James Emmott (1839 - 1921)

Born 17 Mar 1839 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 6 Jan 1921 at age 81 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

James was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1839,^[1] the son of John and Mary Ann (Dugdale) Emmott, both natives of England. He grew up in Lowell, where his father worked as an engraver.^[2] His father died in 1853, and at the time of the 1860 census, his mother was working as a housekeeper to support four children under 18. James worked as an engraver, and siblings Sarah, Mary and Thomas worked in the mills, as well.^[3]

James was 23 years old and a resident of Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1862, when he enlisted to serve in the Civil War. He mustered in on September 19, 1862, as a private in Company B of the 5th Mass. Infantry. He served a 9 month term, and was discharged at Camp Lander in Wenham, Mass., on July 2, 1863.^[4]

James was married for the first time just before he served in the military. He married Virginia White, daughter of Joshua and Harriet White, in Boston, in September of 1862.^[5] They had at least two children, a son Albert and daughter Harriet. Harriet died in infancy. Virginia passed away in 1874, and he remarried two years later, to Lavinia Bartlett, of Goshen, Vermont.^[6] They had one son, James, who died in infancy. Lavinia died in 1893, and James married for a third time when he was 61 years old, to Hannah Hunt, a housekeeper, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Warren) Hunt. It was her first marriage.^[7]

He resided in Lowell for most of his life.^[8] By 1920, he was a resident of the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea, Massachusetts.^[9] He died there in 1921. He is buried at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QR4K-ML2M : 25 October 2019), James Emmott, 2 Jul 1863
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS7-MDN : 22 December 2020), Jas Emmott in household of John Emmet, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCH-92T : 11 November 2020), James Emmott in entry for Mary Emmott, 1860.
4. ↑ The American Civil War Research Database", accessed 30 Dec 2020, James Emmott
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW15-XP7 : 24 May 2018), James Emmott and Virginia L. White, 27 Sep 1862
6. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXZ-H3Y : 14 April 2020), James Emmott and Levina Bartlett, 1876.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4C8-V4J : 20 May 2019), James Emmott, 25 Dec 1901
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXQ-NS3 : 26 August 2017), James Emmott, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF96-KY8 : accessed 31 December 2020), James Emmett, Chelsea Ward 5, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #90630766 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts