I was so surprised and delighted to get a response after all this time!! You're the FIRST person to know exactly who I'm talking about!! Tell me, do you know if John Carney was Emily Elizabeth's father or stepfather? She went by both Emily Pearson and Emily Carney and at first I thought my grandpa Hillard had two wives named Emily. lol Everyone on that side of my family with any answers is dead. My mother knows nothing. What info I have about Emily, I got from my great-aunt Ada, Emily's oldest daughter, when she was in a nursing home. The info was pretty sketchy. She said Emily and her mother were part Choctaw. I know the Carneys were Choctaw. She told me Emily's father was a cousin of Annie's but she didn't give me the father's name. So, I don't know if John Carney was my gg-grandfather or my gg-step-grandfather. ANY info on this would be greatly appreciated!!! THANK YOU for contacting me!!!