Emmie Caroline Bishop 
Emmie Caroline was born about 1881 in , , Texas, USA.1 Emmie Caroline's father was Jeston Bishop and her mother was Mattie Peninton. Her paternal grandparents were Benjamin Earl Bishop and Naomi Jane Shipley. She had six brothers and five sisters, named Benjamin F., William, Henry Jeston, Henry, Wessie, Willie, Eugena E., Naomi Jane, Rosa, Lillian and Minnie May. She was the third oldest of the twelve children. She died on February 12th, 1965 in Belton, Bell County, Texas, USA. She was buried on February 14th, 1965 in McDowell Cemetery, Belton, Bell County, Texas, USA.2 General Notes
1900 Census: Bartlett, Bell, Texas; Roll T623_1610 Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 21.
Rueben Brown Head W M June 1874 26 M 3 Texas Mississippi Mississippi
Emma Brown Wife W F Oct. 1882 17 M 3 1 1 Texas Arkansas Arkansas
Nettie Brown Daughter W F Nov. 1899 8/12 S Texas Texas Texas
Mary Brown Mother W F May 1840 60 Wd 4 3 Miss. Mississippi Mississippi
1910 Census: Killeen, Bell, Texas; Roll T624_1530; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 1092.
John W Pruitt 24
Emma Pruitt 33
Mattie Braum 11
Ernest Braum 9
Robert Pruitt 7
Johnney Pruitt 1
1920 Census: Justice Precinct 1, Bell, Texas; Roll T625_1776; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 36.
John Prewitt 37
Emma Prewitt 39
Ernest Prewitt 18
Robert Prewitt 14
Preston Prewitt 10
Willie Prewitt 7
Gordon Prewitt 2
Name: Emmie Caroline Prewitt
Death date: 12 Feb 1965
Death place: Belton, Bell, Texas
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 91 years
Estimated birth year:
Birthdate: 02 May 1873
Birthplace: Texas
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse's name:
Father's name: Justin Bishop
Father's birthplace:
Mother's name:
Mother's birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Belton, Bell, Texas
Cemetery name: McDowell
Burial place: Belton, Bell, Texas
Burial date: 14 Feb 1965
Additional relatives: X
Film number: 2117699
Digital GS number: 4028300
Image number: 620
Reference number: cn 6104
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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From Wanema <Wanema1723 at aol dot com>
"A Tribute Published in the Temple Daily Telegram
Temple, Texas
Feb. 14, 1965
Memorial Obituary
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Feb. 12, 1965
Mrs. Prewitt
Belton - Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Prewitt 91, of Belton will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Heartfield Funeral Home, Rev. Willie Turrell officiating. Burial will be in McDowell Cemetery.
Mrs. Prewitt died in a Belton hospital Friday night after a long illness.
She was born in Mills County and had lived in Bell County and Belton most of her life. She was a member of the Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include four sons, Preston Prewitt, Gordie Prewitt, Earnest Brown and Robert Brown, all of Belton; two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Prewitt of Belton and Mrs. Junie May Worchester of Houston; four sisters, Mrs. Betty Whiteley of Killeen, Mrs. Minnie Smith of Belton, Mrs. Rosie Whiteley of San Diego, Calif. and Mrs. Nay Morrison of Nacogdoches; a brother, Wesley Bishop of Austin.
Mrs. Prewitt's husband died in 1949."
Pallbearers will be Orville Wood, Wayne Drake, Floyd Kelly, Dan Kelly, Edward Kelly and Wilburn Adams.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1833 in , , Tennessee, USA d.> 1880 in possibly Granger, Williamson County, Texas, USA
- b.11 Nov 1855 in , , Arkansas, USA d.10 Jan 1933 in Prec No.1, Bell County, Texas, USA
- b.~ 1775 in probably Maryland, USA d.01 Feb 1820 in , Rhea County, Tennessee, USA
- b.01 Jan 1805 in , Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA d.26 Aug 1881 in Mulberry, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA
- b.1759 in Dunmore/Shenandoah County, Virginia d.25 Jan 1841 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
- b.~ 1780 in , , Tennessee, USA d.15 Nov 1857 in , , Tennessee, USA
- b.~ 1750 d.< 1840 in , Greene County, Tennessee, USA
- b.~ 1835 in , Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA d.> 1880 in possibly Granger, Williamson County, Texas, USA
- b.1811 in During Oats Harvest in Tennessee, USA d.>19 Mar 1890 in , , Arkansas, USA
- b.~ 1881 in , , Texas, USA d.12 Feb 1965 in Belton, Bell County, Texas, USA
- b.~ 1863 in , , Texas, USA d.07 Mar 1906 in , Leon County, Texas, USA
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1 1920 United States Census
2 Death certificate
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=burgess_kimes&id=I40722
2 Death certificate
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=burgess_kimes&id=I40722
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