Charles A. Emery was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, March 14, 1839, and is the son of Thomas B. Hays and an adopted son of Ambrose Emery, of Coshocton county. Ambrose Emery married Polly Anderson, both natives of Pennsylvania, but they spent most of their lives in Ohio and raised a large family. They moved to Greene county, Indiana, in 1848 and located in Taylor township. He got three hundred and sixty acres of virgin land which he cleared, and soon made a splendid home. He was always a farmer, but became widely known and was highly respected. Both he and his wife died in Taylor township.
Charles A. Emery had few opportunities to attend school, which was held, in the vicinity where he was raised, in a log house. In 1860 he went to Albia, Monroe county, Iowa, and worked at farming. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, First Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, serving most of the time in Missouri and Arkansas, and was in many skirmishes with the Cantrell gang and in a battle near Little Rock, Arkansas. He was taken sick and was in the hospital for some time. He was later a nurse and also took care of the dead and wounded soldiers' effects. Having contracted a disease in his eyes and other sickness while on his way to Little Rock, he was discharged August 23, 1864, after which he came back to Greene county, Taylor township, and later moved to Stafford township, where he lived for three years. He lived in Washington township for twenty-one years, again in Stafford for two years. He finally moved to Richland township, where he now lives and runs a small farm. He has always engaged in farming.
He was twice married, first to Sarah A. Stalcup, of Greene county, in 1866. She died in a few years and he married Martha Quillen, of Taylor township, in 1871, while living in Greene county. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Jennings, the latter of Kentucky and the former of Virginia. They were pioneers of Taylor township, Greene county. He died in Richland township; she died in Bloomfield. They had twelve children, nine reaching maturity.
The subject had one child by his first wife, Annie, who married Hubbard Dowden, of Linton, Indiana.
Mr. Emery had eight children by his second marriage--
Rosie, now deceased, married James Blevins;
William H., engineer at Bloomfield, Indiana, who married Cora Weaver, and who has two children, Rosie and Weaver;
Harvey L., a painter at Paris, Illinois, married Edith Chipman, who has borne him one son, Bruce;
Amos E. and
Ernest V. both live at home;
Elsie J. married Robert Chipman, a farmer of Richland township, and they have one son, Forest;
Vesta E. lives at home, as does also
Algie F.
Mr. Emery has always been a farmer. He is well known throughout Greene county and has scores of friends there. He never aspired to office, but has always been a staunch Republican and a member of the Christian church.
Source: "Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind.
with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days", B.F. Bowen & Co.,
Indianapolis, IN, 1908.
Charles A. Emery had few opportunities to attend school, which was held, in the vicinity where he was raised, in a log house. In 1860 he went to Albia, Monroe county, Iowa, and worked at farming. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, First Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, serving most of the time in Missouri and Arkansas, and was in many skirmishes with the Cantrell gang and in a battle near Little Rock, Arkansas. He was taken sick and was in the hospital for some time. He was later a nurse and also took care of the dead and wounded soldiers' effects. Having contracted a disease in his eyes and other sickness while on his way to Little Rock, he was discharged August 23, 1864, after which he came back to Greene county, Taylor township, and later moved to Stafford township, where he lived for three years. He lived in Washington township for twenty-one years, again in Stafford for two years. He finally moved to Richland township, where he now lives and runs a small farm. He has always engaged in farming.
He was twice married, first to Sarah A. Stalcup, of Greene county, in 1866. She died in a few years and he married Martha Quillen, of Taylor township, in 1871, while living in Greene county. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Jennings, the latter of Kentucky and the former of Virginia. They were pioneers of Taylor township, Greene county. He died in Richland township; she died in Bloomfield. They had twelve children, nine reaching maturity.
The subject had one child by his first wife, Annie, who married Hubbard Dowden, of Linton, Indiana.
Mr. Emery had eight children by his second marriage--
Rosie, now deceased, married James Blevins;
William H., engineer at Bloomfield, Indiana, who married Cora Weaver, and who has two children, Rosie and Weaver;
Harvey L., a painter at Paris, Illinois, married Edith Chipman, who has borne him one son, Bruce;
Amos E. and
Ernest V. both live at home;
Elsie J. married Robert Chipman, a farmer of Richland township, and they have one son, Forest;
Vesta E. lives at home, as does also
Algie F.
Mr. Emery has always been a farmer. He is well known throughout Greene county and has scores of friends there. He never aspired to office, but has always been a staunch Republican and a member of the Christian church.
Source: "Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind.
with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days", B.F. Bowen & Co.,
Indianapolis, IN, 1908.
