Life History

Notes

• 1900 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina, 7 June, Crabtree Township, District 123, page 3B-4A, Hse #46, Fam #48
  Hall, James M Head W M Feb 1837  63 Married 20 years NC NC NC Farmer Owns
  Hall, Rachel Wife W M April 1855  45 Married 20 years 8 children/7 living NC NC NC
  -- page 4A --
  Hall, Pansey Dau W F April 1884 16 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer
  Hall, Cleveland  Son W M July 1889 10 Single NC NC NC
  Hall, Kirby  Son W M April 1894 6 Single NC NC NC
  Hall, Essie Dau W F Mar 1897 3 Single NC NC NC
  
  The date of birth reported here for Pansey, April 1884, is two years later than that reported in genealogies, 6 April 1882.  The Social Security Death Index reports yet another date, April 1885.  This is common for people born in this era.  The 190-0 census was notorious for wrong years of birth, commonly 1 years off, often much more.
  
  A descendant of Thomas and his first wife Ara Bell Hall says that both Pansy and Ara were born in Yancey County, North Carolina.  She also states that Ara (Arra) and Pansey were half-sisters.  The timeline, however, does not accommodate Arra's reported date of birth.
  
  Tom and Ara Bell's marriage record clarifies her birth somewhat, reporting her 18 years old at the time of her marriage in 1898.
  
  NC Marriages List 1850 - 1920
  (Very Common Transcription Error in Tom's last name)
  Thomas EDWARDS [Edmonds] 22
  Spouse Ana Belle HALL 18 [b abt 1880]
  18 Jun 1898 Yancey County
  Witnesses:  D J Young - A E Hensley, R J Hyatt, H B Silver
  --  Courtesy of Suzy Crews, comment on this genealogy on Ancestry.com, 2 Nov 2013
  
  Pansey was the daughter of James Madison Hall and his second wife, Rachel Gurley.  James' first wife, Judea or Judy Robinson, is reported to have died in 1876, while Arra, who is reported in 1900 as being born in Dec 1880, 4 years after Judy died.  James married Rachel in 1880, perhaps early enough for her to have been Arra's mother.  But other genealogies report no child of James Matthew Hall by either wife named Ara/Arra Bell.
  
  In a series of communications with another descendant of Thomas Sheridan Edmonds, we learned that other members of this lineage also have the idea that Judith was the mother of Arra Bell, even though the dates in historical evidence make it impossible.
  
  "I just called one of the two living children of Pansy Susan Dunn, she and her sister Donna lives in TX. She says that Arra and Pansy were half sisters. She may be wrong also."
  --  Rema Ogle. email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 29 March 2013
  
  In 1904, after Ara Bell's death, Thomas married her sister Pansey Mae Hall.
  
  NC Marriages List 1850 - 1920
  Thomas EDMONDS 29 - Pansey M HALL 19
  Married 16 Apr 1904 Yancey County
  Ceremony performed by Rev E Silver
  --  Courtesy of Suzy Crews, comment on this genealogy on Ancestry.com, 2 Nov 2013
  
  1910 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina, 3 May, Upper Laurel Township, District 92, page 8B, Upper Laurel Rd, Hse #148, Fam #149
  Edmonds, Thomas S Head M W  34  2nd Marriage Married 6 yrs TN TN TN Farmer Owns [b abt 1876]
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  Edmonds, Pansy M Wife  F W  26  1st Marriage Married 6 yrs 4 children/4 living NC NC NC
  Edmonds, William S Son  M W 5 Single NC NC NC
  Edmonds, Kanie M Son  M W 4 Single NC NC NC
  Edmonds, Dora E Dau  F W 4 Single NC NC NC
  Edmonds, Vertie Dau  F W 4mos Single NC NC NC
  
  1920 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina, 10 January, Upper Laurel, District 127, page 2B-3A, Hse/Fam #37
  Edmonds, Tom S Head Owns M W  48 TN TN KY Farmer [b abt 1971]
  Edmonds, Pansy M Wife F W  37 NC NC NC [b abt 1882]
  Edmonds, Spurgin [sic] Son M W  14 NC NC NC [b abt 1905]
  Edmonds, Kennie M Son M W  12 NC NC NC [b abt 1907]
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  Edmonds, Dora Dau F W  11 Single NC NC NC [b abt 1908]
  Edmonds, Vertie Dau F W  10 Single NC TN NC [b abt 1909]
  Edmonds, Rachel Dau F W  7 Single NC TN NC [b abt 1912]
  Edmonds, Troy Son M W  6 NC NC NC [b abt 1913]
  Edmonds, Ed Son M W  4yrs8mos NC NC NC [b abt April 1915]
  Edmonds, Sue Dau F W  2 Single NC TN NC [b abt 1917]
  
  "I have a copy of a Delayed Certificate of Birth Registration in North Carolina for Rachel Edmonds the daughter of Thomas and Penny [Pansey] Hall Edmonds."
  --  Suzanne Kennedy, Geneanet Messageing to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 August 2015
  
