Olive (Jacobs) and Henry Emery - burial

My great great great great grandparents, Olive (Jacobs) and Henry Emery were buried at the Galva Cemetery in Henry County, Illinois.

Olive was born January 6, 1808 in Pennsylvania.   Henry was born January 7, 1802 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania to Edith (Fisher) and David Emery.    Olive and Henry married January 13, 1825, also in Pennsylvania.

Olive died September 26, 1859 in Weller township, Henry County, Illinois.   Henry died November 17, 1875 also in Weller township, Henry County, Illinois.    Here is a photo of the Emery plot.

Here is a photo of the front of the monument.    The inscription states "Our Father and Mother" and below that just above the base, "Emry" which was apparently another spelling of the family name.

Here is a photo of Olive's side of the monument.

Here is a closeup of Olive's side as well as the inscription of her age.

Here is a closeup of Henry's inscription.








































The two markers to the right of the Emery (Emry) monument probably stated "Mother" and "Father" at one point, but they are no longer legible.

This one may say "Edith" or "Mother".

This one may say "Henry" or "Father".

Frank and Galva Emery - burial

Backtracking a few years........I had posted about Galva Emery, the first child born to my great great great grandparents, Sarah (Dwire) and David W Emery.

Here is a photo of the plot for Frank and Galva who died as children within a year of each other in Galva, Illinois.

Here is a photo of their headstone.

Here is a closeup of the age listed on Frank's portion of the headstone, which is still difficult to read his age.  I've approximated his birth as 1861 or 1862 but cannot determine a month and day.   It looks as if he was only a few months and days old at the time of death, placing his birth year as 1862.  Frank would have been born before his brother Willie but after his sister Alice.

Frank and Galva were buried in section 4 of the Galva Cemetery.   Here is a map of the Cemetery.

Here is a photo of the cemetery.