Emily Elizabeth McLain

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Emily Elizabeth McLain (Pearson)

Also Known As: "Rigdon"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Gilbert Town, Choctaw County, Alabama, United States
Death: March 12, 1920 (34)
Wayne County, Mississippi, United States
Place of Burial: Wayne County, Mississippi, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Lafayette Rigdon, (See Notes) and Sarah Anne (Pearson) Carney / McLain
Wife of Hillard Clarence "Hill" McLain, Sr.
Mother of Private; Private; Velma West; Bertha Morgan and Private
Half sister of Private

Label: Native American Ancestry: Cherokee, Redbone
Managed by: Len Ingram
Last Updated:
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Immediate Family

About Emily Elizabeth McLain

Emily's parents were first cousins who never married. There is speculation which of the Rigdon brothers was Emily's father but no details of his identify has been passed down to present-day descendants. Handwritten notes passed down from Emily's eldest grandchild Ada McLain state that Emily's mother Sarah Anne allowed no contact between the father and child and that Emily never met her father.

Emily Elizabeth PEARSON

1885–1920

Birth 3 JUL 1885 • , Choctaw, Alabama, United States

Death 12 MAR 1920 • Mississippi, USA

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It is speculated that Thomas Rigdon was Emily's father, based on collaboration with a Rigdon cousin and ThruLines DNA matches on Ancestry. He was the only one of the brothers who was unmarried at the time Emily was conceived.

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Emily Elizabeth McLain's Timeline

1885
July 3, 1885
Gilbert Town, Choctaw County, Alabama, United States
1909
1909
1915
March 12, 1915
Wayne County, Mississippi, United States
1920
March 12, 1920
Age 34
Wayne County, Mississippi, United States
March 12, 1920
Age 34
Boyles Chapel Cemetery, Wayne County, Mississippi, United States