  1930 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina, no date, Upper Laurel Township, District 19, page 9B, Hse #174, Fam #181
  Edmonds, Thomas S Head Owns $800 Owns Radio M W 58 First Married at age 20 NC NC NC Farmer
  Edmonds, Pansy Wife F W 49 First married at age 19 NC NC NC
  Edmonds, Troy Son M W 17 NC NC NC Laborer
  Edmonds, Ed Son M W 14 NC NC NC Laborer
  Edmonds, Susana Dau F W 13 NC NC NC
  Edmonds, Mills Son M W 11 NC NC NC
  Edmonds, Imogene Dau F W 9 NC NC NC
  Edmonds, Donnie Dau F W 5 NC NC NC
  Edmonds, Alfred S Son M W 11mos NC NC NC
  
  1940 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina, 11 April, Township 11, District 8-24, Page 3B, Lower Laurel Rd, Hse #42, Owns $300
  Edmonds, Tom Head M W 68 Married Grade 0 b NC Same place in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1872]
  Edmonds, Pansy Wife F W 56 Married Grade H4 b NC Same place in 1935 [b abt 1884]
  Edmonds, Mills Son M W 20 Grade H4 b NC Far Helper [b abt 1920]
  Edmonds, Imogene Dau F W 18 Single Grade H1 b NC Same place in 1935 Rug Maker [b abt 1922]
  Edmonds, Donnie Dau F W 16 Single Grade H1 b NC Same place in 1935 Home Work [House work?], Private Home [b abt 1924]
  Edmonds, Alfred Son M W 11 Single Grade 4 b NC Same place in 1935 [b abt 1929]
  Shelton, Mrs Blaine [Susanna?] Dau F W 29 Widow Grade 6 b NC Same house in 1935 [b abt 1911]
  Shelton, Genevive Granddau F W 5 Single Grade 10 b Same house in 1935 NC [b abt 1935]
  Shelton, Blaine Jr Grandson M W 3 Single Grade 0 b WV Princeton, Mercer Co WV in 1935 [b abt 1937]
  
  North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
  Pansy Hall Edmonds
  White Female, Widowed
  Residence Madison County, North Carolina
  Age 95, Birth 6 Apr 1882
  Death 31 Mar 1978 At Home, Madison County, North Carolina
  No Autopsy
  Attended by a Physician
  Burial in state
  Social Security #242-90-0925
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Pansy Edmonds
  Born 6 Apr 1885
  Died Mar 1978
  Last Residence Mars Hill, Madison, North Carolina 28754
  SSN 242-90-0925 issued North Carolina (1968)
  
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  Need info on the late Dr. James Madison Hall and his wife Rachel Gurley.  They resided in Yancey County and their daughter Pansy Hall was born there 4-6-1885. Pansy married Thomas S. Edmonds and later resided in Madison County, NC.  James and Rachel also had a daughter named Essie Hall nee Hughes [? Essie Hughes nee Hall (born Hall) or Essie (Hall) Hughes] who resided in Burnsville at the time of Pansy's death in 1978.
  
  According to Pansy's obituary, she was survived by seven daughters, Mrs. Bertha Shrewsburry of Daniels, W. Va., Mrs. Dora Aycock of Halifax, N.C., Mrs. Vertie Abad of San Diego, Calif., Mrs. Rachel Shelton of Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. Suzanne Pridemore of Austin, Tex., Mrs. Imogene Trevino of Kinston, Mrs. Donna Jaranilla of Oviedo, Fla.; four sons, Spurgeon Edmonds of Mars Hill, Troy Edmonds of Weaverville, Ed Edmonds of Marshall, and Al Edmonds of Sanford, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Essie Hughes of Burnsville; 62 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
  
  --  Tina Hill Fountain, Asheville, NC, Ancestry Genealogy Discussion, 19 Feb 2000,  http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.sandiego/32/mb.ashx
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  Pansy Mae Hall Edmonds
  Birth Apr 6, 1882
  Death Mar 31, 1978
  Parents:
  James Madison Hall (1831 - 1916)
  Rachel Jane Gurley Hall (1852 - 1935)
  Spouse Thomas Sheridan Edmonds (1872 - 1965)
  Children:
  Canie Madison Edmonds (1906 - 1978)
  Rachel Edmonds Shelton (1912 - 2013)
  Troy Edmonds (1914 - 2011)
  Edd Edmonds (1916 - 1985)
  Burial Mars Hill Cemetery, Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina
  Maintained by Suzy Crews, Originally Created by Nan Ballard Sep 09, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #58412163, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58412163

Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina
  • no date, Upper Laurel Township, District 19, page 9B, Hse #174, Fam #181
• 2. North Carolina, Death Collection, 1908-2004
• 3. Suzy Crews
• 4. 1910 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina
  • 3 May, Upper Laurel Township, District 92, page 8B, Upper Laurel Rd, Hse #148, Fam #149
• 5. 1940 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina
  • 11 April, Township 11, District 8-24, Page 3B, Lower Laurel Rd, Hse #42, Owns $300
• 6. Social Security Death Index
• 7. 1900 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina
  • 7 June, Crabtree Township, District 123, page 4A, Hse #46, Fam #48
• 8. NC Marriages List 1850 - 1920
• 9. Gerald Bollinger 2005, via Shirley, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24 July 2011
• 10. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975