Edward Emery. Jr. and Elizabeth Ellen Holiday

Their child:		Individuals in this page:		Their parents:
		Edward Emery, Jr.	{	Edward Emery, Sr. & Julia Ann Freed
Ann Eliza Emery	{	&
		Elizabeth Ellen Holiday	{	Jesse Holiday & Abigail Osborn

Edward Emery, Jr. (Edward, Julia Ann) was born in August 1830 in Indiana ^UN14, or about 1828 ^UN13, 1831 ^{UN10, UN12, UN15}, or 1832 ^UN11. All census records state that he was born in Indiana, and his gravestone was engraved with a birthdate of August 18, 1830. He was said to have been childhood friends with “O.P. Neal” ^ST9, or Oliver P. Nale, whose family lived near the Emery family, as recorded in the 1850 census.

Edward filed for a marriage license on November 17, 1852, and wedded Elizabeth E. “Holaday” the following day in Orange County, Indiana in a ceremony officiated by David Osborn, a Methodist minister ^IN6. David Osborn was undoubtedly Elizabeth’s maternal uncle, the younger brother of Abigail Osborn, who was a Circuit Riding Minister to several local Methodist churches in Orange County ^OS1.

Edward was a cabinet maker in 1860, a farmer in 1870 and 1880, and a carpenter in 1885. He may have acquired his carpentry skills from a family member, because his ancestors, Jonathan Emery, John Emery, Sr., and Thomas Chase, were also carpenters. The Emery family moved from Indiana to Iowa sometime between 1853 and 1857, and back to Indiana circa 1862, and then on to Illinois circa 1867, which was inferred from the birth locations of their children. Emily was born in Indiana circa 1853, but Mary was born in Iowa circa 1857 ^UN11. William was born in Iowa about 1861, but Charles was born in Indiana about 1863, and later, Jessie was born in Indiana about 1866, but Mattie was born in Illinois about 1868 ^UN13.

There were several men named Edward Emery who served in the Civil War, and two in particular seem as though they may match the Edward Emery who married Elizabeth Ellen Holiday, but the pension record indicated which Edward was correct. The first (and incorrect) Edward Emery was a private in Company D of Indiana’s 128^th Infantry Regiment ^{US5, CI2}. At the time that he enlisted, on December 15, 1863, this Edward Emery lived in South Bend, Indiana, and he was discharged on April 26, 1866 ^US6. Pension application number 438025, with a certificate number of 515454, was filed on January 24, 1882, and indicated that he filed as an invalid, but no widow or minor was listed on the record ^CI2. Because Edward’s son, Charles, was born in Indiana in about 1863, it might seem as though perhaps this was the correct Edward Emery, but a different pension record for another Edward Emery stated that his widow was Ellen Emery, and that he served in Company F of Iowa’s 29^th Infantry Regiment; on April 9, 1887, application number 605340, certificate number 767678 was filed as an invalid from Kansas, and on February 3, 1911, application number 957496, certificate number 720098 was filed as a widow from Oklahoma ^CI2. Edward’s son, William, was born in Iowa in 1861, so this places Edward in Iowa at the proper time.

Edward Emery enlisted at age thirty-two on September 8, 1862 and joined Company F in Iowa’s 29^th Infantry as a private on November 12, 1862 ^US6. He was discharged on August 10, 1865 in New Orleans, Louisiana ^US6. Further confirmation of Edward’s military service can be found on the 1885 Kansas State census record. “Ed” Emery and his wife and daughter, Ellen and Mattie, resided in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas in 1885, when at that time Edward was a carpenter and his sixteen-year-old daughter was a teacher. This Kansas State census recorded that Edward had previously served as a private in Company F of the 29^th Regiment, Iowa Infantry.

Because they moved from the Millbrook Township area before 1885, Edward and Ellen were spared the effects of the storm which decimated Millbrook Township on August 4, 1887. Reports varied about the type of wind which flattened all but one home; two different sources were included in the same news article, and the first stated that the storm was a straight wind, but the other stated that it was a cyclone ^DE16. The storm struck at sundown, blowing from the northwest ^DE16. Millbrook Township was home to approximately 500 people, and about four people were killed, while at least twenty-five were injured ^DE16. “The cloud… was seen approaching but the velocity of the wind was so great that the people had no time to make preparations” ^DE16.