Charles A. Emery was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, March 14, 1839, and is the son of Thomas B. Hays and an adopted son of Ambrose Emery, of Coshocton county. Ambrose Emery married Polly Anderson, both natives of Pennsylvania, but they spent most of their lives in Ohio and raised a large family. They moved to Greene county, Indiana, in 1848 and located in Taylor township. He got three hundred and sixty acres of virgin land which he cleared, and soon made a splendid home. He was always a farmer, but became widely known and was highly respected. Both he and his wife died in Taylor township.
Charles A. Emery had few opportunities to attend school, which was held, in the vicinity where he was raised, in a log house. In 1860 he went to Albia, Monroe county, Iowa, and worked at farming. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, First Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, serving most of the time in Missouri and Arkansas, and was in many skirmishes with the Cantrell gang and in a battle near Little Rock, Arkansas. He was taken sick and was in the hospital for some time. He was later a nurse and also took care of the dead and wounded soldiers' effects. Having contracted a disease in his eyes and other sickness while on his way to Little Rock, he was discharged August 23, 1864, after which he came back to Greene county, Taylor township, and later moved to Stafford township, where he lived for three years. He lived in Washington township for twenty-one years, again in Stafford for two years. He finally moved to Richland township, where he now lives and runs a small farm. He has always engaged in farming.
He was twice married, first to Sarah A. Stalcup, of Greene county, in 1866. She died in a few years and he married Martha Quillen, of Taylor township, in 1871, while living in Greene county. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Jennings, the latter of Kentucky and the former of Virginia. They were pioneers of Taylor township, Greene county. He died in Richland township; she died in Bloomfield. They had twelve children, nine reaching maturity.
The subject had one child by his first wife, Annie, who married Hubbard Dowden, of Linton, Indiana.
Mr. Emery had eight children by his second marriage--
Rosie, now deceased, married James Blevins;
William H., engineer at Bloomfield, Indiana, who married Cora Weaver, and who has two children, Rosie and Weaver;
Harvey L., a painter at Paris, Illinois, married Edith Chipman, who has borne him one son, Bruce;
Amos E. and
Ernest V. both live at home;
Elsie J. married Robert Chipman, a farmer of Richland township, and they have one son, Forest;
Vesta E. lives at home, as does also
Algie F.
Mr. Emery has always been a farmer. He is well known throughout Greene county and has scores of friends there. He never aspired to office, but has always been a staunch Republican and a member of the Christian church.
Source: "Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind.
with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days", B.F. Bowen & Co.,
Indianapolis, IN, 1908.
Charles A. Emery had few opportunities to attend school, which was held, in the vicinity where he was raised, in a log house. In 1860 he went to Albia, Monroe county, Iowa, and worked at farming. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, First Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, serving most of the time in Missouri and Arkansas, and was in many skirmishes with the Cantrell gang and in a battle near Little Rock, Arkansas. He was taken sick and was in the hospital for some time. He was later a nurse and also took care of the dead and wounded soldiers' effects. Having contracted a disease in his eyes and other sickness while on his way to Little Rock, he was discharged August 23, 1864, after which he came back to Greene county, Taylor township, and later moved to Stafford township, where he lived for three years. He lived in Washington township for twenty-one years, again in Stafford for two years. He finally moved to Richland township, where he now lives and runs a small farm. He has always engaged in farming.
He was twice married, first to Sarah A. Stalcup, of Greene county, in 1866. She died in a few years and he married Martha Quillen, of Taylor township, in 1871, while living in Greene county. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Jennings, the latter of Kentucky and the former of Virginia. They were pioneers of Taylor township, Greene county. He died in Richland township; she died in Bloomfield. They had twelve children, nine reaching maturity.
The subject had one child by his first wife, Annie, who married Hubbard Dowden, of Linton, Indiana.
Mr. Emery had eight children by his second marriage--
Rosie, now deceased, married James Blevins;
William H., engineer at Bloomfield, Indiana, who married Cora Weaver, and who has two children, Rosie and Weaver;
Harvey L., a painter at Paris, Illinois, married Edith Chipman, who has borne him one son, Bruce;
Amos E. and
Ernest V. both live at home;
Elsie J. married Robert Chipman, a farmer of Richland township, and they have one son, Forest;
Vesta E. lives at home, as does also
Algie F.
Mr. Emery has always been a farmer. He is well known throughout Greene county and has scores of friends there. He never aspired to office, but has always been a staunch Republican and a member of the Christian church.
Source: "Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind.
with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days", B.F. Bowen & Co.,
Indianapolis, IN, 1908.
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