Obituary of Nathaniel Emery 1831 - 1909 Greene County, IN

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Emery - - With a constitution weakened by various attacks of illnes, 
Nathaniel Emery succumbed to la grippe at 6 a.m. last Sunday at his 
home a short distance south of the Monon depot. His home had been in 
Taylor Township since 1848 until a few years ago when he moved to 
Bloomfield to pass the rest of his days. He was born April 2, 1831, in 
Coshocton county, Ohio, and was therefore aged seventy-seven years, 
ten months and nineteen days.  A funeral service was conducted at the 
family residence in the presence of a large gathering of relatives and 
friends Monday noon by Rev. E. H. Wood, of the M. E. church, after 
which the funeral party left for Simpson Chapel, in Taylor township, 
where Rev. J. A.  Spencer of the Christain church, conducted a service 
in the presence of a large gathering of old neighbors and friends and 
relatives of the deceased. Internment was in the cemetery adjoining 
the chapel grounds. Mr. Emery untied with the M.E. church many years 
ago at Simpson Chapel under the pastorial labors of Rev. Jesse Walker, 
of precious memory. After removal to Bloomfield he and his wife 
attached their membership to the Methodist Church at this place and he 
continued a faithful and acceptable member until death.  He was a good 
man and has gone to his reward.  He was married Nov. 15, 1855, in this 
county to Miss Susan McWhirter, who with five children, survive him. 
The surviving children are Major Jonas Emery U.S.A. retired New 
Castle, Ind.; Jesse W. Emery of Parsons, Kan.; Charles S. Emery and 
Harve N. Emery of Taylor Township and Mrs. Lillie V. Rayburn, of this 
place. Mr. Emery was proud of his service as a soldier during the 
Civil War, serving as a private in Company G. One Hundred and Forty-
Ninth Regiment Volunteer Infantry from February until May 1865 when he 
was compelled to retire on account of disease contracted in his brief 
service.   

Volume XXXIII, Number 15, Page 5, Column 3; Friday, February 26, 1909 
Bloomfiled News