Mystery Monday~Edmonia Lynn Brown Glass

The early life of Edmonia Lynn (Brown) Glass is a real mystery. Her death certificate (TX) says she was born 12 December 1857, Union County, Arkansas, a daughter of Epps Rivers Brown and Dorinda Adair.^{1 2 3}

Epps Rivers Brown was born in Chesterfield County, SC and migrated with his parents to Lauderdale County, Mississippi.  It was in Mississippi that Epps R. Brown met Dorinda, daughter of Zadock Adair and his wife Sarah. Epps and Dorinda married about 1842 and migrated to Union County Arkansas between 1845 and 1847.⁴
 
Ten years later a daughter, the 7th Child of Epps and Dorinda was born but census shows she was called Nancy or Nannie. It is not known at what time Nancy/Nannie became Edmonia Lynn. She had 8 siblings; three brothers and five sisters. One brother (Weyman) was born after the 1860 Census in 1863.^{5 6}


In 1886, Edmonia Lynne left Arkansas and moved to Navarro, Texas. It was there that she married Absalom Pratt “Abb” Glass on 27 September 1888. Almost 10 years later, Abb and Edmonia had their first child, a son born 25 November 1898 whom they names Brown Pratt Glass.⁷

On 29 May 1911, Absalom Pratt “Abb” Glass died in Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas and was buried in the Faulkenberry Cemetery. His death left Edmonia Lynn a widow with a 12 years, 6 month old child to raise. Edmonia obituary says she was a school teacher in her younger days. In 1920, she was running a boarding house in Groesbeck, Texas. ^{8 9 10} 

She saw her only child, Brown married his lovely bride Sarah Gladys Walker on 5 December 1921 in Groesbeck. Her first grandchild, Jame Lynn “Janie” Glass was born 24 August 1923. She would live to see her granddaughter Janie celebrate her fifteen birthday on 24 August 1938. A week later on 31 August 1938, at the age of 80 years, Edmonia Lynn Brown Glass died at home after a lengthy illness. Her death certificate shows she died of acute circulatory failure and apoplexy (internal bleeding). ^{11 12 13}

She was buried beside her husband, Absalom Pratt “Abb” Glass in the Faulkenberry Cemetery. ¹⁴
From her birth through the 1880 Census she was known as Nancy or Nanny/Nannie. ^{15 16 17 18}
 
From her arrival in Texas in 1886 until the day she died on 31 August 1938 she was known as Edmonia Lynn Brown Glass. ^{19 20 21 22}

If you have any information on Edmonia Lynn, Nancy or Nannie Brown Glass please send me an e-mail or post you comments on my blog. 






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[1] State of Texas, death certificate no. 38280 (31 August 1938), Edmonia Lynn Glass; https:/www.familysearch.org.
[2] 1860 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, Page 316B, Line 17, Family/Dwelling 703/651, Household of Epps R. BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M653_51.
[3] 1870 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, Franklin, Union County, Arkansas, Page: 523B; Line 26, Dwelling/Family 107/108, Household of Epps R. Brown; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M593_65.
[4] Lauderdale County, Mississippi, "D": pages 17 & 18, Deed of Gift – Zadock Adair to his Daughter Dorinda Brown; 2 March 1844, Chancery Court, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
[5] 1860 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, Page 316B, Line 17, Family/Dwelling 703/651, Household of Epps R. BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M653_51.
[6] State of Texas, death certificate no. 38280 (31 August 1938), Edmonia Lynn Glass; https:/www.familysearch.org.
[7] Texas State Library and Archives Commission, "Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975," database, Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 September 2012), Edmonia Lynn Glass, Pension File Number: 33071.
[8] State of Texas, death no. 11499 (29 May 1911), Absalom Pratt Glass; https:/www.familysearch.org.
[9] 1910 U. S. Census, Justice Precinct 1, Limestone County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 1, Limestone County, Texas, enumeration district (ED) #0033, Page: 184A; Line 27, Dwelling 259, Family 274, Household of Absalom F. GLASS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 13 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1573.
[10] 1920 U. S. Census, Limestone County, Texas, population schedule, Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, enumeration district (ED) 82, Page 11B/61B(stamped); Line 56, Dwelling 221, Family 235, Household of Edmonia GLASS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 September 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1829.
[11] "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9QQQ-2L7 : accessed 13 August 2011), entry for Brown Pratt Glass, submitted by mnance2712153.
[12] State of Texas, birth no. Book 8, page 24 (24 August 1923), Jonnie Lynn Glass; https://www.ancestry.com, Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States.
[13] State of Texas, death certificate no. 38280, (31 August 1938), Edmonia Lynn Glass.
[14] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 November 2014); Memorial page for Edmonia Lynn Glass; (1857–1938); Find a Grave memorial # 76804285, Citing Faulkenberry Cemetery, Plot: Sec. G; Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, USA..
[15] 1850 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, Page 226A, Line 31, Dwelling/Family 21/21, Household of Epps R. BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M432_30.


[16] 1860 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, Page 316B, Line 17, Family/Dwelling 703/651, Household of Epps R. BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M653_51.
[17] 1870 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, Franklin, Union County, Arkansas, Page: 523B; Line 26, Dwelling/Family 107/108, Household of Epps R. Brown; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M593_65.
[18] 1880 U. S. Census, Robertson County, Texas, population schedule, Bald Prairie, Robertson County, Texas, enumeration district (ED) #143, Page: 468A; Line 12, Dwelling 101, Family 102, Household of Absalom P. GLASS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 September 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 1324.
[19] 1900 U. S. Census, Limestone County, Texas, population schedule, Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, ED #51, Page: 18A; Line 21, Dwelling 343, Family 343, Household of Ab P. GLASS.
[20] 1910 U. S. Census, Justice Precinct 1, Limestone County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 1, Limestone County, Texas, ED #0033, Page: 184A; Line 27, Dwelling 259, Family 274, Household of Absalom F. GLASS.
[21] 1920 U. S. Census, Limestone County, Texas, population schedule, Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, enumeration district (ED) 82, Page 11B/61B(stamped); Line 56, Dwelling 221, Family 235, Household of Edmonia GLASS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 September 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1829.
[22] Mrs. E. L. Glass, compiled military record (), Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975, Pension File Nos. 33068 to 33090, Application Years 1916 to 1916. (Provo, Utah: www.ancestry.com), N/A.