General Information

Birth
14 NOV 1853
Death
17 OCT 1927
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Prairie Grove, Washington County, AR

Notes

THE EDMISTON’S OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS

BY ALLAN S. HUMPHREYS

{30) JAMES PULASKI EDMISTON, (Zebulon Brevard, 4 etc.), was born l4 Nov. l8S3; died 7 April l907; {l) l2 Sept. 1877 to Mary E. Central, Box 20 Feb 1858; died 27 April 1882; m. (2) to Loretta Annie Russell, born 1862; died 6 June 1901; m. (3) 22 March 1903 to Emma Otie Green, (daughter of Judge Henderson P. Greene, of Prairie Grove, born ca. 1875.

He moved from Cane Hill to Fayetteville about 1900 so that his children might attend the University o! Arkansas. While living in Fayetteville he operated a grocery store. Because of his wife's illness they returned to Cane Hill, but she died shortly afterward, and he then became manager to the grocery department of The Southern Mercantile Company in Prairie Grove.

(31) DAVID NOAH 5 EDMISTON, (Zebulon Brevard,4 etc.), born 25 August 1855; died 28 April 1928; m, 8 Dec. 1886 to Annie E. Lacy, (Dau, of Thome Henderson am Mary Eliza (McClellan) Lacy), b. 11 April 1859; d. 22 Jan. 1944

In 1880, he was a dry goods merchant in Hog Eye, Ark. Later returned to Cane Hill to join his brothers in operating the store their father had founded. Finally, he operated an independent store, until he retired.

Parents

Zebulon Brevard Edmiston
- Father
1830 - 1891
Birth
17 APR 1830
Hempstead County, Arkansas
Death
18 NOV 1891
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Edmiston Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Eunice Jane Gray
- Mother
1827 - 1907
Birth
7 JUL 1827
Sevier County, Tennessee
Death
7 AUG 1907
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Edmiston Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas

Spouses

Loretta A. Russell
- Wife
1862 - 1901
Birth
5 SEP 1862
Death
8 JUN 1901
Burial
Edmiston Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Mary E. Cantral
- Wife
1858 - 1882
Birth
20 FEB 1858
Death
27 APR 1882
Burial
Edmiston Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Emma Otie Greene
- Wife
1878 - 1879
Birth
30 JAN 1878
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
25 AUG 1879
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Anna Russell
- Wife
1859 - 1944
Birth
11 APR 1859
Death
22 JAN 1944
Burial
Edmiston Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas

Children

Loreta Edmiston
- Daughter
1887 - 1901
Birth
14 APR 1887
Death
2 DEC 1901
Burial
Edmiston Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Camie L. Edmiston
- Daughter
1892 - 1894
Birth
26 JUN 1892
Death
13 OCT 1894
Burial
Edmiston Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Ethel Edmiston
- Daughter
1882 - 1956
Birth
17 FEB 1882
Death
6 MAR 1956
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Burial
Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Ivy Russell Edmiston
- Son
1890 - 1964
Birth
12 JAN 1890
Death
22 JAN 1964
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
24 JAN 1964
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Prairie Grove, Arkansas
James G. Edmiston
- Son
1878 - 1900
Birth
6 MAR 1878
Death
9 SEP 1900
Burial
Edmiston Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas