Born in Greene County, NY to Charles and Sarah, family moved to Oswego County when he was small and he spent most of his adult life there. He married Dora Short around 1871 and they had one son, Charles. They appear to have divorced by 1880. Charles worked as a glass maker and was living with his sisters in Constantia in 1920. His date of death is unknown.
Research Notes
Another Ancestry family researcher gives marriage date as 16 Sep 1871.
May have passed away in 1936 per a death index record (see below).
Sources
1850 US Census: Free Ancestry Image Year: 1850; Census Place: Constantia, Oswego, New York; Roll: 578; Page: 329a. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009
1865 NY State Census: Town of Constantia, Oswego County, Family #116. Free Ancestry Image Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
1905 NY State Census: living with Marsh family, listed as brother-in-law. Free Ancestry ImageNew York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: E.D. 01; City: Constantia; County: Oswego; Page: 7. Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
1920 US Census, living with sisters, listed as brother.Free Ancestry Image Year: 1920; Census Place: Constantia, Oswego, New York; Roll: T625_1253; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 139. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
[Not certain this is him] NY State Death Index, Charles A. Emery, Death date 13 May 1936, Owego, New York, Cert #34683
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