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John Emmons 
  Rank: Pvt Co: I Age: 21 Residence: Lyman Birthplace: Lyman Occupation: farmer Married/Single: S
Height: 5' 9.5 Eyes: Blk Hair: Blk Complexion: Dk 

JOHN C EMMONS was born circa Nov 1841 [1900 census] or 30 Nov 1840 [calc from age at death] in Lyman, Maine, the son of Joseph and Joanna (Card) Emmons. He died on 22 Dec 1913 in Lynn, MA, aged 73 yrs, 22 das [MA VR], and was buried in Saco, Maine on 24 Dec [death rec].

He married on 26 Sept 1871 in Saco, Maine [Saco VR] to GEORGIA E PARCHER, the daughter of George and Emma (Chase) Parcher. She was born ca Dec 1847 [1900 census], perhaps in Saco, and died 5 Apr 1941 [grave].

Following John's move to Lynn, MA about 1866-67, he began work there as a last maker/turner at a "last factory". He and his brother James, who carried the same occupation, both lived for a time with their sister Mary C Goodwin [1870-80 censuses]. John and his family afterward lived on 12 Sachem Ave [1900-20 censuses].

John and Georgie had only one child, a daughter:

I. ISABELLE P EMMONS, born 1 Apr 1884 in Lynn, MA [MA VR v.349 p.292]. She married JAMES E MAYVILLE prior to the 1920 census. He was born in 1884 and died in 1952, and is buried in Chadbourne Cemetery in Lyman, Maine in plot with wife's grandparents [YCCI, p1218]. In 1920, they had two children:
   1. Virginia Mayville [age 6 in 1920]
   2. Geraldine Mayville [age 4 5/12 in 1920] 



Additional Source Data:
1850 Lyman, York, ME census
1860 Lyman census
1865 - NOT in Lynn, MA city Dir
1867 Lynn, Ma City Dir: John, last maker, bds at 15 Pearl
1870 Lynn Wrd-4, Essex, MA (p146): hh 821/1120, John, James and Anna liv with Danl and Mary Goodwin
1870 Saco, York, ME (p136): George and Emma Parcher, w/ Georgia E, age 22 and "Tevia", age 13
1880 Lynn, MA (p46): hh 288/442; 72 Kimball St, Daniel and Mary C Goodwin, w/ her sis Hannah A Emmons; hh 281/443 is John and Georgie, with bro James
1890 Veteran Schedule: John liv in Lynn, MA; rheumatism listed as disability
1900 Lynn Wrd-4, Essex, MA; 12 Sachem Ave
1910 Lynn Wrd-4, Essex, MA; 12 Sachem; Georgie's mother Emma liv with them
1920 Lynn Wrd-4; James and Isabelle Mayville, w/ 2 ch, liv with wid mother
- Pension Index: John filed on 18 Jan 1883 (app #470,076; cert #387,988); widow filed 15 Jan 1914 (app #1,020,398; cert #772,578) 
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