Emma Henries
Emma Henries was born on May 21, 1849, in Groton, Massachusetts, to Henry C. Henries and Abbie Paine. Her father was a minister who owned $3,000 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Groton until the 1850s, when they moved to Lincoln, Maine.
Her father served as a hospital chaplain during the Civil War. She accompanied him to the general hospital in Annapolis, Maryland, and she wrote at least one letter to the relative of a sick soldier.
She married Thomas M. Plaisted on September 9, 1874, and they had at least three children: Ella, born around 1876; Marjorie, born around 1879; and Wilmot, born around 1882. They lived in Lincoln, Maine, and her husband worked as a leather manufacturer. They moved to South Dakota in the early 1880s, and her husband worked as a farmer there. Her husband died on July 11, 1892, and by 1900, she was working as a music teacher in Worcester, Massachusetts. She died of myocardial degeneration on January 9, 1923, in Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2658) | Henries, Emma ~ Plaisted, Emma | 1849-05-21 | 1923-01-09 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (7522) [writer] ~ Emma Henries and Henry C. Henries to Lucinda Kemp, 19 February 1865
People - Records: 1
- (2659) Henries, Henry Clay is the [parent of] (2658) Henries, Emma
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Maine Marriage Records, 1713-1937, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com
