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Emmett S. Staton

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Emmett S. Staton

Birth
Alderson, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Death
30 Aug 1916 (aged 33)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
R_15_5_1ES2
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Parents:James Porterfield Staton
Nancy Elizabeth Smithson died at 32 of pneumonia.
Step mother,Ella Burdette

Wife:Tessa Leonard
Children: May died at 5yrs old.
Fay Marie Staton-Jones born 1911 died 1932 in childbirth,Manilla,Philippines 21 yrs old.She had 1 daughter Fay Jones-Fallon of Clay,New York.

Emmett had several occupations listed on documents,
such as,Constable 1910,Fireman 1913,
Dealer of fine wines,liquors,cigars and tobacco 1914,Bartender 1916.

Utah Death Register states he died of a
penetrating chest wound at the emergency hospital.
Some of the family believe he was in a car accident but that was not on his death certificate.When Emmett S Staton was born on August 28, 1883, in Alderson, West Virginia, his father, James, was 19 and his mother, Nancy, was 21. He married Tessa Irene Leonard (Staton /Jackson) on April 13, 1908, in Salt Lake, Utah. They had two children during their marriage. (May & Fay) He died as a young father on August 30, 1916, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 33 and 2 days from a penetrating wound of chest & heart/ sustained by collision with a wagon while riding motorcycle. He is buried in Salt Lake along with his daugher May.
Parents:James Porterfield Staton
Nancy Elizabeth Smithson died at 32 of pneumonia.
Step mother,Ella Burdette

Wife:Tessa Leonard
Children: May died at 5yrs old.
Fay Marie Staton-Jones born 1911 died 1932 in childbirth,Manilla,Philippines 21 yrs old.She had 1 daughter Fay Jones-Fallon of Clay,New York.

Emmett had several occupations listed on documents,
such as,Constable 1910,Fireman 1913,
Dealer of fine wines,liquors,cigars and tobacco 1914,Bartender 1916.

Utah Death Register states he died of a
penetrating chest wound at the emergency hospital.
Some of the family believe he was in a car accident but that was not on his death certificate.When Emmett S Staton was born on August 28, 1883, in Alderson, West Virginia, his father, James, was 19 and his mother, Nancy, was 21. He married Tessa Irene Leonard (Staton /Jackson) on April 13, 1908, in Salt Lake, Utah. They had two children during their marriage. (May & Fay) He died as a young father on August 30, 1916, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 33 and 2 days from a penetrating wound of chest & heart/ sustained by collision with a wagon while riding motorcycle. He is buried in Salt Lake along with his daugher May.


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