Emily Thayer
Emily Thayer (maiden name: Wood) was born on April 6, 1823, in Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, to Artemas and Susan Wood. Her father was a railroad station agent who owned $2,000 of real estate by 1850. She married Nathan R. Thayer on June 23, 1846, and they had at least two children: Ida, born around 1855; and Jennie, born around 1857. They lived in Groton, Massachusetts, and her husband worked as a deputy custom house collector. By 1870, they owned $3,500 of real estate. Her husband died on June 26, 1874, and she died of cancer in Somerville, Massachusetts, on August 3, 1898.
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| (5465) | Thayer, Emily ~ Wood, Emily | 1823-04-06 | 1898-08-03 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
People - Records: 1
- (5470) Thayer, Nathan R. is the [husband of] (5465) Thayer, Emily
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1870 and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; Boston Evening Transcript, 5 August 1898; The Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel, 11 August 1898
