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Emily Harris (abt. 1841 - 1916)

Emily Harris
Born about in Illinoismap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 15 Aug 1858 in Adams County, Illinoismap
Died at about age 74 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraskamap
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Biography

In 1900, Emily Abney was living with her daughter, and son-in-law, David Watts, (indexed as Basil Watts) in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Her name was indexed as Camile.[1] Fifteen-year-old Katie Abney also lived with the family. She was reported as David Watts's niece.

When the 1910 census was taken, Emily Abney, 59, widow, was a boarder with the Smith family in Omaha, Nebraska. She reported that she was the mother on nine, but only one of her children was living. The young woman listed next to her may have been her granddaughter, "Mrs. Mertle Barris," age 18. [2] Myrtle Watts, age 7, was the daughter of David Watts and was enumerated with his family on the 1900 census.

Emily died 21 September 1916 and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, lot 725, with her husband and children. Either the graves were not marked or the stones have disappeared.

Her life was filled with tragedy. Nearly all her children died in infancy or childhood. One son, Willy, almost reached adulthood but was killed in a tragic accident. Her daughter, Amanda, lived long enough to marry but she apparently died before her mother. Katie, who married Swindler Brown, may have been the only one of her children who survived her.

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BZ-BLV : accessed 30 April 2017), Camile Abney in household of Basil M Watts, Lincoln city Ward 2, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45, sheet 7A, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,933.
  2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML44-BFQ : accessed 30 April 2017), Emily Abney in household of B B Smith, Omaha Ward 10, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 76, sheet 2A, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 844; FHL microfilm 1,374,857.




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