Emily Green (Plummer) Page (1822 - 1917)

Born 4 Nov 1822 in Fleming, Kentucky

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Died 11 Sep 1917 at age 94 in De Kalb Village, Missouri

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Biography

Emily was born in 1822 and passed away in 1917.

Article written in paper upon her death:

Mrs. Emily Page, who died in DeKalb at 4 O'clock last night, was almost ninety-five years of age, and had lived near Atchison about seventy years. She was a mighty fine woman, experienced many hardships natural to pioneering, and reared a large family. She was born in Fleming County Kentucky, in 1821, and would have been ninety-five years of age next November. Her mind was clear up to a few months ago. She died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Osborne, who is very ill now, and seems to be suffering from a nervous breakdown. Mrs. Emily Page and her husband, Jess Page, settled in Platte County, near the Buchanan County line, when they were very young, and Mrs. Page remained on the old homestead until about ten years ago, when she moved to DeKalb. She was sixteen years old when she married. Jess Page died about twenty-seven years ago. Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Page, and the nine children who survive are Charles Page, John Page and Mrs. Lizzie Osborne, of DeKalb; James Page of Oakland, CA; George Page and Mrs. Sam Hargrove, south of Rushville; Mrs. Louise Lawson, of Rushville; Mrs. Melissa Holland, of Caney, KS, and Mrs. Emma Brown, of Platte County.

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Page started West in 1845, "the year after the overflow." They came to Liberty, MO, on a boat, and were on the waters about a month. At Liberty they bought a wagon and ox team, and came to Platte County overland, and stopped at a point two miles east of Bean Lake. There Mr. Page came into possession of forty acres of land, four acres of which had been cleared. There was a log cabin on the place, and there the young couple began housekeeping. They were a plucky, hard-working couple, and eventually became the owners of 500 acres of land. Later they sold that farm, and bought another 500 acres northeast of Bean Lake.

First Hand Knowledge

At the close of the Civil War and the Emmancipation Proclamation many of the Pages, Jesse and Emily and their older children, were known to have slaves to who they gave their freedom. Some of the blacks chose not to leave the only home they have ever know and others left but returned and asked to live again with the Page families.

Emma Page said there was a man in their household when she was growing up. He helped around the farm and every Sunday he hitched up the buggy and took Nannie and her young children to Sugar Creek Church where he found a seat in the back of the church and left as soon as the sermon was over to get the rig ready for the family to return. He was not shown on the Census but is believed to call himself “Nigger Jim”.

Erwin Hargrove says he recalls a black man affectionately called “Nigger Jack” who was raised with Charles Page and remained with him all his life.

Bertha and A.D. Blythe had “Nigger Lew”.

“Deaf Bill” lived with Emma Page and Luther Brown. He became deaf from a blow to the head by an Indian who was trying to scalp him. He was completely devoted to Emma Page and treated her like a queen. On the Census he is listed as William Hamilton, born in Georgia, and is buried in the Bellis Cemetery on what is now the Clarence Trumbull Farm. He was also mute, or deafened so young that he never learned to speak. He and the Browns managed to communicate somehow so he felt safe and at home there.

In 1900, the Platte Co. census shows a black named George Canada, age 65 (born 1835) living with William Rees and Amanda Page. It says he was born in Kentucky, his mother born KY and his father born Va. In the 1880 Census, Wm. M. Krusor has a black servant named Elizabeth Canada, age 37 (born 1843).

A William Page, believed to be the father of Jesse Page, is living with Thomas and Elizabeth Canada in 1850. They were on the 1850 Census but can find no property ownership or other mention of them in Platte Co. Beliebe that wherever they went, they left George and Elizabeth in Platte Co.

Census/Residence

1850 Census - Platte County, Missouri^[1]

Jesse Page Male 30 Kentucky

Emily Page Female 27 Kentucky

Francis Page Male 9 Kentucky

John Page Male 7 Kentucky

Elizabeth Page Female 5 Kentucky

William Page Male 3 Missouri

Amanda Page Female 0 Missouri

1860 Census^[2]

Jesse Page Male 39 Indiana

Emily Page Female 37 Kentucky

Francis M Page Male 21 Kentucky

John W Page Male 17 Kentucky

Elizabeth H Page Female 15 Kentucky

William Page Male 13 Missouri

Amanda Page Female 10 Missouri

Louisa M Page Female 8 Missouri

Geo Page Male 6 Missouri

Malissa Page Female 3 Missouri

Jos M Page Male 1 Missouri

1880 Census - Marshall, Platte County, Missouri^[3]

Jessie Page Self Male 62 Missouri, United States

Emily Page Wife Female 59 Kentucky, United States

Alice Page Daughter Female 15 Missouri, United States

Emily Page Daughter Female 11 Missouri, United States

Lizzie Page Daughter Female 35 Kentucky, United States

Georgie Page Daughter Female 12 Missouri, United States

Mollie Page Daughter Female 5 Missouri, United States

1900 Census - Marshall Township (west half), Platte, Missouri^[4]

Garren L Brown Head Male 22 Missouri

Emma Brown Wife Female 22 Missouri

Earl L Brown Son Male 8 Missouri

Jessie W Brown Son Male 5 Missouri

Charles Brown Son Male 3 Missouri

Emily M Page Mother Female 78 Kentucky

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZJ-GZN : 9 November 2014), Elizabeth Page in household of Jesse Page, Marshall, Platte, Missouri, United States; citing family 201, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZG-5QN : 30 December 2015), Elizabeth H Page in entry for Jesse Page, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FQ-Z2V : 13 August 2016), Emily Page in household of Jessie Page, Marshall, Platte, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 84, sheet 15C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0710; FHL microfilm 1,254,710.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M384-NJR : accessed 10 November 2021), Emma Brown in household of Garren L Brown, Marshall Township (west half), Platte, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 136, sheet 3A, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,882.