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John Reed Emerson

Male 1844 - 1937  (93 years)


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

    Father Erastus Emerson,   b. 27 Jul 1810, Riga, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1887, Bergen, Genesee, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Serene Thombs,   b. 12 Oct 1813, Pownal, Cumberland, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1900 (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F1027  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

  • Headstones
    Emerson Family Gravestone
    Emerson Family Gravestone
    John Reed Emerson Headstone
    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 
    1. [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.