged 60)
Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA
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Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Emma was married to my great-grandfather William Clay Hedrick, Sr. They had 14 children together, 11 of whom survived to adulthood. After many years together and all those children, they divorced early in 1926. Emma remarried to John S. Wilson, a farmer in Mt. Sterling in 1932. John was the father of Ruby Wilson, who married Emma's son Irvin T. Hedrick. Great-grandmother Emma died in Lexington after a many years battle with ovarian/bladder/bowel cancer.

William remarried as well, taking Lillie Osborne as his second wife in late 1926. They had no children together.

I've often wondered how my great-grandmother supported herself between 1926 and 1932, and recently learned from some distant cousins that she may have sold bootleg whiskey from her apartment in downtown Mt. Sterling during that time. I also learned that many of the 6 children under 16 who remained at home after the divorce went to live with their father and step-mother in Winchester. I would love to learn more about this time in their lives if anyone reading this has information to share.
Emma was married to my great-grandfather William Clay Hedrick, Sr. They had 14 children together, 11 of whom survived to adulthood. After many years together and all those children, they divorced early in 1926. Emma remarried to John S. Wilson, a farmer in Mt. Sterling in 1932. John was the father of Ruby Wilson, who married Emma's son Irvin T. Hedrick. Great-grandmother Emma died in Lexington after a many years battle with ovarian/bladder/bowel cancer.

William remarried as well, taking Lillie Osborne as his second wife in late 1926. They had no children together.

I've often wondered how my great-grandmother supported herself between 1926 and 1932, and recently learned from some distant cousins that she may have sold bootleg whiskey from her apartment in downtown Mt. Sterling during that time. I also learned that many of the 6 children under 16 who remained at home after the divorce went to live with their father and step-mother in Winchester. I would love to learn more about this time in their lives if anyone reading this has information to share.

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