Person:Clarence Emery (2)

Extract from The Deadly Cyclone!^S5:
Near the middle of the west line of section 8 the cyclone met its next obstruction. Here stood the comfortable farm house and buildings of Clarence F. Emery, for many years the home of his father, the late Joseph W. Emery. The house and barn were literally blown to atoms, and the scene beggars description. The inmates of the house at the time were Mr. Clarence F. Emery, his wife and two small children, besides his mother and unmarried sister. Mr. Emery states that when the storm struck the house the family were sitting in a room in which was a stove with a fire in it. He says the floor appeared to part in the middle of the room, precipitating four out of the six people in the house into the cellar. The stove went down with them, and in the wreck all received some bruises and scratches, and slight burns from the stove, but no serious injuries. Mrs. Emery, Sr., and one of the children found themselves in the yard, but how they got there they did not know. The furniture and contents of the house were scattered far and wide, and but little was saved. The barn was a very large and well built structure, and in it was a large amount of hay, four or five horses, a lot of implements, wagons, etc. One horse was killed outright, another was hurt slightly, the implements and wagons were wrecked, the hay tossed in every direction, and the surrounding trees still hung full of various sorts of debris. East of the house was a large and fine orchard, which was well nigh obliterated. Large trees were literally pulled up by the roots, others were broken off close to the ground and scarcely one escaped uninjured. A granary that stood north of the other buildings escaped without great damage. For a long distance to the eastward the ground is covered with lumber, shingles, pieces of implements, harness, clothing and furniture. Just south of the buildings is a grove, which was outside the main track of the storm, but which must have been considerably agitated by the wind, judging from the defunct fowls scattered through it. The grove was a favorite roosting place for crows, and large numbers of their dead carcasses are scattered around. Fifteen of these were counted in a space of 200 feet square. The loss on the Emery place will aggregate between two and three thousand dollars. In the barn was a good spring wagon, of the Hamsher make, which was smashed and twisted into fragments by the falling timbers and weight of hay that rested upon it.

1. ↑ Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Marriages.

   Nowlin, Eleanore Elizabeth Spouse: Emery, Clarence Foster -- No Marriage Date Given

2. ↑ Illinois State Archives, and Illinois State Genealogical Society. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900. (Springfield, IL: Illinois State Archives, 1985–Present).

   EMERY, CLARENCE NOWLIN, ELEANOR E 08/22/1880 / MACON

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Clarence Emery household, in Macon, Illinois, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   8 Sep 1900.

   Name: Clarence Emery
   Home in 1900: Austin, Macon, Illinois
   Age: 43
   Estimated birth year: abt 1857
   Birthplace: Illinois
   Relationship to head-of-house: Head
   Race: White
   Household Members: Name Age
   Clarence Emery 43
   Annie E Emery 18
   Louis L Emery 17
   May L Emery 16
   Clarence W Emery 14
   Lawrence C Emery 10
   Charles W Emery 9
   Katie L Emery 7

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Wrights Grove Cemetery, in Find A Grave.

   Clarence F Emery
   
   Gravestone photo reads:
   EMERY
   Clarence F. 1856 - 1917
   Eleanor E. 1863-1896
   Annie 1894 - 1899
   Emma 1886 - 1887
   Infant 1888 - 1888

5.   The Deadly Cyclone!', in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States. Decatur Daily Republican. (Decatur, Illinois)
   21 May 1883.

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