Notes for EDNA JOHNSON HENNESEY CORY:
Daughter of Joel and Ella Florina (Kier) Johnson.
Born: December, 1887 in Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas.
Died: About 1955 in Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma.
Buried: Pawhuska Cemetery, Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma.
Residence:
Before 1900 - Payne County, Oklahoma.
About 1904 - Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.
Married: (1) Artie Hennesey Before 1906 in Unknown.
(2) ? Cory After 1910 in Unknown.
Her sister, Amy, married Artie's older brother, William.
Second of eight children born to Joel Johnson and Ella FLorina Kier Johnson. Edna moved with her family from Yates Center, KS to Payne County, Oklahoma around 1900. Her parents moved the family to Okemah, OK around 1904 to open a furniture store and hotel. Edna married Artie Hennesey, the younger brother of her brother in law. They had 2 children Florence 1907 and Leslie 1909. Her husband died young and left Edna in a bad situation with 2 small children. Edna's father died suddenly in 1910 from a copperhead snake bite. Sometime after 1910, she remarried to a man named Mr Cory. Her year of death was estimated.
(Source: findagrave.com/Timothy)
(Source: findgrave.com/Timothy)