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Note: Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW4L-34H
Groom's Name: Robert W. Patterson
Bride's Name: Emily Waller
Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1868
Marriage Place: , Early, Georgia
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M71270-2
System Origin: Georgia-EASy
Source Film Number: 164094
1880 US Census Damascus, Early, Georgia
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Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Robert Patterson M 31 1849 Married GA GA GA
WIFE Emiline Patterson F 34 1846 Married AL SC SC
SON William D Patterson M 10 1870 Single GA GA AL
DAU Mary E. Patterson F 8 1872 Single GA GA AL
DAU Martha A. Patterson F 6 1874 Single GA GA AL
DAU Sarah O. Patterson F 4 1876 Single GA GA AL
DAU Clara J. Patterson F 1 1879 Single GA GA AL
Sister-in-Law Mary Merriman F 38 1842 Widow GA SC SC
MOTH Martha Patterson F 70 1810 Widow GA SC SC
Life History of Emmaline Mason Ann Waller Pattison
Emmaline Mason Ann Waller was born on August lOth, 1844. She
was the sixth child born to Burton Waller and Melcha Dennis. All of the
children were believed to be born in Columbia, Henry County (later
changed to Houston County), Alabama. The ten children in the family
from the oldest to the youngest were: Jacob, John, Samuel, Mary, Lucy
(died as a child), Emmaline, Luther, Visa Ellen, Elizabeth, and Charles.
It was the custom to give children many names. Emmaline's full name
was Ethel Rilla Luranie Rendy Emmaline Mason Ann Lucindy Waller.
On the genealogy records she is known as Emmaline Mason Ann Waller .
Emmaline's mother died in October or November 1852. This was
shortly after the birth of her tenth child. Emmaline's father Burton married
again quickly after Melcha's death. He married a widow woman named
Elizabeth Boyd Blackshear. Boyd was Elizabeth's maiden name. Burton
and Elizabeth had one son, Benjamin Jonah Waller Emmaline's childhood
was very difficult. She was only 8 years old when her mother had died.
The family moved from place to place. Young Emmaline worked in the
fields as well as helping with the washing, ironing and scrubbing. Emmaline
was always there to assist when someone was ill.
We do not have any information as to how Emmaline met her husband
Robert William Pattison nor do we know when they were married. Robert
and Emmaline did live with Robert's mother Martha Annie King Pattison
after they were married. Martha did not do any of the household work.
Martha had always, in the past, had a Negro girl to work for her. Now
Emmaline had to help her husband in the fields as well as take care of the
household. This arrangement was difficult for Emmaline.
Emmaline was taught to read from the Bible as a child. After she married
Robert, Emmaline taught him to spell, write and do figures.
Emmaline and Robert did have eight children:
Burton John 16 Oct 1868 Blakley, Early, Ga.
Dennis William 22 Dec 1869 Blakley, Early, Ga.
Mary Emmaline 28 Jan 1871 Blakley, Early, Ga.
Telitha Elizabeth 7 July 1873 Blakley, Early, Ga.
Charles 1 Feb 1875 Blakley, Early, Ga.
Sarah Olivia 3 Apr 1876 Blakley, Early, Ga.
Clara Jane 20 Nov 1878 Damascus, Early, Ga.
Catherine Melinda 12 Jan 1881 Damascus, Early, Ga.
Burton John died on the day of his birth 16 Oct 1868
Charles died /5 days after his birth on 15Feb 1875
Emrnaline's daughter, Telitha, describes her as being a very beautiful
woman. She was 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed between 115 and 130
pounds. Emmaline had a medium complexion, dark brown hair and very
dark blue eyes. Her shoes were size 6. Emmaline loved to weave. Her
hands were always busy carding, spinning and weaving. She made all of
the cloth for the children's clothes when they were small. She also made
beautiful bedspreads or coverlets as they were called in those days.
Emrnaline did not do any more weaving after 1882. (They had moved
from Georgia to Orange Co., Fla. to the community called Eustis. Here
she raised her grandchildren.)
The children told the story of a rocking chair that their Father gave to
their Mother Emmaline. Emrnaline loved to sit in that chair and it is
where she sat when ever she read her Bible. It was a rare occasion when
any of the children were allowed to sit in Mother's chair.
