Gaines, Emily

Title: Gaines, Emily
Alias: Watts, Emily; Hedges, Emily
Gender: Female
Biography: Emily was married at the residence of William Watts only a few years post-emancipation. Watts, along with his neighbor Menter Graves, were official witnesses. This indicates that Watts may have been her enslaver.
Member: Gaines family; Watt family; Hedges family
Birth date: 1850
Life event(s): Marriage: 5 Dec 1868; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Hedges, Benjamin
Child(ren): Hedges, Thomas; Hedges, Alfred; Hedges, M. Louisa; Hedges, Henry William; Hedges, Isabella; Hedges, Betsy
Death date: 1904
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Burlington I.O.O.F. Cemetery (Burlington, Ky.)
Participant in: 1868--Boone Co., Benjamin Hedges Marries Emily Watts
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #107651493
Source(s): Negro marriages in Boone County, 1866-1909; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900; Find A Grave.com

Item sets: AA--Burials--Kentucky--Boone County--Burlington I.O.O.F. Cemetery