Emery, Dr. Jesse - biography
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Emery, Dr. Jesse - biography
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Classification: Biography
Surnames: Emery, Pounds, Newton
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from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record†by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 88.
DR. JESSE EMERY, a resident of Murray, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1811, a son of Conrad EMERY, who was a native of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and of German descent. He was reared on a farm, his father being a farmer by occupation, and his education was received in the common schools, and at Cannonsburg Seminary, in Washington County, of his native State.
He began reading medicine at home, and by diligent study he became well versed in the knowledge of his profession, which he has followed successfully at intervals for thirty-three years. He left his native State in 1819, going with his parents to Wayne County, Ohio.
March 28, 1833, he was married to Margaret Pounds, a native of the same county as her husband, and a daughter of Thomas Pounds. Five of the seven children born to the Doctor and Mrs. Emery are living--Sarah J., Conrad, Thomas, Elizabeth and Elijah. Those deceased are--Hannah, who married and left at her death five children, and James, who was killed by a log rolling on him, when nineteen years of age.
Doctor EMERY left Wayne County, Ohio, in 1835, removing to Knox (now Stark Countyy, Illinois in 1835. In 1853 he came with his family to Clarke County, Iowa, when he settled in Doyle Township, and in 1855 he and David Newton laid out the town of Hopeville. He came to Murray in 1876 where he has since made his home. When the Doctor first made his home in Clarke County, the Indians were the principal inhabitants. He was then obliged to go to Eddyville to mill, ninety miles distant, and during the first five years spent here, he went to Burlington to do his trading, which was 160 miles from his home. He would go to that city but once a year, getting sufficient to last a year.
In 1860 he went to the Rocky Mountains, returning home the same year, and while there held the office of justice of the peace a short time. While living in Illinois he served as constable. During the late war he served in the Union army sixteen months, being a member of Company I, Fifth Missouri Infantry.
from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record†by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 88.
DR. JESSE EMERY, a resident of Murray, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1811, a son of Conrad EMERY, who was a native of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and of German descent. He was reared on a farm, his father being a farmer by occupation, and his education was received in the common schools, and at Cannonsburg Seminary, in Washington County, of his native State.
He began reading medicine at home, and by diligent study he became well versed in the knowledge of his profession, which he has followed successfully at intervals for thirty-three years. He left his native State in 1819, going with his parents to Wayne County, Ohio.
March 28, 1833, he was married to Margaret Pounds, a native of the same county as her husband, and a daughter of Thomas Pounds. Five of the seven children born to the Doctor and Mrs. Emery are living--Sarah J., Conrad, Thomas, Elizabeth and Elijah. Those deceased are--Hannah, who married and left at her death five children, and James, who was killed by a log rolling on him, when nineteen years of age.
Doctor EMERY left Wayne County, Ohio, in 1835, removing to Knox (now Stark Countyy, Illinois in 1835. In 1853 he came with his family to Clarke County, Iowa, when he settled in Doyle Township, and in 1855 he and David Newton laid out the town of Hopeville. He came to Murray in 1876 where he has since made his home. When the Doctor first made his home in Clarke County, the Indians were the principal inhabitants. He was then obliged to go to Eddyville to mill, ninety miles distant, and during the first five years spent here, he went to Burlington to do his trading, which was 160 miles from his home. He would go to that city but once a year, getting sufficient to last a year.
In 1860 he went to the Rocky Mountains, returning home the same year, and while there held the office of justice of the peace a short time. While living in Illinois he served as constable. During the late war he served in the Union army sixteen months, being a member of Company I, Fifth Missouri Infantry.