Emily Elizabeth Jackson 1853-1928, Pike County, Il She married Thomas Nelson Rhodus. Her Father was William H. Jackson. Listed with the side note, “Indian girl”, in the Lynch/Rhodus family bible, also part of Lynch family folk lore. I have found a listing for an Emily Jackson at the Chilocco Indian Training School, showing race as Indian, and employed as an assistant cook. I also have some unidentified family pictures, and the woman in the photos are definitely not of pure European descent. But, all census data for Emily lists race as white, and Ancestry DNA does not show native blood for me. Making one last attempt in this research. Thank-you.
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