Emslie, William R. 1827 – 1908

EMSLIE, WALKER, RICE, CUNNINGHAM, MELAAS, MEYER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/24/2019 at 16:31:38

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer July 14, 1908, FP, C4

OBITUARY.
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Wm. R. Emslie was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, January 15, 1827. Married to Ann Walker of the same place August 20, 1852. Left Scotland for America August 28, 1854.
Settled near Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he lived until the spring of 1865, when he came to Iowa and bought a farm in Orleans township, Winneshiek county, where he lived until the spring of 1907, when he moved to Cresco, Iowa, to spend his declining years, and where he died July 9, 1908.
He was the father of ten children, nine of whom with his wife survive him; one daughter Lillie, having died September 6, 1900. His living children are Mrs. C. H. Rice, Mrs. John Cunningham, Mrs. Gilbert J. Melaas, Miss Belle Emslie, John W. Emslie of Cresco, Alex. Emslie, Mrs. F. P. Meycr, Miss Ruth Emslie of Rugby, North Dakota, and Wm. L. Emslie of Brooklyn. N. Y.
Mr. Emslie joined the Free Church of Scotland when about 20 years old, and on coming to Americ{a} chose the M. E. Church as his church home and which he joined in about 1897. He was a regular attendant on divine worship as long as health and hearing lasted.
The funeral service, conducted by Rev. Gammons, was held at the M. E. church last Sabbath at 11 o’clock a. m. Burial was in Oak Lawn.

Oak Lawn Cemetery
 

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