Emma Eugeniah Crabtree1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 23704, (1854 - 1939)
FatherWilliam H. Crabtree4,5,6 (abt 1806 - abt 1891)
MotherSophia W. Cobb4,5,7 (Aug 1824 - 26 Feb 1906)

Key Events:

Birth: 2 Oct 1854, Lost Prairie, Arkansas8,9,10
Marriage: 4 Feb 1874, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, Dr. Warrin James Lomax (about 1834 - before 1880)11,12,13
Marriage: 29 Jul 1884, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, Benedick M. Hendricks (May 1843 - before 1910)14,15,16
Death: 30 Dec 1939, Goshen Rd., Fayetteville, Arkansas17
Burial: 31 Dec 1939, Old Rondo Cemetery, Rondo, Miller Co., Arkansas18,19
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Emma Eugeniah Crabtree was born on 2 Oct 1854 in Lost Prairie, Arkansas.8,9,10
     She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Saline Twp., Hempstead Co., Arkansas, in the household of her parents, William H. Crabtree and Sophia W. Cobb.20,21
     She moved to Lafayette Co., Arkansas, with her parents before 1870. She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Roane Twp., Lafayette Co., Arkansas, in the household of her parents.22
     Emma attended the New Orleans School of Music, Minden, Louisiana, and was regarded as a gifted musician.23
     Emma married first Dr. Warrin James Lomax on 4 Feb 1874 in Lafayette Co., Arkansas.11,12,13
     Her husband died before 1880 apparently, as she was with her parents in the 1880 census, listed as widowed. No other record of her husband has been found, either before or after their marriage.24,25
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Roane Twp., Lafayette Co., Arkansas, in the household of her parents, with her daughter Pearl.26
     Emma married second Benedick M. Hendricks, son of William B. Hendricks and Nancy Polk, on 29 Jul 1884 in Lafayette Co., Arkansas, with J. W. Berry offciating.14,15,16
     Emma and Benedick appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Garland, Miller Co., Arkansas, enumerated 22 Jun 1900, reporting they owned their farm, free of mortgage. Her mother was listed as living with them.27
     Her second husband died before 1910.28,29
     Emma appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Texarkana, Miller Co., Arkansas, in the household of her daughter Pearl and her husband, H. Richard Haak.30
     Emma appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Garland Twp., Miller Co., Arkansas, in the household of her grandson Leon Lomax McKeehan.31
     Emma moved with her grandson, Leon, to Fayetteville in 1927.6 She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas, in the household of Leon, his wife Lillian G. Durham, and their two children.32
     Emma died on 30 Dec 1939, at the home of her grandson, Leon L. McKechan, on Goshen Rd., Fayetteville, Arkansas, at age 85.17 She was buried on 31 Dec 1939 in Old Rondo Cemetery, Rondo, Miller Co., Arkansas.18,19

Children:
     Child with Dr. Warrin James Lomax:

  • Pearl Lomax33,34,35 (Apr 1875 - 8 Mar 1912)

Children:
     There were no children with Benedick M. Hendricks

Citations

  1. [S11924] Wm Crabtree household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows name as Emma Crabtree.
  2. [S11936] Record of Marriages, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, C:356, Warrin J. Lomax and Emma Eugeniah Crabtree.
  3. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows father's surname as Crabtree.
  4. [S11924] Wm Crabtree household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S11929] Wm Crabtree household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times.
  7. [S11937] Wm. Crabtree household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows the girl as daughter of Sophia's husband.
  8. [S11924] Wm Crabtree household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows age 4 and state.
  9. [S11939] Benjima M. Hendrix household, 1900 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas, shows month, year, age 45, and state.
  10. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows date, town, and this state.
  11. [S11936] Record of Marriages, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, C:356, Warrin J. Lomax and Emma Eugeniah Crabtree, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  12. [S11937] Wm. Crabtree household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows her as widowed.
  13. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows as her first marriage.
  14. [S11936] Record of Marriages, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, D:161, B. M. Hendricks and Emma E. Lomax, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  15. [S11939] Benjima M. Hendrix household, 1900 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas, shows married 16 years.
  16. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows as her second marriage.
  17. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows died Saturday, at McKechan home, road, and near here.
  18. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows sevices were Sunday and city.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 114517686, Emma Eugenia Crabtree Hendricks.
  20. [S11947] Wm Crabtree, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, slave schedule.
  21. [S11924] Wm Crabtree household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas.
  22. [S11929] Wm Crabtree household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas.
  23. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows school, city, state, and gifted musician.
  24. [S11937] Wm. Crabtree household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows his wife as widowed.
  25. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows he died before her second marriage.
  26. [S11937] Wm. Crabtree household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas.
  27. [S11939] Benjima M. Hendrix household, 1900 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas.
  28. [S12001] Richard Huak household, 1910 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas, shows his wife as a widow.
  29. [S11943] Emma Eugenia Hendricks obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows he died several years before.
  30. [S12001] Richard Huak household, 1910 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas.
  31. [S12002] Leon L. McKeehan household, 1920 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas.
  32. [S12003] Leon M. Mc Keenen household, 1930 U.S. Census, Washington Co., Arkansas.
  33. [S11937] Wm. Crabtree household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows the child as daughter of the head of household, but her surname is Lomax, and it seems clear it was intended to show her as daughter of his daughter.
  34. [S12001] Richard Huak household, 1910 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas, shows Emma as mother-in-law and Pearl as wife of head of household.
  35. [S11938] Mrs. Pearl L. Haak, Standard Certificate of Death.