Edie & John had 7 children: Emma Elizabeth (Robert Black), Green Dewitt Carter (Mattie Belle Hopper), Alice A. (Plummer Hunsucker/Monroe Davidson), Minnie Ola (Jefferson Casey), D Wiley died 1 yr, John Daniel (Lillie Biggerstaff/Clara Brown Conarroe), J H (20 mth).
On her death bed Edie asked John to marry again quickly, so that her children would not be motherless and gave her blessing to marry her friend Mary Ann Owens, John's step sister. John and Mary Ann Owens were married on September 19, 1893, just 4 months after Edie's death. Edie's love for her family was almost divine and she knew Mary Ann would love her children as her very own which Mary Ann did.
Edie & John had 7 children: Emma Elizabeth (Robert Black), Green Dewitt Carter (Mattie Belle Hopper), Alice A. (Plummer Hunsucker/Monroe Davidson), Minnie Ola (Jefferson Casey), D Wiley died 1 yr, John Daniel (Lillie Biggerstaff/Clara Brown Conarroe), J H (20 mth).
On her death bed Edie asked John to marry again quickly, so that her children would not be motherless and gave her blessing to marry her friend Mary Ann Owens, John's step sister. John and Mary Ann Owens were married on September 19, 1893, just 4 months after Edie's death. Edie's love for her family was almost divine and she knew Mary Ann would love her children as her very own which Mary Ann did.
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