Emma Melissa (Brewer) ALDRICH

BREWER, ALDRICH, CARPENTER, AUTEN, ATHERTON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/9/2011 at 19:32:30

November 28, 1858 --- January 9, 1884

Died at her home in Wright county, Iowa, January 9, 1884, Mrs. Emma Aldrich, formerly of Newton Township, Buchanan County, Iowa and eldest daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. James Brewer at that township. Emma was married 4 years ago and the future was bright with the promise of a long and happy life for her. One year ago she buried her only child a little girl, May, that came as a sunbeam to make life more cheerful. Her sickness (congestion of the lungs) was of short duration; on Tuesday morning, January 8th, she ate her breakfast at the table, and died the next night. Her parents who had been summoned, reached her bedside a few hours after her spirit had departed. Her remains were brought back and deposited in the Newton Cemetery. She leaves her husband and parents, besides numerous friends, to mourn her loss. Truly, death is not respecter of persons. One by one he plucks the brightest of earth's flowers to beautify the realms of the blest.

Emma Melissa Brewer was born the daughter of James Sanford Brewer and Elizabeth Jane Carpenter in Buchanan County, Iowa. James and Elizabeth Brewer are buried in Walker, Iowa. Emma was married to Thomas Auten Aldrich on June 13, 1880 in Buchanan County, Iowa. He was born September 12, 1855 Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, the son of Frederick Aldrich and Mary Auten. They are buried in Graceland Cemetery in Rowan, Iowa. Emma died in Dows, Wright County, Iowa. She is buried Circle Grove Cemetery near Troy Mills, Iowa. Thomas remarried to Mary Ellen Atherton on May 26, 1888 in Wright County, Iowa and had more children. He died May 18, 1918 in Belmond, Wright county, Iowa and is buried in Graceland cemetery in Rowan, Iowa.

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