Notes for WILFRED T EMMONS:
Son of Josiah and Ann (Knight) Emmons.
Born: January 10, 1884 in Iowa.
Died: July 2, 1961 in San Luis Obispo County, California.
Census:
June 4, 1900 - Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming.
1920 - Lagrange County, Indiana.
Residence: 1906 - Indianapolis, Indiana.
Occupation: Teacher.
Military Service: WWI.
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.