Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
Genealogy of the Lindell, Herndon, Bonnell, and Fairbanks families.
Mary Emma Draper

Mary Emma Draper[1]

Female 1857 - 1937  (80 years)

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  • Name Mary Emma Draper  [2]
    Birth 8 Jan 1857  _______, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 18 Jun 1860  Alexandria, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 30 Sep 1870  Beat No. 5 (Paris), Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 13 Jun 1900  Justice Precinct 1, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 25 Apr 1910  Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence Jan 1920  Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 2 Jan 1920  First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 3 Apr 1930  First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence Feb 1937  El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause of Death Bronchial Pneumonia  [3] 
    Death 6 Feb 1937  El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial 9 Feb 1937  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    • Block 2U, Lot 15, Space 2
    Person ID I2068  Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2018

    Father Robert Wilkins Draper,   b. 27 Apr 1820, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1894, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Mother Susan Elliott Littlejohn,   b. 26 May 1826, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1867, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    Marriage 21 Jan 1844  Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F1506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Wallace Herndon,   b. 20 Jun 1850, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1911, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Marriage 23 Dec 1875  Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12] 
    Notes 
    • [Anderson-1964] incorrectly lists 22 Dec 1875 as the date of George Wallace Herndon’s marriage to Mary Emma Draper. [2, 12]
    Children 
     1. Justin Alonzo Herndon,   b. 8 Oct 1876, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1897, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
     2. William Draper Herndon,   b. 26 Jan 1879, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1945, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     3. Richard Ben Herndon,   b. 8 Jun 1881, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1908, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     4. Susan Elliott Herndon,   b. 11 Nov 1883, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1885, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     5. Robert Boyd Herndon,   b. 22 Jun 1886, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1934, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     6. Caroline Delena Herndon,   b. 20 Oct 1888, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1955, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     7. Thomas Maley Herndon,   b. 15 Jul 1891, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1892, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     8. Emma Herndon,   b. 7 Jul 1893, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1899, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 6 years)
     9. Nannie Zue Herndon,   b. 27 Jul 1896, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1968, Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     10. Anna Justina Herndon,   b. 24 Jul 1899, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1962, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F1483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 May 2002

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Jan 1857 - _______, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 18 Jun 1860 - Alexandria, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 30 Sep 1870 - Beat No. 5 (Paris), Lamar County, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Dec 1875 - Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 25 Apr 1910 - Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Jan 1920 - Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Jan 1920 - First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 3 Apr 1930 - First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Feb 1937 - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Feb 1937 - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 9 Feb 1937 - Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Mary Emma Draper and Family    		Mary Emma Draper and Family
    Mary Emma Draper, her daughter, and six of her grand-children -
    Photo courtesy of Robert Raymond Herndon

  • Notes 
    • Mary Emma Draper was living in the home of her daughter Justina and son-in-law Edward A Dunne at the time of her death in 1937. This is corroborated by sources [Hugo-1934] and [Hugo-1937]. [9, 10, 13, 14]
    • Mary Emma Draper’s headstone [Hugo-2002] has a birth date of 1856. [15]
    • [TxDoH-1937a] has birth at Birmingham, Jackson County, Alabama. [13]
    • Mary Emma Draper had been a resident of El Paso for three years when she died in 1937. [13]

  • Reference  Herndon, William Robert. "Mary Emma Draper", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I2068&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 08-Jun-2026].

  • Sources 
    1. [S315] [Herndon-2025] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: By the author, 2025.

    2. [S113] [Anderson-1964] Anderson, Ethel Nichols et al., Draper Families in America, Nashville, Tennessee: The Parthenon Press, 1964.

    3. [S582] [TxDoH-1937a] "Death Certificate of Mary Emma Herndon," Texas Death Certificates, 1903 – 1982, Austin, Texas: Texas Department of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1937, register 227, item 8135.

    4. [S342] [US-1860-1e1] "Ranges 5,6, & 7 (Alexandria), Calhoun County, Alabama," Eighth Census of the United States, 1860,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication M653, roll 4, sheet 626, page 42.

    5. [S698] [US-1870-1y] "Beat No. 5 (Paris), Lamar County, Texas," Ninth Census of the United States, 1870,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication M593, roll 1594, sheet 384B, page 44.

    6. [S109] [US-1900-1a] "Justice Precinct 1, Lamar County, Texas," Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T623, roll 1652, E.D. 62, sheet 14A.

    7. [S208] [US-1910-1b] "Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma," Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T624, roll 1247, E.D. 58, sheet 15B.

    8. [S459] [US-1920-1n] "First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma," Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T625, roll 1456, E.D. 63, sheet 3B.

    9. [S328] [US-1930-1h] "First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma," Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T626, roll 1897, E.D. 12-8, sheet 5A.

    10. [S248] [Hugo-1937] "Obituary of M. E. Herndon," Hugo Daily News, page 1.

    11. [S249] [MtOlivet-1911b] "Buriel Record of Mary Emma Herndon," Interment Records - Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Oklahoma: Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2002, deed 1911.

    12. [S240] [Lamar-1875] "Marriage License of G. W. Hearndon and Mary E Draper," Paris Texas: County Clerk’s Office, Lamar County, file 1368.

    13. [S582] [TxDoH-1937a] "Death Certificate of Mary Emma Herndon," Texas Death Certificates, 1903 – 1982, Austin, Texas: Texas Department of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1937, register 227, item 8135.

    14. [S246] [Hugo-1934] "Obituary of R. B. ‘Bob’ Herndon," Hugo Daily News, page 1.

    15. [S264] [Hugo-2002] Herndon, William Robert (photographer), Mount Olivet Cemetery - Survey, San Francisco, California: By the author, 2002.


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