1860 US Mortality Schedule - Olive (Jacobs) Emery

The United States used to have a mortality schedule from 1850 - 1880 for those that died in the year prior to the regular census.    Olive (Jacobs) Emery, wife of Henry Emery passed away September 26, 1859 of consumption which we know today as tuberculosis.    Olive died in Weller township, Henry county, Illinois.

Olive's entry is number 20.   The schedule indicates she was born in New York which matches the 1850 US Census.     Most family trees I have encountered indicate Olive was born in Pennsylvania, possibly Philadelphia yet no one has been able to confirm her location of birth or the names of her parents.

If anyone has cracked the case on Olive's ancestry, please leave a message in the comments.

William Patrick Emery: Family Portrait

Here is a photo of William Patrick Emery and wife Margaret (Firman) and six of their nine children, Mollie (Mary), Frank, Owen Dale, Robert, James Arlo and Cordia.

Missing from the photo are two of Margaret and Williams' children, Henry, their eldest son had died December 1, 1875 and their youngest Harry Ray had not been born yet.  Harry was born January 20, 1888.    This photo would have been taken probably in 1886 or 1887 based upon the age of Cordia who was born May 11, 1881.

William was the son of Olive (Jacobs) and Henry Emery.