Roscoe Emery (1868 - 1940)

Born 18 Mar 1868 in Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Sep 1940 at age 72 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Roscoe was born in 1868. He was the son of David Emery and Sarah Holland. He passed away in 1940. ^[1]

Roscoe Emery is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army
Spanish American War

Roscoe was in Co. G in the 50th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish American War. His pension petition lists him as being "Army Invalid". The Invalid Corps (later renamed The Veteran Reserve Corps) was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the American Civil War to allow partially disabled or otherwise infirmed soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing able-bodied soldiers to serve on the front lines.

Roscoe is listed on the 1920 census as the "son-in-law" of William Wilson, but it should have been "brother-in-law".

Per the 1940 US Census Roscoe was living in the Veteran's Administration Facility Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital on April 1, 1935 so he had been there at least five years.

According to his death record Roscoe was a traveling salesman who was staying at the YMCA in Proviso Township in Cook County, Illinois at the time of his death.

Roscoe never married and had no children.

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Sources

• Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa 1880 US Census, Page 23, Household 203, Line 34. Click here to see it: [1].

• Third Ward, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa (January 1) 1885 US Census, Page 65 (461), Household ID 388, Family ID 451, Line 21. Click here to see it: [2].

• United States Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898. Click here to see it: [3].

• Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa 1900 US Census, Page 10-B, Household 204, Line 78. Click here to see it: [4].

• Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa 1910 US Census, Page 10-A, Household 217, Line 29. Click here to see it: [5].

• Ottumwa City, Wapello County, Iowa January 6, 1920 US Census, Page 4-B (128), Household 101, Family 102, Line 71. Click here to see it: [6].

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database. Click here to see it: [7].

• United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933. Click here to see it: [8].

• 2nd Ward, 1st Precinct, Ottumwa City, Center Township, Wapello County, Iowa April 21, 1930 US Census, Page 20-A (112), Household 471, Family 533, Line 26. Click here to see it: [9].

• Veteran's Administration Facility Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital, Hines, Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois April 19, 1940 US Census, Page 6-B (7430), Household 471, Family 533, Line 75. Click here to see it: [10].

• Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994. Click here to see the summary reference: [11].

• Find A Grave: Memorial #24866257

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Dave McNally, Jan 24, 2013

Acknowledgments

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