John Reed Emerson

1844 - 1937  (93 years)

• Name	John Reed Emerson
  Birth	9 Feb 1844	Riga, Monroe, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	23 Aug 1850	Riga, NY
  	age 6, born NY, living with parents
  Census	21 Jun 1855	Riga, NY
  	age 11, born Monroe Co, living with parents
  Military Service	1862/1865
  	Company H, 21st Conn. Vols
  Census	5 Jun 1865	Riga, NY
  	age 21, born Orleans Co, farmer, living with parents, now in the army
  Census	23 Jun 1870	Bergen, Genesee, NY
  	age 26, born NY, farming
  Census	11 Jun 1875	Bergen, Genesee, NY
  	age 31, born Monroe Co, farmer
  Census	21 Jun 1880	Bergen, Genesee, NY
  	age 36, born NY, farmer, parents born NY/ME
  Census	16 Feb 1892	Riga, NY
  	age 48, born US, farmer
  Census	8 Jun 1900	Newfane, Niagara, NY
  	age 56, born Feb 1844 in NY, marr 30 yrs, farmer, parents born NY/ME
  Census	12 May 1910	Newfane, Niagara, NY
  	age 66, born NY, marr 42 yrs, farmer, parents born NY/ME, nephew Lee Emerson in house
  Census	1 Jun 1915	Batavia, Genesee, NY
  	age 71, born US, living with daughter's family
  Census	7 Jan 1920	Batavia, Genesee, NY
  	age 75, born NY, widowed, parents born NY/ME, living with daughter's family
  Census	1 Jun 1925	Batavia, Genesee, NY
  	age 81, born US, living with daughter's family
  Death	8 Oct 1937	Batavia, Genesee, NY
  Burial	Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, NY
  Person ID	I3782	Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Erastus Emerson,   b. 27 Jul 1810, Riga, NY d. 21 Oct 1887, Bergen, Genesee, NY (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Serene Thombs,   b. 12 Oct 1813, Pownal, Cumberland, ME d. 1900 (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F1027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma L Bissell,   b. 24 Oct 1847, Bergen, Genesee, NY d. 8 Jun 1914, Newfane, Niagara, NY (Age 66 years)  [1]
  Marriage	18 Mar 1868	Bergen, Genesee, NY
  Children	+ 1. Clayton Bissell Emerson,   b. 28 Dec 1870, Bergen, Genesee, NY d. 24 May 1933 (Age 62 years) + 2. Bessie Emma Emerson,   b. 1 Jul 1879, Bergen, Genesee, NY d. 6 Jun 1966, Batavia, Genesee, NY (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F1028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2016

  
  

• Headstones		Emerson Family Gravestone
  		John Reed Emerson Headstone John R. Emerson / 1844 - 1937

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Batavia Times", 14 Oct 1937 (fultonhistory.com) Funeral services were held Monday for John R. Emerson, ninety-three, the last surviving Batavia veteran of the Civil War. He was the father of Mrs. William D. Johnson of the Clinton street road and a native of Bergen. As a member of Company H, 21st Connecticut Volunteers, he enlisted at the age of eighteen and was discharged three years later in 1865. Mr. Emerson witnessed the surrender of General Robert E. Lee. Other survivors besides his daughter are five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport

  
  

• Sources

  [S109] Beers, F. W., Gazetteer and biographical record of Genesee County, N.Y., 1788-1890 Syracuse, N.Y.: J.W. Vose, 1890, 872 pgs. , (Syracuse, N.Y.: J.W. Vose, 1890), pg. 337.