FOURTH GENERATION

137. Ralph Eton "Doc" Emry^{(2) (14)(179)} was born on 14 May 1885 in Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa. He died on 24 Oct 1972 in Olympia, Thurston Co., Washington. He was buried in Olympia, Thurston Co., Washington. Lived in Bellingham, Washington at time of sister's death in 1951

Judith Emry Burks has memories of her grandfather telling her about moving with his family from Michigan to the Badlands of South Dakota in a covered wagon. He told about having to develop excellent aim at hitting jack rabbits with rocks because if they missed they had to go find the rock to have ammunition for another try. He became an excellent baseball player as a young man - even being the catcher for Grover Cleveland Alexander until Alexander moved up to the big leagues. Her grandfather had several children at that time and thus could not go with him. One of the teams he remembers playing against was "The House of David". They were just local teams who traveled from town to town.

He was married to Mildred Zella Slane (daughter of Andrew B. Slane and Gertie Clark) on 14 Mar 1914 in Silt, Garfield Co., Colorado. Ralph Eton "Doc" Emry and Mildred Zella Slane had the following children:

+445 i. Jacob Alson Emry.
+446 ii. Fredrick Ames Emry.
+447 iii. Elizabeth Clara Emry.
+448 iv. Rip Eton Emry.
+449 v. Jack Keith Emry.

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