Linda Emerson wrote: > I have just found the following information on a possible ancestor in > the Thompson Valley Cemetery. Does anyone know how I can obtain more > information about this person from the cemetery records? Is there a > mailing address for this cemetery? > > EMERSON, A. Lorenzo 27 June 1843 26 Nov. 1904 > > What I do know is that his first name was Abraham and his spouse was > Elizabeth Young. They were married in Augusta in 1868. > > Many thanks... > > Linda Emerson > Twain Harte, CA Hi Linda, Welcome to the list! I hope you'll enjoy being here. When I saw your query, it got me interested. I have lots of family buried in Thompson Valley, so I always have to dig my book out and look when a question such as yours comes up. This is what I found. 1. A biography for John C. Emerson is in the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley Wisconsin, 1891-92", page 554. I believe John C. is a brother to your A. Lorenzo, so I'm sending it to you just in case you can use it. It reads: "John C. Emerson, farmer, P. O. Augusta, Eau Claire county, was born in Erie County, PA, August 14, 1834 (his tombstones says 1832), the fifth child of Abraham and Apama (Emes) Emerson, natives of the New England states. His brothers and sisters of whom there were ten are: Cordelia, wife of Daniel Hawkins; Puduthan (deceased); Julia (deceased); Jane, wife of Joe Williams; Ansil; Versel; Lorenzo; Levi; and Perry H. His mother died and his father was again married, taking as his second wife Almira Hill. Both are still living (1892). John C. was reared in Pennsylvania until he reached the age of seventeen, when, with his parents, he removed to Illinois, where he remained two years. In 1859 he came to Eau Claire county and purchased eighty acres of choice land in Otter Creek township, on which he remained until 1865, when he enlisted in Company G, Forty-eighth Wisconsin volunteers, under H. H. Stockings. On April 25, in the same year, he was severely wounded in the left hand while on guard duty. After receiving his discharge he returned to his home and family. September 14, 1865, he married Ellen, the fourth child in the family of ten children of John R. and Harriet (Spate) Brown. Mr. Emerson is a republican and believes in the doctrine of the Adventists. Second, my mother and I were the ones that compiled the cemetery information that you found online. I also had lots of contact with the keeper of the records from this cemetery and I'm very sure that she has no further information on any of these burials. I do have a history of the cemetery that was compiled by several older historians from that area, C. C. Campbell and Marion Magnussen, and although it doesn't go into any great detail, I did find this passage that might be of interest to you: "The first recorded death and burial (in Thompson Valley Cemetery) was Clarissa Emerson on April 26, 1863 on Lot #38, purchased by V. Emerson. This might have been Versel Emerson, a brother of John C. Emerson who came to Eau Claire County in 1859 and purchased 80 acres of land in Otter Creek Township." As far as the tombstones for Lorenzo, there are two of them. One reads: "Father -- The pains of death are past labor and sorrow cease, and life's long warfare closed at last his soul is found in peace." This stone is found in Lot # 95, Stall #1 and according to the cemetery records, this is where Elizabeth Emerson should be buried. The other stone for Lorenzo reads: "A. L. Emerson, born June 27, 1843, died Nov. 26, 1904, Emerson, Veteran 61 - 65. The last bit of info that I found is from my own family genealogy that I've put together. Here again, I'm not sure if this is anything that will be of help to you, but all of these families lived and died in the Thompson Valley area of Eau Claire Co., so I tend to think they are all somehow related. There was an Elizabeth Avis Emerson wo was born on 18 Feb. 1878. She died on 7 Apr. 1964 in Eau Claire at the age of 85. She was married to my great grandmothers brother, Robert (Rob) E. Edington. They are both buried in the Thompson Valley Cemetery. They had three children: Opal Lucille Edington - b. 20 Sep 1899 and married Charles A. Schulz Donald Robert Edington - b. 16 Aug 1901, married to Evelyn Young. Pearl E. Edington - b. 22 Apr 1908, married to Frank Young. Do you think it's possible that these Young spouses were also related in some way to Elizabeth who married Lorenzo? I just thought it was an interesting coincidence, but who knows? I don't know how much of this you can use, but I hope it will give you some clues on your research. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask. If I have more info that you are interested in, I'll be happy to share it with you. -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net