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Emma Jane Porter Eppes Schooler

24 Nov 1856 – 7 May 1934

Birth24 Nov 1856
Death7 May 1934
CemeterySheffield Cemetery
Sheffield , Pecos County , Texas , USA
Added byRob Walker on 17 Jul 2014
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25 June 1880 - US Census - Justice Precinct 5, Eastland, Texas Household ........Role .........Sex .....Age Birthplace Martin Eppes ....Self ..........Male ....30 ..Mississippi Emma S. Eppes Wife .........Female 23 ..Texas Carrie F. Eppes ..Daughter Female 1 ....Texas 1890 - US Census - Destroyed in 1921 census fire From Thomas Anderson Eppes By Edna Finney Allison (deceased) Note: Broken in parts to insert sources into the timeline. After the death of her husband, Martin Eppes at Llano, Texas, Emma Eppes, his wife, sold his land for the sum of one hundred dollars paid by Chas. Smith, "the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have granted, sold and conveyed all of that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the County of Blanco known as Survey No. 107, on the waters of White Oak Creek, a tributary of Grape Creek, about 20 miles N 15 W from Blanco City." 1 June 1900 - US Census - Junction, Kimble, Texas Household .....Role .........Sex ......Age Birthplace Birth Date Emma Epps ...Head ........Female 41 ..Texas .........Nov 1859 (widowed) Carrie Finney Daughter ..Female 20 ..Texas .........Mar 1880 Allian Epps ....Daughter ..Female 18 ..Texas .........Apr 1882 Ned Epps .......Son ...........Male ....17 ..Texas .........Aug 1883 Rubie E Epps .Daughter ..Female 13 ..Texas .........Mar 1887 Anna S Porter Mother .....Female 75 ..Vermont .....Apr 1825 (widowed) Ed Finney ......Son-in-law Male ....21 ..Texas .........Feb 1879 Emma then moved her family to Junction, Texas. Here she put in a milnery shop and "photograph gallery". She had a real good business; and her children attended school at Junction. Her oldest child, Carrie completed school there at the age of 18. Emma Eppes then moved to Eldorado, Texas, where she bought (or had built) a two story house that stood where the courthouse stands today. Her daughters, Carrie and Aileen married, so Emma Eppes started back to teaching again, this time in Concho County. Among the students there were about eight motherless children. They were children of Mr. J. W. Schooler who was one of the trustees of the school. Emma married Mr. (William) Schooler then he sold his farm in Concho County and bought a ranch south of Sterling City, where they moved to. 2 May 1910 - US Census - Justice Precinct 2, Sterling, Texas Household ...........Role ................Sex .....Age Birthplace John W Schooler Head ...............Male ....49 ..Kentucky Emma Schooler ..Wife ................Female 48 ..Texas Ashe Schooler .....Son .................Male ....23 ..Texas James Schooler ..Son .................Male ....22 ..Texas William Schooler .Son .................Male ....20 ..Texas Robert Schooler ..Son .................Male ....19 ..Texas Lorena Schooler ..Daughter .......Female 16 ..Texas John Schooler .....Son .................Male ....14 ..Texas Sam Schooler ......Son .................Male ....12 ..Texas Mollie Schooler ....Daughter .......Female 10 ..Texas Lee Schooler ........Son .................Male ....9 ....Texas Pertine Schooler ...Daughter .......Female 7 ....Texas Ruby Eppes ...........Stepdaughter Female 23 ..Texas Emma continued to teach his children and a few ranch boys who rode over horseback to attend school at the ranch house. Mr. Schooler sold the ranch and invested in town property in Big Lake, Texas. Writer (Edna Allison) feels compelled to mention what a wonderful person Emma Eppes was. She was a Baptist and truly lived her religion, always doing everything possible to help other people. During the "flu" epidemic in 1918 she went day and night nursing and doing for families. In some cases the whole family would be down and dying. She never had the flu herself. She loved young people and taught the Baptist Young Peoples Union, where as many as 300 hundred or more young people attended. She went fishing and swimming with the teenagers. Many times she helped straighten out their tangled fishing lines, with all the patience in the world. 1920 - US Census - Justice Precinct 2, Reagan, Texas Household ............Role ...................Sex ......Age Birthplace John W Schooler ..Head ..................Male ....58 ..Kentucky Emma Schooler ....Wife ...................Female 58 ..Texas James S Schooler Son .....................Male ....32 ..Texas Pearl Schooler ......Daughter-in-law Female 21 ..Texas Pat Schooler .........Son .....................Male ....25 ..Texas Sam Schooler .......Son .....................Male ....22 ..Texas Melva Schooler .....Granddaughter ..Female 4 ....Texas 16 April 1930 - US Census - Prairieview, Lea, New Mexico Household .............Role ...............Sex ......Age Birthplace Claud Cox ..............Head ..............Male ....37 ..Texas Ila May Cox ............Wife ...............Female 39 ..Washington Mayriss E Cox ........Daughter .......Female 8 ....New Mexico Amolene Cox .........Daughter .......Female 7 ....New Mexico Norma T Cox .........Daughter .......Female 4 ....New Mexico Claud Herbert Cox Son .................Male ....1 ....New Mexico Sarah C Eppes .......Mother-in-law Female 67 ..Texas Emma Schooler .....Lodger ...........Female 71 ..Texas (widowed) San Angelo Standard-Times, San Angelo, Texas · Sunday, 08 October 1933 pg 6 Pioneer Woman Recalls Last Indian Battle Mrs. Emma Schooler Tells Of Fight On Pack- saddle Mountain Slumbering peacefully at night, when a child, while savages prowl. ed about the home, their voices frightening the now thoroughly alert and watchful mother, in the absence of the husband and father, is the experience of Mrs. Emma Schooler, one of the comparatively few remaining pioneers of the state. Mrs. Schooler is visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Ball, in San Angelo, where she is writing a book on the experiences of the early settlers along the frontler, when life was anything but a bed of roses. For the last few years she has made her home with another daughter, Mrs. F. C. Bates, on the Bates ranch, near Sheffield. She was born in Blanco county, in 1856, and remained in that part of the state the greater part of the time until she became of age. She began teaching school in that county and followed that vocation intermittently for a number of years. This pioneer clearly remembers the fact pertaining to the last battle of any consequence between the whites and Comanche Indians, which took place on top of Packsaddle mountain, along about 1871. The Indians had been trailed to their rendezvous on top of the mountain by a posse of white settlers who had determined to drive the marauders from that part of the state, the culmination of a long and serious reign of terror perpetrated by the Comanche and other Indians. The pioneers followed the band of Indians up a secret path, in single file, and secreted themselves on the summit until all were ready to attack. The Indians, thinking themselves safe, were thoroughly surprised, and thrown into such a panic that they scattered in every direction. Finally rallying they gave abttle(sic) as best they could, but were shot down on all sides, few of them escaping. They were feastIng upon barbecued horseflesh, as was their usual habit, and a boy, who had been gnawing a rib bone, fled with it in his hand. It is presumed that he received a fatal wound in the fighting; for, about a year later, the bones of the boy were found and the rib was clasped in the fingers of a skeleton hand. Further north and west the Indians continued their depredations and were punished accordingly. The Pecos country continued to suffer from these raids and mail routes and settlements were often attacked, but in some instances by outlaw white men. The Texas Rangers were organized and went into action and drove the remaining Indians back to the reservations, or to adjoining states where they found it best to remain. They also disposed of other outlaws to the extent that, for the first time, West Texas was made a really safe and habitable land. Death Note: Emma's death certificate was issued in Terrell County, Texas but news paper accounts claim death was in Sheffield, Pecos County, Texas. Both 1930 and 1940 census records show her daughter was living in rural Terrell County close to the border with Sheffield in Pecos County. The San Angelo Evening Standard, Monday, May 7, 1934 pg 8 Death Takes Early Texan Mrs. Emma Schooler Lived On Frontier Most Of Her 77 years Mrs. Emma Schooler died of a heart attack at Sheffield,(sic) Texas, Sunday night at about 10:30 o'clock, according to word received here early Monday by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ball, of 66 East Avenue G. Funeral arrangements await word from Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Bates, son-in-law and daughter, with whom she was making her home. Mrs. Schooler was 77 years old, having been born in Blanco County in 1856. For the last several months she had been writing a book on frontier experiences, Frontier Times recently published an account of her life. Mrs. Schooler had resided with her daughter here part of the time. Burial likely will be here. The San Angelo Morning Times, Tuesday, May 8, 1934 pg 10 Obituaries Mrs. Emma Schooler Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Schooler, 77, Sheffield, who died there(sic) late Sunday night of a heart attack, were held yesterday afternoon with burial in the Sheffield cemetery. Mrs. Schooler was born in Blanco County in 1856, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Porter, pioneer settlers of Texas. she spent practically all of her life on the frontiers of Texas and a vivid memory of the early day happenings and activities of the pioneers who worked Texas. Some of her early experiences were recently published in Frontier Times, a historical publication. A daughter, Mrs. C. W. Ball, resides here at 66 East Avenue G. She was residing with another daughter, Mrs. F. C. Bates, at the time of her death. About three years ago, Mrs. Schooler was seriously burned when she was living with a sister near Lovington, N. M. The sister, an invalid, died in the fire which destroyed the home. Mrs. Schooler suffered from injuries received when she endeavoured to rescue the sister. She never fully recovered from those injures, it was said.

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