(AI Generated Image) On 1 April 1866 in Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas, 18-year-old Nannie Hawkins and 23-year-old Lafayette Abernathy welcomed baby Emma into the world. Nancy A. "Nannie" Hawkins was a daughter of Sarah and William A. Hawkins. Lafayette was one of at least eight children born to Emily and Alphonzo Abernathy (1809-1893). Emma Abernathy married Exile C. Eagleton (1863-1924), a native of Tennessee, on 1 January 1890 in Fannin County. He was a son of Mary Ethlinda "Ethie" Foute (1836-1917) and Rev. George Ewing Eagleton (1831-1899), both also from Tennessee. Emma and Exile had nine children over eighteen years: Nancy Ethie (1890-1973) Lafayette Ewing (1892-1918) Statire Jane (1893-1902) E. C. (1896-1974) Mary Ross (1897-1975) Marcus D. (1899-1966) Amelia Abernathy (1900-1979) Foute Wilson (1905-1984) Marvin Dunlap (1909-1969) City Hall, Ladonia, Tex. abt 1909. From DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University . The 1910 census notes Emma as the mother...
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