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Emily Harvey
Thomas Tubman Christian Woman And
Benefactor To Many
Directions To The Grave Brief Sketch Of Emily Tubman Mrs. Tubman was
buried in her summer hometown of Frankfort, Kentucky in the beautiful Frankfort
Cemetery. Traveling from the entrance of Frankfort Cemetery heading in the direction of Daniel
Boone's grave, you will make a sharp right turn on the way. As you are about to
make the right, there, just back to the left, is the beautiful pink
obelisk which marks Her winter home was in
Augusta, Georgia where she helped nurture the church, along
with Dr. Daniel Hook for over 20 years, beginning in the late 1830's.
J.S.
Lamar, in John T. Brown's book Churches of Christ, said she was, "a woman whom
Georgia disciples revere still as their sainted mother and bountiful
benefactress, and whose memory is forever embalmed in their grateful
hearts." (p.215) The people of Augusta, She was also greatly beloved in Kentucky. She helped build the First Christian Church in Frankfort, Kentucky after it burned in 1870. She helped finance many great works, making contributions to Bethany College, and other Schools of learning. Without the aid of Emily Thomas Tubman the works of many would have faded into oblivion. Tubman is buried in Section B in the Frankfort Cemetery. See Map
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the plot of the Tubman
family. This wealthy southern woman was the benefactor of many brethren in need. Emily Harvey Thomas
grew up in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Her father, Edmund
Pendleton Thomas was the first land registrar of the state, and their house was
located in downtown Frankfort. When her father died, Henry Clay was listed as her
guardian. She moved to Augusta, Georgia in 1818. She married Richard C.
Tubman, and lived between Augusta
and Frankfort, Kentucky for some years. She was baptized in the Kentucky River
in 1828 by 
Georgia greatly loved Mrs. Tubman,
as they, on March 21, 1994, dedicated a monument on
Green Street in Augusta, to her memory. (See Picture Below)
