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Peter Emel

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Peter Emel

Birth
Pike County, Ohio, USA
Death
20 Jan 1893 (aged 24)
Thomas County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Brownville, Thomas County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Young Peter Emel followed his older brothers Charley and Bill from Moultrie County, Illinois, to claim land for a homestead near them across the nearby county line in Sherman County. [Their homesteads are just south of this cemetery.] The circumstances of his death are not known except for the note that 'he froze to death.'
Young Peter Emel followed his older brothers Charley and Bill from Moultrie County, Illinois, to claim land for a homestead near them across the nearby county line in Sherman County. [Their homesteads are just south of this cemetery.] The circumstances of his death are not known except for the note that 'he froze to death.'

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JUST IN THE MORNING OF HIS DAY IN YOUTH AND LOVE HE DIED



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  • Maintained by: EmilyEm
  • Originally Created by: Larry Boyd
  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29200390/peter-emel: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Emel (18 Feb 1868–20 Jan 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29200390, citing Brownville Cemetery, Brownville, Thomas County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by EmilyEm (contributor 47738430).