John Keen Emery, Jr

(6. John Emery: Born 2 January 1844 in Sussex County, New Jersey. Died 26 February 1907 (also seen: d. 22 Oct 1929); interred Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey. Veteran of the American Civil War. Resided at Newton, New Jersey. Married (1st) Rebecca Hodge (b. abt 1850, d. 1899) in 1865 and had children. Married (2nd) his widowed neighbor, Catherine (Bradley) Collins.

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Born in 1844, John was a Civil War Union Soldier. He was enrolled in the 15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 15 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company D on August 25, 1862 (his name is misspelled in New Jersey Adjutant General records as "John Emry". He served through the balance of the war, and was honorably discharged on June 9, 1865. He married Rebecca Hodge in 1865. They had several children. Rebecca died in 1899. In 1907 John married his widowed longtime-neighbor Catherine Bradley Collins. He died in 1929.

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• Military service: Netcong, NJ
• Residence: Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey - 1850
• Military service: 1862
• Military service: 1865
• Residence: Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey, United States - 1870
• Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Self, Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey, USA - 1880
• Residence: Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, United States - June 1890
• Residence: Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA - 1895
• Residence: Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head of House: Head, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA - 1900
• Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA - 1910
• Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA - 1920
• Residence: Newton, New Jersey, USA - 1926
• Residence: Newton, New Jersey, USA - 1929
• Residence: Newton, New Jersey, USA - 1933
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