Emmaline was loved by all who knew her. She was even tempered,
very kind and not loud mouthed. She always had something kind to say
about everyone. Virtue was her main goal in life. She was always an
honest woman who sought for righteousness. Emrnaline had been taught
to read from the Bible. Emrnaline joined the Presbyterian Church and later
the Free Will Baptist Church. It was the desire of Emrnaline that all of her
children be raised in a religion that taught honesty and virtue.
When Emmaline read the Bible she always wondered why there were
not Prophets and Apostles on the earth today. Telitha wrote: "My Mother
was a Latter Day Saint at heart, but she did not know anything of the
Mormons. only that a childhood chum (Mrs. Maddocks) had been lured
off by a creed that had a host ofwives." Emmaline and Robert moved their
family from plantation to plantation, Robert being an overseer (fann
foreman). In 1882 they moved their family to Orange County (now Lake
County), Florida. Later on, Robert moved the family to a homestead in
Blackwater, Florida (east of Seneca, Florida). There Robert made shingles
with the help of the children. Having no way to transport the shingles to
be sold Robert left the family to borrow a team and wagon. He was gone
for several weeks. During that time period the family ran out of food and
had no means to purchase any food. Emmaline went into the swamp and
gathered an herb called vanilla. Gathering this vanilla was very hard work
and time consuming. This vanilla was used as a flavoring in fine tobacco.
She walked for miles to get a man to come and get the vanilla. She was able
to trade the vanilla for the commodities that her family needed. Telitha
remembers that her mother did trade for a print dress for herself and a pair
of shoes for Ollie.
Emmaline was always sacrificing for the welfare of her family. On one
occasion Emmaline has done some washing in exchange for a lovely
crocheted lace collar. When Emmaline came home with the collar, Telitha,
Ollie, Kate and Clara started to argue over which one of them would get
the collar. Emmaline could not keep back the tears. Telitha relates her
Mother's words, "Telitha and Ollie, I thought that you were old enough to
understand that your Mother needed something nice. You all have nice
things and I haven't had a nice collar for years." Telitha was fourteen at the
time and could never remember her Mother having a lace collar. Telitha just
assumed that her Mother did not care for nice things as she always gave
everything to her children and husband.
Emrnaline was the type of Mother who would get out and play games
with her children. One game was "Bumble Bee is Stinging Me." Robert
and the children would all hold hands in a circle with Mother in the middle. Emrnaline would say, "Bumble bee is stinging me and I want to get out of
here!" Emrnaline would dance around in the circle and try to distract the
children. She would then try to break out of the circle. When she succeeded,
the two children's hand she would break through would have to pay a
forfeit. They would be asked to dance, sing a song, run around the house or
anything else that their Mother asked them to do.
At Easter time, Emmaline would always make "rabbits' eggs. " She
would take chicken eggs, sew them up in pieces of cloth and then dip them
in boiling water. She would then cool the eggs before the cloth was removed.
The dye and pattern of the fabric would leave a beautiful design on the eggs.
At Christmas time Emmaline would always busy herself making gifts for the
children. She made rag dolls for the girls. Christmas dinner was always a treat.
There would be baked chicken, fresh homemade bread and all kinds of good
food to eat. (She could make the best biscuits and self rising bread)
Sometime in early 1895, Robert and Emmaline sold their home in Florida
and set out on a move to Texas. They were moving to Texas because
Emmaline's half brother Jonas Waller was living in Texas as were some other
cousins. Clara and Kate were the only children still living at home at the time
so they moved with their parents. Telitha related seeing her mother sitting in
her chair in the back of the wagon as they set out on their trek. They got as
far as Blichton, Marion, Florida and must have settled there. Emmaline wrote
letters to her children Telitha and Dennis postmarked "Blichton" for nearly a
year. We assume that their oldest daughter Mamie must have lived in the area
of Blichton because she wrote a letter to Telitha (February 16, 1896) telling
that their Mother was gravely ill. Telitha, who was living in Eustis, Florida
was not able to go to her Mother's bedside. Emmaline Mason Ann Waller
Pattison died on February 23, 1896 in Blichton, Florida. Emrnaline was a little
over 51 years of age. Emrnaline was placed in a handmade coffin. It was lined
with white percale and white lace. The outside of the coffin wad draped with
black percale and lace. She was buried at the Fellowship Church Graveyard in
Blichton. (Granddaughter Nellie Cooper Rogers has some remains of the fabric
that was saved and sent to Telitha who was not able to attend the funeral.)
EIias Thayer, a very dear friend of Emrnaline, engraved a headstone for the
grave. The stone read "Asleep in Jesus.
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