SECOND GENERATION
4. James Adcock-Emry
(12)(2)
(3)
(14) was born on 3 Feb 1821 in Randolph Co., Indiana. He died on 23
Apr 1898 in Penn Twp., Jefferson Co., Iowa.(9)
He was SEENOTES in Pleasant Plain MM, Pleasant Plain, Jefferson Co.,
Iowa.(6) He was buried in Walnut Creek
Friends Cemetery, Penn Twp., Jefferson Co., Iowa.
(15)(2) Buried in the Walnut
Creek Cemetery southwest of and near Pleasant Plains. Death and burial recorded
in notes of the West Branch Monthly Meeting which held an "indulged meeting"
at Pleasant Plains. His parents are also named. BIOGRAPHY: HISTORY OF JEFFERSON
CO., IOWA
"Emry, James, farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Pleasant Plain; a resident of Iowa for
nearly forty years; a native of Randolph Co., Ind; born in 1821; came to Iowa
in the fall of 1839. Married Miss Catherine Shockley in this county March 3,
1842; she was born in Logan Co., Ohio, in 1819; came to this country with parents
in 1840. Mr. E. and wife were the first couple married in this county in the
Society of Friends, of which they are members. Mr. E. was a Free-Soiler, now
a Republican. Their children are Charles, Travis, Susanna, Sarah, Richard, Eli,
Thomas and George Julien. Travis served in 2d Iowa V. C. during the war; honorably
discharged. Mr E. owns 135 acres of land. His father, Travis Emry, was born
in North Carolina in 1788; served in the war of1812 under Gen. Jackson; married
Elizabeth Frazier; they moved to Henry Co., Iowa, in 1839; thence to this county
in 1845; he died Jan. 31, 1866; she in 1872. Mrs J. Emry's father, Richard Shockley,
was born in Virginia in 1798; married Miss Susanna Pacton in Logan Co., Ohio;
she was also a native of Virginia; born in 1795; they moved to this country in
1840. Mr. S. died March 22, 1876. Mrs S. is one of the oldest pioneer mothers
of this township now living."
FOR HELP IN JEFFERSON CO., IA:
Verda Baird
Route 1, Box 50
Fairfield, IA 52556
1821 3 Feb: James Adcock born in Randolph Co., Indiana to Quaker parents (Quaker
Monthly Meeting notes)
1835 Aug: Name change from Adcock to Emry recorded by Quaker Monthly Meeting
in Randolph Co., Indiana.
1839 Fall: Moved to Salem, Henry Co., Iowa with father.
1845 29 Mar: James and Katherine asked to move to Pleasant Plain Monthly Meeting.
1845 31 May: Refused permission to move to Pleasant Plain MM.
1845 27 Dec: Granted certificate to move to the Pleasant Plain MM.
1846 28 Jan: Hinshaw VI, p. 37 "James rocf Salem MM, 10-27-1845"
1880 7 Mar: Salem Conservative Monthly Meeting records the receipt of certificate
from Pleasant Plains Monthly Meeting.
1884 13 Dec: Hinshaw VI, p. 37 "James & w Catherine drd jas
1885 13 Dec: Hinshaw VI, p. 37 "James & w Catherine rel (separated)
[Steven Butts notes: "This is a very common entry for these two consecutive
monthly meetings. Possibly due to a schism within the church.]
Hinshaw VI, p. 38 [undated] "Travis b 6-3-1788; d 1-31-1866 & w Elizabeth
b 5-15-1795; d 7-23-1871
ch: James b 2-3-1821, Ind
David b 6-24-1832
LAND:
1845-46 : Bought 160 acres in sections 9 and 22 of Penn Twp, Jefferson Co.,
Iowa.
CENSUS:
1830: Living with father in Randolph Co., Indiana
1840: Living with parents in Henry Co., Iowa.
1850: Living in Penn Twp, Jefferson Co., Iowa
1855: State Census: Living in Penn Twp, Jefferson Co., Iowa.
