Note: The Edward Jackson Weems branch spells their name either Weems or Weemes. To simplify I've stayed with the original spelling of Weems.
Edward and Milissie Weems appear to have stayed in Mississippi until their deaths. It is unclear if they died at the same time but they both died between 1893 (birth of their last child) and 1900. Their son Robert J. Weems and his wife of two years, Jennie L. Frost are raising four of Robert's siblings in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana in 1900. The youngest is his 6- year-old sister, Bessie.
In Centre, Attala, Mississippi E. J. Weems lives next door to or with his aunt, Emily Weems Hodge, who probably help to raise him. (See 1880 Census) E. J. Weemes and his aunt are listed as part of the following household along with hundreds of others; if you have information of why the families were listed this way, please contact me:
1880 United States Census for E.D. 19, Centre, Attala, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254641, NA Film Number T9-0641, Page Number 190D
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Susan KELLUN Self M Female W 37 MS Keeping House MS TN
Bailey KELLUN SSon S Male W 17 MS Laborer MS MS
Isaac KELLUN Son S Male W 11 MS Laborer MS MS
John D. KELLUN Son S Male W 9 MS MS MS
Texana KELLUN Dau S Female W 6 MS MS MS
William KELLUN Son S Male W 5 MS MS MS
Martha KELLUN Dau S Female W 1 MS MS MSResearch needed, no known connection, could this be an unknown son of our Edward Jackson Weems:
Edward J. Washington Weems married Malissa
Child: E. J. Weems, b. 1875 in Mississippi who married Emily M. Claitor on June 10, 1894 in Attala, Mississippi.
E. J. Weems married M. E. Rook on June 10, 1894 in Attala, MississippiResearch needed, no known connection:
1880 United States Census for Jasper, Crawford, Arkansas
Family History Library Film 1254041, NA Film Number T9-0041, Page Number 520D
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Charles SCUDDER Self M Male W 32 GA Farmer GA GA
Sarah J. SCUDDER Wife M Female W 26 GA Keeps House GA GA
Ellnor SCUDDER Dau S Female W 9M AR GA GA
E. W. WEEMES Other S Male W 28 MS Works On Farm MS MSResearch needed, no known connection, different spelling:
Weams, Henry & Martha Out July 17, 1880 Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, Book F, Page 197OLD TOWN CEMETERY , CLAIBORNE PARISH LA. SECTION III
Weems, Beryl C. 9/11/1908 6/15/1984
Weems, Edith 7/17/1910
Family rumor: Milissie was a Native American - Choctaw.
1910 United State Census for Ward 6, Ouachita Parish Louisiana
Bud Jennings Head M W 24 M 5 MS MS
Della Jennings Wife F W 23 M 5 2 2 LA LA [Della Frost, daughter of Marion E. Frost]
Elma Jennings Dau F W 4 S LA MS
Lula May Jennings Dau F W 1 LA MS
Dan Weems Boarder M W 25 S MS MS
They live next door to Dan's brother, Robert Weems
Unsure of spelling of last name.