The 1880 Poplar Creek, Knox County Kentucky Census names Emby L Centers (Hart) as a Stepson in the household of John Centers and Lydia Narcissus "Hart" Centers.
Lydia N Hart Centers is a daughter of Thomas W Hart and Mary Terrell.
Dec 24, 1894, Knox County, Kentucky marriage record.
Groom; M. B. Sentors (Emby L Hart) age 21.
Parents of groom, John and Lydia Senters.
Bride; Carrie J Barton, age 16.
Parents of bride; Joseph A and Sarah E (Mitchell) Barton.
According to family members, Emby and Carrie were on their way to Eastern Washington State by train when their young daughter died along to way, perhaps about 1895. After that, they returned to Kentucky. Emby and Carrie were divorced before 1900 when Carrie was living in Corbin, Kentucky and remarried Joseph Harvey Elliott.
Emby's 1949 Washington State death cert only lists his mother as "Liddie", Lydia Hart Centers.
DNA results confirm Emby's father was a Hubbs.
His mother Lydia Narcissus Hart Centers died about 1896 in Knox County Kentucky. Lydia's gravesite is UNKNOWN however John Jackson "Jack" Center is buried in Gray Cemetery near Rockholds.
He also very likely spent time in the households of Minor McKiddy, Henry Gilbert Terrell and William C Browning that were his neighbors.
On March 8, 1898, 25 kin folk left Louisville Kentucky by the Monon train route for the wheat fields of Whitman County Washington. There he worked as a hired hand for the Meuli family until he had enough money to buy his own wheat farm.
In 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt visited Tekoa and Spokane Washington in his bid for a 2nd term. Emby was hired through his friend Lee Timothy Philpot, Find A Grave Memorial# 47101331 as a private guard for Teddy for his stay in Eastern Washington State.
In the winter of 1909-1910, E. L. Hart once again returned to his native Kentucky but only to visit and take a new bride. February 04, 1910, in Corbin, Whitley County Kentucky, Emby Luther Hart and Rhoda Elizabeth Browning were married.
They soon returned to their wheat farm near Rosalia, Steptoe and Waverley, Washington. They had three sons, Berges Luther Hart, Hugh Carl Hart and Willard Sherrod Hart. For a time around 1917, Emby and Rhoda were buying a full section of land (640 acers) near Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. I do not know what happened, perhaps it was due to a poor harvest, but they were not able to keep up with the payments. This farmland was reverted back to the bank in Wenatchee, Washington.
In 1948, on retirement from farming, Emby and Rhoda bought a house in Oakesdale, Whitman County Washington.
Emby's car was struck by a train in 1949 and he died from this accident. He was a Mason and a member of the Odd Fellows.
The 1880 Poplar Creek, Knox County Kentucky Census names Emby L Centers (Hart) as a Stepson in the household of John Centers and Lydia Narcissus "Hart" Centers.
Lydia N Hart Centers is a daughter of Thomas W Hart and Mary Terrell.
Dec 24, 1894, Knox County, Kentucky marriage record.
Groom; M. B. Sentors (Emby L Hart) age 21.
Parents of groom, John and Lydia Senters.
Bride; Carrie J Barton, age 16.
Parents of bride; Joseph A and Sarah E (Mitchell) Barton.
According to family members, Emby and Carrie were on their way to Eastern Washington State by train when their young daughter died along to way, perhaps about 1895. After that, they returned to Kentucky. Emby and Carrie were divorced before 1900 when Carrie was living in Corbin, Kentucky and remarried Joseph Harvey Elliott.
Emby's 1949 Washington State death cert only lists his mother as "Liddie", Lydia Hart Centers.
DNA results confirm Emby's father was a Hubbs.
His mother Lydia Narcissus Hart Centers died about 1896 in Knox County Kentucky. Lydia's gravesite is UNKNOWN however John Jackson "Jack" Center is buried in Gray Cemetery near Rockholds.
He also very likely spent time in the households of Minor McKiddy, Henry Gilbert Terrell and William C Browning that were his neighbors.
On March 8, 1898, 25 kin folk left Louisville Kentucky by the Monon train route for the wheat fields of Whitman County Washington. There he worked as a hired hand for the Meuli family until he had enough money to buy his own wheat farm.
In 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt visited Tekoa and Spokane Washington in his bid for a 2nd term. Emby was hired through his friend Lee Timothy Philpot, Find A Grave Memorial# 47101331 as a private guard for Teddy for his stay in Eastern Washington State.
In the winter of 1909-1910, E. L. Hart once again returned to his native Kentucky but only to visit and take a new bride. February 04, 1910, in Corbin, Whitley County Kentucky, Emby Luther Hart and Rhoda Elizabeth Browning were married.
They soon returned to their wheat farm near Rosalia, Steptoe and Waverley, Washington. They had three sons, Berges Luther Hart, Hugh Carl Hart and Willard Sherrod Hart. For a time around 1917, Emby and Rhoda were buying a full section of land (640 acers) near Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. I do not know what happened, perhaps it was due to a poor harvest, but they were not able to keep up with the payments. This farmland was reverted back to the bank in Wenatchee, Washington.
In 1948, on retirement from farming, Emby and Rhoda bought a house in Oakesdale, Whitman County Washington.
Emby's car was struck by a train in 1949 and he died from this accident. He was a Mason and a member of the Odd Fellows.
Family Members
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Maynard Ellsworth Centers
1877 – unknown
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Thomas Henry Centers
1881 – unknown
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John Willis Hubbs
1884–1886
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Bettie Florence Hubbs Hill
1885–1960
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Stella Ann Hubbs Hill
1887–1979
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Julia Ellen Hubbs Casey
1889–1967
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Fannie J. Hubbs Hill
1890–1975
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Telitha Hubbs Partin
1892–1976
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Pearl Hubbs Warfield
1893–1978
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James Marshall Hubbs
1896–1937
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Henry Stevenson Hubbs
1898–1996
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Mary Hannah Hubbs Warfield
1900–1974
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Charlie Kye Hubbs
1904–1985
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Lucy Mae Hubbs Terrell
1906–1992
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