Emma Daniel Wilson Andrews
1887-12-27 1989-01-07
Last surviving child of Lawrence and Savannah Daniel.
Emma and her husband Milledge had 6 children Lawrence, Sophie, James, Johnie, Garvey, and Estelle. When the boll weevil ruined crops in SC, they relocated to Hephzibah, GA . After her husband was tragically killed while digging a well, the family moved back to Johnston. She was then briefly married to Rev. John Andrews before her eldest son Lawrence permanently relocated the family to DC in the 1930s.
Dubbed the "Harriet Tubman" of the family, as family members began migrating North her home at 1219 Harvard St NW, DC was always a welcoming respite.
Emma and her husband Milledge had 6 children Lawrence, Sophie, James, Johnie, Garvey, and Estelle. When the boll weevil ruined crops in SC, they relocated to Hephzibah, GA . After her husband was tragically killed while digging a well, the family moved back to Johnston. She was then briefly married to Rev. John Andrews before her eldest son Lawrence permanently relocated the family to DC in the 1930s.
Dubbed the "Harriet Tubman" of the family, as family members began migrating North her home at 1219 Harvard St NW, DC was always a welcoming respite.