Walnut Creek Friends CemeteryJefferson County, IowaUploaded 1/10/2009 by
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[Email]Note: this headstone was found upside down in soil, heavily weathered.
Travis Adcock Emry was born 3 Jun 1788 in Guilford County, NC. He married Susanna Moorman on 7 Dec 1814 in Wayne County, IN. After she died he married Elizabeth Frazier of Randolph County, NC. Their marriage took place 27 August 1818 in Wayne County, IN.
Children: Susannah (various spellings abound), James, Rachel, Sarah, Gideon, Archelaus, Thomas Frazier, David, and Rebecca.
Of these: James, Thomas Frazier, and Rebecca are buried in this cemetery with spouses.
Son David migrated to Central City, Nebraska with his wife Amanda Talbert.
This family was part of the Quaker movement.
The Emry, Talbert, Shockley, and Frazier surnames in this cemetery are interconnected with the descendents of Travis Adcock Emry.