Mrs. Emma Pinkerton Emma sitting on the front porch of her home in Sherman, Texas. Emma married N.L. Smith in 1892 in Hill County, Texas.
In 1902 she married John D. Pinkerton, who was listed as a tinner in the 1905 Sherman City Directory. John died in Clovis, New Mexico in 1914 and was buried next to Emma's parents. After his death, Emma moved to California, where in 1915, she married Herbert O. Pearce. After his death in 1929, Emma learned that her childhood sweetheart, Jasper Newton "Newt" Deguire, whom she believed had been killed in an 1892 cattle stampede, was still alive and living in California as well. They were married in 1935 and lived as man and wife until his death in 1941. Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |