Notes for JOSIAH EMMONS:

Son of Cyrenius and Sarah Beeson (Stratton) Emmons.
Born: August 5, 1847 in East Rochester, Columbiana County, Ohio.
Died: December 14, 1906 in Washington Township, Washington County, Iowa.
Buried: December 17, 1906 in Bloomfield Cemetery, Mahaska County, Iowa
Census:
1850 - Augusta Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.
June 1, 1860 - Prairie Township, Keokuk County, Iowa.
July 27, 1870 - Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.
June 8, 1880 - Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.
1900 - Washington Township, Washington County, Iowa.
Occupation: Farmer.
Married: Ann Knight September 19, 1867 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.

Josiah Emmons appears in the 1850 Census in Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio. In the 1870 and 1880 censuses he is in Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County, Iowa, and in the 1900 census he is in Washington Township, Washington County, Iowa. On 3 Aug 1889, Josiah and Anne & children Lewis, Irvine, Isaac, Mabel, Sarah, Wilford & Carrie were granted a certificate transferring their membership to Platte Valley Monthly Meeting, Merrick County, Nebraska, from Spring Creek Monthly Meeting, Mahaska County, Iowa. Josiah went broke in Nebraska. He moved back to Iowa and worked with a grain mill at Kalona, Iowa. When the mill burned down he moved to Washington, Iowa, where he dealt in livestock.