1856: State Census: Living in Penn Twp, age 39, b. Indiana, farmer w 7 people
in the household and living in Iowa 17 years.
1860: Living in Penn Twp, Jefferson Co., Iowa.
1870: Living in Penn Twp, Jefferson Co., Iowa.
1880: Living in Penn Twp, Jefferson Co., Iowa.
Hinshaw VI, p. 37 [undated] "James, son of Travis & Elizabeth; b 2-3-1821,
Ind w Katharine (Catherine?) dt of Richard & Susannah Shockley; b 2-14-1819,
Ohio ch: Travis L b 1-23-1843, Ia, m Amanda Jones
Susannah b 9-11-1844, m Wm F Pool
Sarah b 3-30-1847 m John Bones
Richard b 5-29-1849 m Eliz Swain
Moorman C b 12-21-1853 d 12-25-1854
Eli b 6-17-1856
Thos Frazier b 11-13-1858, Ia
George W J b 2-16-1862
He was married to Katharine Sarah Shockley
(daughter of Richard Shockley and Susannah
Paxson (Pacton)) on 30 Mar 1842 in Jefferson Co., Iowa.
Katharine Sarah Shockley(2)
(3)(14)
was born on 14 Feb 1819 in Logan Co., Ohio. She died on 24 Oct 1897 in Penn
Twp., Jefferson Co., Iowa. She was SEENOTES in Pleasant Plain MM, Pleasant Plain,
Jefferson Co., Iowa.(6) She was buried
in Walnut Creek Friends Cemetery, Penn Twp., Jefferson Co., Iowa. Hinshaw VI,
p. 118 "6-9-1849 Nancy W glm Abel ROBERTS"
"6-13-1849 Nancy W, dt of Richard & Susanna of Jefferson Co, Ia m ROBERTS,
Abel
[undated] "Richard b 5-16-1798 Va; d 8-23-1876; w Susannah b 12-27-1795
& d 11-5-1883; bur Walnut Creek Cem
ch: Katharine b 2-14-1819 Ohio
Almeda b 4-20-1827 m Henry Goodwin
Nancy b 10-4-1831 Ohio
Amos b 1-3 -1835 Logan Co, O
Lydia Ann b 5-11-1838 " " "
BIOGRAPHY: See Husband's Note.
The spelling of her name, Katharine, is given numerous times in her own hand
in her father's probate papers and is so used here. James Adcock-Emry and Katharine
Sarah Shockley had the following children:
+19 i.
Travis Lawrence Emry.
+20 ii.
Susannah Emry.
+21 iii.
Sarah Emry.
+22 iv.
Richard Alson Emry.
23 v.
Cyrus Moorman Emry(2)
(3)(14) was born on 21 Dec 1853
in Pleasant Plain, Jefferson Co., Iowa. He died on 24 Dec 1854 in Jefferson
Co., Iowa. He was buried in Walnut Creek Friends Cemetery, Penn Twp., Jefferson
Co., Iowa. Hinshaw VI, p. 37 [undated] "James, son of Travis & Elizabeth;
b 2-3-1821, Ind w Katharine (Catherine?) dt of Richard & Susannah Shockley;
b 2-14-1819, Ohio ch: Travis L b 1-23-1843, Ia, m Amanda Jones
Susannah b 9-11-1844, m Wm F Pool
Sarah b 3-30-1847 m John Bones
Richard b 5-29-1849 m Eliz Swain
Moorman C b 12-21-1853 d 12-25-1854
Eli b 6-17-1856
Thos Frazier b 11-13-1858, Ia
George W J b 2-16-1862
Birth noted in Quaker Monthly Meeting Notes.
+24 vi.
Eli Emry.
+25 vii.
Thomas Frazier Emry.
+26 viii.
George Julian Emry.
27 ix.
Charles Emry(9)
(14) was born about 1864.
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