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Leroy Albert Emmons

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Leroy Albert Emmons Veteran

Birth
Brewerton, Onondaga County, New York, USA
Death
20 Oct 1918 (aged 76)
Onondaga County, New York, USA
Burial
Brewerton, Onondaga County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
1-015-1
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Served as a corporal in Co. H, 149th New York Infantry

Emmons—A message from Ogdensburg on Sunday announced the death of Roy Emmons, aged 77 years, a veteran of the Civil War, who formerly lived in this city. He was a retired farmer, and for years resided near Brewerton. The body was taken to Brewerton for burial. His wife died here last week of influenza.
Printed Oct. 23, 1918.
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Son of Chauncey B. Emmons and Chloe R. Wood
First wife=Mary E. Landers married on Jan 31, 1867. She died Feb. 25, 1868
Second wife=Madora A. Foster married on April 10, 1869. She was born June 28, 1847 and died Dec 16, 1888.

Mr. Emmons enlisted at Brewerton, Sept. 3, 1862, in Co. H., 149th Regt. N. Y. S. Inf. Vols., Robert E. Hopkins, Captain, and H. A. Barnum, Colonel. He was with his regiment in nearly all of its engagements with the enemy, and in its march under Gen. Sherman, from Chattanooga to Savannah. At the Battle of Chancellorsville, a bullet clipped a piece from his left ear, missing the jugular vein by an eighth of an inch. He was promoted a corporal, and was color bearer on the return march from Savannah to Raleigh, NC. He was present at the final muster June 22, 1865.

Children by second wife Madora A. Foster:
Albert Leroy (b. Oct. 12, 1870)
Mary Arvilla (b. June 10, 1872)
Claretta Adell (b. June 16, 1874)
Myrtle May (b. Aug. 8, 1875)
Linford Charles (b. Aug. 16, 1877, Hastings, NY)
Rosa Belle (b. Oct. 16, 1878)
Warren (b. June 30, 1881, West Monroe, NY)
Madora Sophia (b. May 28, 1883)
Nathan B. (b. Apr 17, 1885, Clare, Mich.)

Source: The Emmons Family Genealogy: A Record of the Emigrant by Thomas Emmons of Newport, Rhode Island with Many of His Descendants from 1639 to 1905

https://ia600905.us.archive.org/13/items/emmonsfamilygene00byuemmo/emmonsfamilygene00byuemmo.pdf
Contributor: af (47059011)
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL32448958M/The_Emmons_Family_Genealogy_a_Record_of_the_Emigrant_Thomas_Emmons_of_Newport_Rhode_Island_With_Many
Contributor: Hutch (47027783)
Served as a corporal in Co. H, 149th New York Infantry

Emmons—A message from Ogdensburg on Sunday announced the death of Roy Emmons, aged 77 years, a veteran of the Civil War, who formerly lived in this city. He was a retired farmer, and for years resided near Brewerton. The body was taken to Brewerton for burial. His wife died here last week of influenza.
Printed Oct. 23, 1918.
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Son of Chauncey B. Emmons and Chloe R. Wood
First wife=Mary E. Landers married on Jan 31, 1867. She died Feb. 25, 1868
Second wife=Madora A. Foster married on April 10, 1869. She was born June 28, 1847 and died Dec 16, 1888.

Mr. Emmons enlisted at Brewerton, Sept. 3, 1862, in Co. H., 149th Regt. N. Y. S. Inf. Vols., Robert E. Hopkins, Captain, and H. A. Barnum, Colonel. He was with his regiment in nearly all of its engagements with the enemy, and in its march under Gen. Sherman, from Chattanooga to Savannah. At the Battle of Chancellorsville, a bullet clipped a piece from his left ear, missing the jugular vein by an eighth of an inch. He was promoted a corporal, and was color bearer on the return march from Savannah to Raleigh, NC. He was present at the final muster June 22, 1865.

Children by second wife Madora A. Foster:
Albert Leroy (b. Oct. 12, 1870)
Mary Arvilla (b. June 10, 1872)
Claretta Adell (b. June 16, 1874)
Myrtle May (b. Aug. 8, 1875)
Linford Charles (b. Aug. 16, 1877, Hastings, NY)
Rosa Belle (b. Oct. 16, 1878)
Warren (b. June 30, 1881, West Monroe, NY)
Madora Sophia (b. May 28, 1883)
Nathan B. (b. Apr 17, 1885, Clare, Mich.)

Source: The Emmons Family Genealogy: A Record of the Emigrant by Thomas Emmons of Newport, Rhode Island with Many of His Descendants from 1639 to 1905

https://ia600905.us.archive.org/13/items/emmonsfamilygene00byuemmo/emmonsfamilygene00byuemmo.pdf
Contributor: af (47059011)
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL32448958M/The_Emmons_Family_Genealogy_a_Record_of_the_Emigrant_Thomas_Emmons_of_Newport_Rhode_Island_With_Many
Contributor: Hutch (47027783)


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