Emma Louise Jones

  General Notes:

Louise's husband, Carl A. Wortham, passed in 1920. By 1930 she has remarried: The 1930 Federal Census for Henderson, Vance Co., North Carolina, District 2, page 14A, dated April 4, 1930 records Emma L. [Louise] Shaw (36 - NC/England/NC) with her 2nd husband, Edwin F. Shaw (41 - NC/NC/NC), and Emma's son, Turner Wortham Jr. (12 - NC) living with Emma's widowed mother, Bettie C. Jones (61 - NC/VA/NC) and Emma's single sister, Bettie C. Jones (32 - NC/England/NC) at 826 Garnett Street. Edwin is the Proprietor of a Plaster Veneering Businees and was first married at age 30. Emma was first married at age 22.

The 1940 Federal Census for Henderson, Vance Co., North Carolina, District 91-4, page 58B, dated April 15, 1940 records Louise J. Shaw (46 - NC) with her 2nd husband, Edwin F. Shaw (53 - NC), and Emma's son, Turner Wortham (22 - NC), living with Emma's single sister, Bettie C. Jones (43 - NC), and Emma's married sister, Mabel J. Waddill (48 - NC) at 826 Garnett Street. Edwin is the owner of a Coat Hanger Mill. Also in the household are Bettie Waddill (19 - FL) (abs), and Edmund Waddill (12 - FL). All of the adults have some college: Edwin has completed 4 years of college, Louise has completed 4 years of college, Turner has completed 2 years of college, Bettie has completed 1 year of college, and Mabel has completed 2 years of college.


From www.findagrave.com
Louise Emma Jones Shaw
Birth: Feb. 5, 1894
Death: Jul. 30, 1990
Emma Louise Jones was the daughter of Bettie Corbitt and Pryce Turner Jones, who was born in England. She married Carl Archibald Wortham and had a son Turner Jones Wortham. After Carl died, she married Edwin Ferebee Shaw. He was her second husband and she was his second wife.
Parents:
Pryce Turner Jones (1859 - 1926)
Bettie Corbitt Jones (1867 - 1931)
Spouses:
Carl Archibald Wortham (1887 - 1920)
Edwin Ferebee Shaw (1886 - 1951)
Children:
Turner Jones Wortham (1918 - 1991)
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Henderson, Vance Co., North Carolina

Emma married Carl Archibald Wortham, son of Adolphus Richard Wortham and Mattie J. Lewis, circa 1918 in North Carolina. (Carl Archibald Wortham was born on 15 Sep 1887 in Warren Co., N.C, died on 16 Oct 1920 in Henderson, Vance Co., N.C. and was buried on 17 Oct 1920 in Elmwood Cemetery, Henderson, N.C..) The cause of his death was Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Emma next married Edwin Ferebee Shaw. (Edwin Ferebee Shaw was born on 14 Aug 1886 in Shawboro, Currituck Co., NC, died on 30 Dec 1951 in Henderson, Vance Co., N.C. and was buried on 30 Dec 1951 in Elmwood Cemetery, Henderson, N.C..) The cause of his death was Acute Cornary Thrombosis.