When Joseph Howard Elmore was born on February 10, 1798, in Nassau County, New York, his father, William, was 28 and his mother, Eliza, was 21. He married Emma Walton Ball on August 2, 1821. He died on April 19, 1850, in Keokuk, Iowa, at the age of 52, and was buried in Nassau, New York.
19 April 1850 Joseph died of Cholera in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, USA [1][4][5]
Burial
Ball Cemetery, Nassau, Rensselaer, New York, USA [5]
Sources
This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Elmore-545 was created by Robert Elmore through the import of The New 400+ Years of Elmores_2014-09-30_01.ged on Oct 1, 2014.
Page 308-9: Joseph Howard Elmore, 2d, second son of Dr. William Curtis, and Eliza Elmore, was a physician. He married Emma Walton Ball, August 2, 1821, and died at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1851. Emma Walton (Ball) Elmore was residing at Keokuk, Iowa, when last heard from. They had issue (four in all), as follows:
EMMA ELIZA ELMORE, born at Greenwich, Mass., June 18, 1825.
IDA CORNELIA ELMORE, born Sand Lake, N.Y., about 1830 or 1831
MARY A. ELMORE, born Sand Lake, N.Y., in 1836
JOSEPH HOWARD ELMORE, born about 1843, at Fort Madison, Iowa
One record mentions—besides the four enumerated above—three children of Joseph Howard, 2d, and Emma Walton (Ball) Elmore, who died in infancy.
1830 United States Federal Census 1830; Census Place: Sand Lake, Rensselaer, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 105; Page: 318; Family History Library Film: 0017165.
Household Members: Home in 1830: Sand Lake, Rensselaer, New York. Except for Joseph, the other names are based on ages and dates.
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Joseph H Elmore
Page 782: Emma W. Ball, dau. of James H. and Elizabeth, was married to Dr. Elmore and they had dau. Emma Eliza who was born before 24 May 1830 when James Ball wrote his will at Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY. [RCW #825].
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. AIS Mortality Schedules Index. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
J. H. Elmore; Year, 1850; County, Lee CO.; State, IA; Age, 49; Gender, M (Male); Month of Death, Apr; State of Birth, NY; ID#, 48_546; Occupation, PHYSICIAN, DOCTOR, SURGEON; Cause of Death, CHOLERA.
J. H. Elmore; Birth Date, 10 Feb 1798; Birth Place, Nassau County, New York, USA; Death Date, 19 Apr 1850; Death Place, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA; Cemetery, Ball Cemetery; Burial or Cremation Place, Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York, USA; Has Bio?, Y; Spouse, Emma W. Elmore; Father, William Curtis Elmore; Mother, Eliza Elmore; Children, Joseph Howard Elmore, Mary G. Elmore, Ida Cornelia Elmore, Ida Cornelia Payne.
Notes
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