In 1900 and 1910, according to the census records, he and his wife resided in a facility called the Kansas State Soldiers’ Home, and he was a pensioner. The Soldiers’ Home may have relocated during that first decade of the twentieth century, or there may have been multiple facilities, as they lived at the Soldiers’ Home in Dodge City, followed by the Soldiers’ Home in Grandview Township. He was able to read and write, as indicated on census records. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, deaths began to be recorded on July 1, 1911, but employees at the Kansas State Soldiers’ Home stated that their records do not extend to 1911, and thus were unable to confirm that Edward died at their facility. Further, the librarian at the Kansas Historical Society searched their database of the registers of the Fort Dodge Old Soldiers Home yet found no entry for Edward Emery. Edward’s gravestone at the Kansas State Soldiers’ Home in Grandview Township, Ford County, Kansas stated that he died on January 9, 1911. Edward died at the Soldier’s Home on Monday morning, which would have been January 9, 1911, and his body was “taken west by a son for burial” ^{RU2, KI4}, at Harveyville Cemetery ^DE21. An article dated Friday, January 6, 1911 in The Dodge City Kansas Journal reported about an accident which contributed to the death of Edward Emery ^RU2:

Friday afternoon, J. C. Trent sent his feed team to the mill for feed for his stock. The young man drove up to the scales and stepped to the window to get his ticket, and as he turned aound saw the team running down the road towards home. The team kept straight in the middle of the road. Just east of town Edward Emery, an aged veteran was driving out in his cart. People saw the run-a-ways coming and yelled to him to get out of the way, but the veteran was deaf and did not heed the calls. The run-a-ways ran right over his cart, throwing the old man out. His jaw was broken and he suffered a number of sever contussions [sic]. Mr. Emery was taken to the hospital and is getting along as well as could be expected for a man of his age. Mr. Trent sincerely regrets the accident. While he was not responsible for the run-a-way, it was his team that caused the hurt.

His obituary stated ^ED10:

Edward Emery was born near Salem, Indiana, August 18^th, 1830. He was married to Miss Ellen Holliday in early life and moved to Iowa, where he enlisted in the 29^th Iowa Volunteers and fought for his country. In 1872 several years after the war was over he moved with his family to Kansas. He died at Fort Dodge, Kansas, at the age of 80 years, 4 months, and 21 days, from injuries received in a run away. He leaves a wife and seven children and a sister Mrs. William Pringle to mourn his loss. Rev. Stevenson preached a very impressive sermon from Revelations 21-4, after which the body was buried in the Harveyville cemetery. His unselfishness was the strongest trait in his character, and nothing he could do for his loved ones was ever too much trouble. During the last days he grieved for the welfare of his loved ones, but for himself all was bright ahead. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family.

· 1850 US Census: lived in Jackson Township, Washington County, Indiana.

· 1860 US Census: lived in Polk, Taylor County, Iowa.

· 1870 US Census: lived in Sidney Township, Champaign County, Illinois.

· 1880 US Census: lived in Millbrook Township, south of the south fork of the Solomon River, Graham County, Kansas.

· 1885 Kansas State Census: lived in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas.

· 1900 US Census: lived in Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.

· 1910 US Census: lived in Grandview Township, Ford County, Kansas.

Elizabeth Ellen Holiday (Jesse, Abigail) was born in February 1834 in Indiana ^UN14, about 1833 ^UN13, or about 1835, according to the 1860 and 1870 Federal censuses and the 1885 Kansas State census. The gravestone which she shared with Edward was inscribed with a birthdate of February 5, 1833 but did not state the date of her death. Because she was living in Oklahoma in 1920, she may not have been buried with Edward. The 1900 and 1910 censuses reported that both of her parents were born in North Carolina, but the 1880 census indicated that her parents were born in South Carolina. Surmised from census records, her first name was Elizabeth, but her middle name was Ellen, and her name on the 1910 census stated, “Elizabeth E.” Records which state that her name was “Ellen” include the 1870 and 1900 censuses, and her daughter’s death certificate. The 1860 and 1880 census recorded that her name was Elizabeth.

The Bloomfield Monthly Meeting of Women Friends, which transpired on the “4^th mo 6^th 1842” (probably the sixth day of the fourth month of 1842), mentioned Elizabeth Holliday and Amy Allen three times ^US11. The “friends”, or Quakers, who had been appointed to inform Ruth Bishop, Rebecca Bishop, and Elizabeth Newlin that the members of the Meeting had proceeded to testify against each of them, stated that it had been impractical to inform them of this. Elizabeth Holliday and Amy Allen were then appointed to offer each of these women a copy of this report and to inform them of their right to appeal ^US11. The Salem Monthly Meeting of Women Friends on “25^th of 12^th mo 1842” stated that Elizabeth Holliday requested to become a member of the Society of Friends, and that Elizabeth Wright, Miriam Talbert, and Lydia Starbuck would visit with her; a subsequent record indicated that after meeting with Elizabeth, these women believed that “her request should be granted and she is according into membership” ^US11. On “the 17^th of the 5^th month, 1852”, the Lick Creek Monthly Meeting of Women Friends recorded a complaint from the “Beach Grove Preparative Meeting against Elizabeth Ellen Holiday for neglecting the attendence of our religious meetings and departing from plainness in dress and address, and joining another society” ^US11. Two women were selected to visit her and to report back to the Meeting, and after doing so, they stated that she was “not inclined to make satisfaction” ^US11. The Lick Creek Monthly Meeting decreed that they had grounds to “testify against her” ^US11. The following month, on the “19^th of the 6^th month, 1852”, the Meeting minutes indicated that “men Friends” had testified against Elizabeth Ellen Holliday, and Dorinda Frazier was chosen to present Elizabeth with a copy of this testament and to “inform her of her right of appeal” ^US11. Later during that same Meeting, the record of minutes indicated that ^US11:

Elizabeth Ellen Holliday who has had a right of membership in the society of Friends has neglected the attendance of our religious meetings, departed from plainness of dress and address and also joined another society, for which she has been labered [sic] with without the desired effect; we therefore disown her from being a member with us.

Elizabeth Ellen was the mother of Emily (Emma), Mary Alice, Ann Eliza, William F., Charles E., Jessie E., and Martha Abby Emery. Emily Emery was born about 1853 in Indiana ^{UN11, UN12}, but she was called Emma in 1870 ^UN12. Emma “Emory” and Charles V. Thompson were married by Thomas S. Wyatt, Justice of the Peace on September 15, 1872 in Douglas County, Illinois ^DO25. Emily and Charles Thompson lived near Edward and Elizabeth Emery in Millbrook Township, Graham County, Kansas during the 1880 US Census ^UN13. The 1900 US Census recorded Charles and Emmilie J. Thompson in Little River, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, and this record stated that Emmilie was born in September 1853 in Indiana ^UN14. Emma J. and Charles V. Thompson were enumerated with Ellen Holliday, the mother-in-law of Charles Thompson, in Moore Township, Cleveland County, Oklahoma in 1920 ^UN16.

Mary A. Emery was born about 1857 in Iowa ^UN11 or 1856 in Indiana; she was called Allice in 1870 ^UN12. At age nineteen, Mary Alice Emery married Stanton Hadly near Burlingame in Osage County, Kansas on December 2, 1876 ^KA1. After the death of Stanton Hadly (Hadley), Mary Alice allegedly married William Pringle. William and Alice Pringle were enumerated in the 1900 US Census in Plumb Township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas, and in this census, Alice Pringle was said to have been born in November 1857 in Iowa to parents who were born in Indiana ^UN14. They had been married for eleven years ^UN14, which indicates that they married in 1889. William and Alice Pringle, both eighty-three years old, lived with their daughter, Nellie Hadley, in Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas during the 1940 US Census ^UN18.

