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Emma Sitton
Female 1881 - 1967

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  • Birth  21 Jul 1881  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  27 Jul 1967  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary  28 Jul 1967  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Fulton Sun-Gazette 
    • Mrs. Emma Thurston
      Mrs. Emma Thurston, 703 Nichols St., died at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Callaway Hospital, where she had been a patient for two weeks.
      She was born July 21, 1881, in Callaway County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Newton Sitton. Her husband, Millard Thurston, died in 1939.
      Mrs. Thurston attended William Woods College and was a teacher at the School for the Deaf for a number of years. She was a member of the Court Street Methodist Church and the Order of the Easten Star.
      She is survivied by a brother, Howard Sitton, Kentucky, a nephew, Robert Sitton, Verona, Wis., one other nephew and four nieces.
      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Maupin Funeral Home, with Rev. Vergil Eaton officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.
    Buried  29 Jul 1967  Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I1148  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  14 May 2009 
     
    Father  Capt. Isaac Newton Sitton,   b. 6 Jan 1836, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1905, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Sarah Jane Fletcher,   b. Abt 1847, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1884, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  22 Sep 1870  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F530  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Millard F. Thurston,   b. 5 Nov 1873, New Florence, Montgomery, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1939, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1907  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified  20 Dec 2005 
    Family ID  F1909  Group Sheet
     
  • Headstones
     Thurston family stone
    Thurston family stone
    Thurston family headstone. This headstone sits between the Thurston and Sartor families. The wives of Millard Thurston and Charles Sartor were sisters and the two families lived together all their married lives.
     Emma Sitton Thurston
    Emma Sitton Thurston
    Emma Sitton Thurston, 1881 - 1967. Emma Sitton was a daughter of Capt. Isaac Newton Sitton and Sarah Jane Fletcher. She was a granddaughter of John F. Fletcher and Judith Simco, and, John Sitton and Sally Jamison. She was my 1st cousin twice removed. In 1907 in Callaway Co., Missouri, she married Millard F. Thurston.…
     
  • Notes 
    • It appears that Emma and Addie lived together their whole lives. They shared a house while married, and when I met them in the late 1950's and early 1960's in Fulton, they were still together.

      Emma and Addie were 1st cousins of my grandmother Jo Carter Herring.
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jul 1881 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1907 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Jul 1967 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Fulton Sun-Gazette - 28 Jul 1967 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 29 Jul 1967 - Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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