Emery, Henry

Born: 1802-01-07 Pennsylvania

Died: 1875-11-17

Flourished: 1837-1852 Fulton County, Illinois

Alternate name: Emry

Emery lived in Fulton County, Illinois, by 1837. He was first married to Olive Jacobs, with whom he had eleven children. After Olive's death in 1859, he married Hannah Gaffney. Emery purchased land in Henry County in 1852, near the town of Galva, where he farmed for the rest of his life. In 1860, he owned $15,000 worth of real estate.

Fragment of A Bill to Locate a State Road from Canton to Knoxville, and for Other Purposes; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Fulton County, IL, 265; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Henry County, IL, 309; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Henry County, 707:95, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Stark County, 22 February 1860, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Gravestone, Galva Cemetery, Knox County, IL.