Anna was born about 1859 in Iowa ^UN11 or about 1858 in Indiana. She was called Anna in 1860 ^UN11 but Eliza in 1870 ^UN12. Ann Eliza Emery (Edward, Elizabeth Ellen) was born on December 15, 1858 in Clarinda, Iowa ^{WI1, SE6, SH8}.

William Emery was born about 1861 ^{UN12, UN13} in Indiana ^UN12 or Iowa ^UN13. William F. Emery and his wife, Julia A. Emery, resided in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado in 1900 ^UN14. The 1900 US Census stated that William was born in April 1862 in Illinois ^UN14, but the 1910 and 1920 census records indicated that he was born in Iowa ^UN15,
UN16. They lived in Little River, Cleveland County, Oklahoma in 1910 ^UN15, but had moved to Moore Township, Cleveland County, Oklahoma by 1920 ^UN16. The 1920 US Census stated that W.F. Emery was fifty-eight years old and was born in Iowa, and lived with his wife, Julia A., and his mother, Elizabeth Ellen Emery ^UN16.

Charles E. Emery was born about 1863 in Indiana ^{UN12, UN13}. He was probably the Charles E. Emery who was born in August 1863 in Indiana to a mother and a father who were also said to have been born in Indiana ^UN14; he lived in Pueblo County, Colorado during the 1900 US Census with his wife, Maud L. Emery, and his two children, Ralph and Maud L., who was one-year-old ^UN14. Charles’ brother, William, also resided in Pueblo County, Colorado in 1900 ^UN14. At the time of the 1910 US Census, Charles E. Emery of Indiana was a forty-six-year-old married electrician who was a boarder with the family of William Cox in Marysville, Yuba County, California ^UN15. He was still an electrician when he resided in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California with his twenty-year-old daughter, Lucile, in 1920 ^UN16. A death record for Charles E. Emery stated that he died at age fifty-nine on October 12, 1921 in Los Angeles County, California ^CA82.

Jessie E. Emery was born about 1866 ^{UN12, UN13} in Illinois ^UN12 or Indiana ^UN13, but thus far, no additional information regarding his life has been located. Martha Abby (Emery) Orr was born on July 6, 1868 in “Chamlain” (Champlain), Illinois to Eliza Emery ^US27. Census records indicate that Martha Emery was born about 1868 in Illinois ^{UN12, UN13}, but in 1880 she was called Mattie ^UN13. Sixteen-year-old Mattie Emery, a teacher who was born in Illinois, was enumerated with Ed and Ellen Emery in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas in 1885 ^KA5. A marriage record between Mattie Emery and James Orr has not been found, but according to the 1910 US Census, they had been married for seventeen years at that time, placing their wedding in about 1893 ^UN15. They lived in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas in 1910 ^UN15 and 1915 ^KA5, but had moved to Lecompton, Douglas County, Kansas by the 1920 US Census, in which she was enumerated as Martha A. Orr ^UN16. The 1930 and 1940 US Censuses recorded her name as “Abby Orr”; she lived in Topeka, Kansas in 1930 ^UN17, Johnson County, Arkansas in 1935 ^UN18, and Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi in 1940 ^UN18. Mattie died on February 26, 1951 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi ^MR11.

At the time of the 1900 and 1910 censuses, Elizabeth Ellen was the mother of twelve children, and seven were still alive. She was able to read and write. She relocated to Oklahoma within a few weeks of her husband’s death, as she filed a pension in that state on February 3, 1911 ^CI2. On January 12, 1920, eighty-five-year-old Elizabeth Ellen Emery, a widow, was listed on the 1920 census in Moore Township, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, living with her son, W.F. Emery (William), and his wife, Julia ^UN16. They lived on a farm which William rented, and both Elizabeth and her parents were stated to have been born in Indiana ^UN16. On January 16, 1920, eighty-six-year-old Ellen Holliday, a widow, was called the mother-in-law of Charles V. Thompson when she was enumerated in that same township, and her birth location was stated as Indiana, but her parents’ birth location was North Carolina ^UN16.

· 1850 US Census: lived in French Lick Township, Orange County, Indiana.