Per the 1860 and 1870 federal census, Emma lived with her parents, Lewis and Julia, and her siblings in Zanesville, Ohio. Her father was a cigar manufacturer and a saloon keeper. The saloon was on Market Street in Zanesville. Emma was one of 10 children born to them. Her siblings were Matilda (1854-1855), Katinka (1868-1862), Louisa (1860-1949), George (1862-1894). August (1864-1936), Amelia (1867-1953), Herman (1868-1908), Julia (1870-1962) and Christin (1873-1940).

Emma married Frank A. Gerteisen on Jan 2, 1886 in Muskingum County. Unsure what happened to Frank.

Emma and Joseph A. Miles' marriage in 1890 was noted to be the second marriage for both of them. Joseph, was a coal digger and was the father of eight living children, ages 5-23. His first wife, Anna and their ninth child, passed away in 1888 during childbirth. Joseph and Emma resided in Zanesville, Ohio. Joseph passed away in September 1917.

Emma married for the final time, at age 69 years, to Charles Arthur Deavers, 57 years, on November 21, 1925. Charles, a coal miner, was the father of eight grown children from two previous marriages. She and Charles lived together in Washington, Ohio until his death in December 1934.

When Emma died in 1936 at the age of 80 years, she had been married three times but never had children of her own. She did help raise her step-children from Joseph Miles and they are noted in her obituary as her children with no step-child distinction.

A sad note, her brother, August, at age 72 years, died the day after Emma. The Zanesville Signal reported: "he was run over by a woman driving an automobile. She did not see him lying in the road and ran over his head. He may have suffered a stroke prior to the accident."

Emma's obituary follows:

Mrs. C. Deavers Funeral Rites To Be Thursday
Succombs Tuesday Morning at Home After Illness of Infirmities

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma H. Deavers, widow of Charles A. Deavers, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home, Langan Lane, with Rev. Homer McDaniel officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.

Mrs. Deavers, who was 80 years old, died Tuesday morning at her home following an illness of infirmities.

She was a member of Trinity M.E. church, the Home Missionary Society and the Bryan Bible class of the church.

Surviving are three sons by a former marriage, James Miles of Flushing, O., Joseph Miles of Zanesville and Edward Miles of Wheeling, W. Va.; six stepchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Martin of Fultonham, Mrs. Julia Factor of Tiffin, O., and Mrs. A. L. Gille of this city; two brothers, August Gebhardt and Christopher Gebhardt, both of this city, and a number of nieces and nephews.

The body was taken to the Dean funeral home and will be removed to the residence Wednesday evening.

Published in The Times Recorder, Zanesville on November 25, 1936.