Emory Spears Dottery (1879 - 1933)

Born 7 Apr 1879 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ada Belle (Pledger) Dottery — married 1 Jul 1900 (to before 1917) in Clarke, Georgia, USA

Died 3 Oct 1933 at age 54 in Saint Johns, Perry, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Emory Spears Dottery was born on 07 Apr 1879 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA^[1] to Elijah Lafayette and Mary Hannah (Culp) Dottery.

Emory married Ada Belle Pledger on 01 Jul 1900 in Clarke, Georgia, USA^[2] (to about 1917).

Children:
Mary Ellen Dottery 1901 Tennessee
Coleman P Dottery 1902 Georgia
Ross Tilden Dottery 1905 Georgia

Emory married Effie Bunton.

Emory died on 03 Oct 1933 in St Johns, Perry, Illinois, USA at age 55, and was buried in IOOF Cemetery, DuQuoin, Perry, Illinois, USA.^[3][1]

Accident

Loses Life in Effort To Save School Girl, 14

Duquoin, Oct. 4 - (AP) - Emery Dottery, 58, a harness maker, was killed by an automobile yesterday while attempting to save Ethel Marie Grant, 14-year-old school girl, from being hit by a train.

The girl, returning from school, walked into the path of the train. Dottery stopped his automobile to rush to the girt's aid and was struck by a machine driven by Edward Senior of Ashley.

Dottery and the girl, who lived at St. John, one mile north of here, were instantly killed.^[4]

Killed As He Seeks To Aid Train Victim

Duquoin, Ill., Oct. 3. - (AP) - As a passenger traln killed Ethel Marie Grant, 14-year-old schoolgirl, Emery Dottery, 58-year-old harness maker was instantly killed by an automobile when he stepped from his machine to try and save the girl from the traln, near here today.

The girl was returning from school and walked into the path of the train. Dottery who lives nearby was driving into his yard. Seeing the girl in danger he stopped his machine and stepped out on the pavement to rescue her. An automobile driven by Edward Senior of Ashley struck Dottery, killing him instantly. The girl and Dottery lived at St. John, a mile north of here.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947", Ancestry.com
2. ↑ "Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978", Ancestry.com
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #49972634
4. ↑ Published in the Register-Republic, Rockford, Illinois, 04 Oct 1933, p.3
5. ↑ Published in the Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, 04 Oct 1933, p.21

See also:

• Ancestry Profile
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RB-LYL : 12 December 2014), Emory Speer Dottery, 1917-1918; citing St. Louis City no 17, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,848.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LJ-KHW : 15 July 2016), Emery S Dottry in household of E L Dottry, Barbers Creek, Clarke, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 350C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0140; FHL microfilm 1,254,140.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8P-H4L : accessed 5 December 2016), Emory Dottery in household of Lamar Dottery, Civil Districts 17, 20, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72, sheet 14A, family 292, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,575.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M21C-SBT : accessed 5 December 2016), Emony Dottery, St Louis Ward 5, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 4A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 813; FHL microfilm 1,374,826.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSY5-QVZ : accessed 5 December 2016), Emory S Dottery, Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 12B, line 51, family 297, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 521; FHL microfilm 2,340,256.