Emma Sophia Reno, daughter of Luther Henry Reno and Julia Ann McCarthy, first married George Dewey Woods/Corbin, son of Benjamin H. Corbin and Eva Inez Gifford, on November 27, 1919 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her second husband was August Brinkman, son of William Brinkman and Lizzie Faerber.(K) Emma and George Dewey had three children: Eva Lula, and twins Lydia Grace Nellie and Edward Dewey. George Dewey Corbin met and married Emma using the last name "Woods", therefore his children (and his grandchildren from his son Edward Dewey), carried the name "Woods" instead of their true last name "Corbin". Emma divorced George on December 23, 1925, in St. Louis, Missouri, for abandonment.
* Emma's correct birthdate which is shown on this memorial was found on her birth record from St Louis County, Missouri. The date of her birth given on her death certificate is incorrect.
* Emma's correct birthdate which is shown on this memorial was found on her birth record from St Louis County, Missouri. The date of her birth given on her death certificate is incorrect.
Emma Sophia Reno, daughter of Luther Henry Reno and Julia Ann McCarthy, first married George Dewey Woods/Corbin, son of Benjamin H. Corbin and Eva Inez Gifford, on November 27, 1919 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her second husband was August Brinkman, son of William Brinkman and Lizzie Faerber.(K) Emma and George Dewey had three children: Eva Lula, and twins Lydia Grace Nellie and Edward Dewey. George Dewey Corbin met and married Emma using the last name "Woods", therefore his children (and his grandchildren from his son Edward Dewey), carried the name "Woods" instead of their true last name "Corbin". Emma divorced George on December 23, 1925, in St. Louis, Missouri, for abandonment.
* Emma's correct birthdate which is shown on this memorial was found on her birth record from St Louis County, Missouri. The date of her birth given on her death certificate is incorrect.
* Emma's correct birthdate which is shown on this memorial was found on her birth record from St Louis County, Missouri. The date of her birth given on her death certificate is incorrect.
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