Washington-Keokuk County IA Archives Obituaries.....Embree, Margaret November 1938
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Keota Eagle  1 Dec 1938
  Mrs. J. A. Embree, aged 79, passed away at her farm home 3 miles north of 
Keota Wednesday afternoon after a long and painful illness which had its 
inception with a broken hip. Interment in the Keota cemetery.
  Mrs. Embree was born Margaret Phillips, daughter of Dr. James and Margaret 
Gray Phillip, on April 2, 1859 at Dayton, Iowa, near the present town of 
Wellman. She was married March 14, 1874, to James A. Embree of Washington, a 
veteran of the Civil War. To this union was born seven children, one of whom 
died in infancy. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Addie Brown, died in 1903. 
Surviving are A.L. Embree and Mrs. May Green of Cedar Rapids, William C. 
Embree  of West Chester, James Forest Embree of Keota, and Mrs. Marie Berg of 
Dubuque. One sister, Mrs. Prudence Knauss of Washington also survives. Two 
sisters preceded her in death, Mrs. Lizzie Spees and Mrs. Nora Holten. Mr. 
Embree passed away just seventeen months ago on June 30, 1937.

Additional Comments:
There is much more to the obituary. She was known as Maggie and her mother's 
name was Mary, not Margaret.

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