Larry Anderson - Families and Individuals

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Travis Adcock EMRY

6 Mar 1788?


Find A Grave Memorial# 32865298

Legally changed the family name to Emry in 1835.

1856 Iowa Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa - same household as A. M. Emry and David Emery, both with wives and newborn babies.

1850 Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa - says children all born in Pennsylvania?

1860 Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa

Daughter?  Hannah Emry, b. abt. 1831, Iowa

Travis changed his surname - and that of all his children - from Adcock to Emry through the Indiana General Assembly on
22 Jan 1835.
From Raleigh Emry's website 21 October 2005:
Travis Adcock-Emry was born on 3 Jun 1788 in Guilford Co., North Carolina. CONFLICT: Calculation from inscription on
his tombstone would show his date of birth to be 6 Mar 1788. 3 Jun 1788 is established by later Quaker records but the
place is unproven.
He was Friends - Pleasant Plain MM, Jefferson Co., Iowa in 1845 in Jefferson Co., Iowa. Travis Adcock and Elizabeth were charter members of Cherry Grove MM, and in its records we find the notation of the change of the family name from Adcock to Emry by the Indiana General Assembly in 1835 (Heiss 2 p256). He was given a certificate of transfer to Vermillion MM, Illinois as the nearest monthly meeting to his destination in Iowa. When the Salem MM, Iowa was set-off
from Vermillion later that year (first meeting 8 Oct 1838) as the first Quaker Monthly Meeting west of the Mississippi River,
The Travis Emry family members were among the charter members of the meeting. The Hinshaw Index for Pleasant Plain MM, Iowa records the receiving on certificate of transfer from Salem MM, Iowa in 1845 the Travis Emry family. He died on 31 Jan 1866 in Pleasant Plain, Jefferson Co., Iowa. He was buried in Walnut Creek Friends Cemetery, Penn Twp., Jefferson Co., Iowa.
BIOGRAPHY:
Travis Adcock lived in North Carolina until he was 26. He practiced the Quaker faith. His second marriage was in Wayne
County, Indiana. Tradition has it that he was wounded while serving under Andrew Jackson in the war of 1812. He then

moved to Randolph County, Indiana where he purchased two pieces of property in Washington Township (May 1814). His
was the first sale of land in that township. He changed his name from Adcock to Emery (now Emry) on Jan 22, 1835. The
family migrated to Iowa Territory in 1838 or '39, settling first on 243 acres in Henry County near the town of Salem. Later
the family moved to Jefferson County near the town of Pleasant Plain. He is buried there in the Walnut Creek Cemetery.


Elizabeth FRAZIER


Find A Grave Memorial# 32864988

Emry, Elizabeth, died 7th mo, 23 1871, aged 76 y. 2m. 8 d.

BIOGRAPHY: Alternate documents have Elizabeth Frazer's birth in Orange County, North Carolina. She came with her family (practicing Quakers) to Highland County Ohio in 1810 and then to Wayne County, Indiana in 1817. Family tradition says that there was a friendship between Travis and Elizabeth back in North Carolina but she felt too young for marriage. However, after the death of Susannah, Travis and Elizabeth were married under the care of the New Garden MM. She died in Pleasant Plain, Iowa and was buried there by her husband.


Hannah EMRY


Born Adcock - Father legally changed the family name to Emry in 1835.


Jonathan Bull TALBERT

1800 (1850 Census)  1799 (marriage record)

11 Mar 1857 (IA Cem. records


Find A Grave Memorial# 55889931

Father changed the family name from “Bull” to “Talbert”.

1850 Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa

1856 Iowa Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa


Esther HART


Find A Grave Memorial# 55889971

1860 Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa - Widow, Richard in household


Walter Dewey (Dewey) PIERSALL


Find A Grave Memorial# 17010503


Nora May EMRY


Find A Grave Memorial# 17010507


Jerald Samuel (Jerry) PIERSALL

1958?


Find A Grave Memorial# 17010518


James Verle (Verle) EMRY


Find A Grave Memorial# 17011018


Michael MESNER


Find A Grave Memorial# 32864563

1860 Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa

1870 Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa


Mary (Polly) SHAFER


Find A Grave Memorial# 32864495

1870 Census shows “Mary” - transcriber shows age 67.


John MESNER


Find A Grave Memorial# 32864411


Mary MESNER


Find A Grave Memorial# 32864463


William MESNER

Ohio? (1870 Census)


Elizabeth MESNER


Find A Grave Memorial# 32864380


David Luther (Luther) EMRY


Find A Grave Memorial# 17011008

3-23-1935 Luther Emry & w Iva & minor ch (?), dropped by req, jas  (NE Yearly Mtg Records)


Iva Madge ROBERTS


Find A Grave Memorial# 17011000


Lorraine Mirth EMRY

Greenleaf Friends Cemetery


Unknown TALBERT


This man changed the family name from “Bull” to “Talbert”.


Travis Adcock EMRY

6 Mar 1788?


Find A Grave Memorial# 32865298

Legally changed the family name to Emry in 1835.

1856 Iowa Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa - same household as A. M. Emry and David Emery, both with wives and newborn babies.

1850 Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa - says children all born in Pennsylvania?

1860 Census:  Penn, Jefferson Co., Iowa

Daughter?  Hannah Emry, b. abt. 1831, Iowa

Travis changed his surname - and that of all his children - from Adcock to Emry through the Indiana General Assembly on
22 Jan 1835.
From Raleigh Emry's website 21 October 2005:
Travis Adcock-Emry was born on 3 Jun 1788 in Guilford Co., North Carolina. CONFLICT: Calculation from inscription on
his tombstone would show his date of birth to be 6 Mar 1788. 3 Jun 1788 is established by later Quaker records but the
place is unproven.
He was Friends - Pleasant Plain MM, Jefferson Co., Iowa in 1845 in Jefferson Co., Iowa. Travis Adcock and Elizabeth were charter members of Cherry Grove MM, and in its records we find the notation of the change of the family name from Adcock to Emry by the Indiana General Assembly in 1835 (Heiss 2 p256). He was given a certificate of transfer to Vermillion MM, Illinois as the nearest monthly meeting to his destination in Iowa. When the Salem MM, Iowa was set-off
from Vermillion later that year (first meeting 8 Oct 1838) as the first Quaker Monthly Meeting west of the Mississippi River,
The Travis Emry family members were among the charter members of the meeting. The Hinshaw Index for Pleasant Plain MM, Iowa records the receiving on certificate of transfer from Salem MM, Iowa in 1845 the Travis Emry family. He died on 31 Jan 1866 in Pleasant Plain, Jefferson Co., Iowa. He was buried in Walnut Creek Friends Cemetery, Penn Twp., Jefferson Co., Iowa.
BIOGRAPHY:
Travis Adcock lived in North Carolina until he was 26. He practiced the Quaker faith. His second marriage was in Wayne
County, Indiana. Tradition has it that he was wounded while serving under Andrew Jackson in the war of 1812. He then

moved to Randolph County, Indiana where he purchased two pieces of property in Washington Township (May 1814). His
was the first sale of land in that township. He changed his name from Adcock to Emery (now Emry) on Jan 22, 1835. The
family migrated to Iowa Territory in 1838 or '39, settling first on 243 acres in Henry County near the town of Salem. Later
the family moved to Jefferson County near the town of Pleasant Plain. He is buried there in the Walnut Creek Cemetery.


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