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Emery Conwell

Birth	:	26 Jan 1870 Grant County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	6 Jan 1949
Burial	:	Remsen Cemetery, Remsen, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.8058014, -95.9775009
Description	:	Emery Conwell.—The review of the life of Emery Conwell, hardware merchant of Oneida, Kans., is an epitome of success and is a record of considerable accomplishment by a man who is yet young in years, while having risen to a high place in the business world and made good not only as an agriculturist, but as a merchant. Emery Conwell was born in Grant county, Indiana, January 26, 1870. and is a son of A. L. Conwell and Kathrine (Higgins) Conwell, who were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living. A. L. Conwell was born in Indiana in... Read More	Emery Conwell.—The review of the life of Emery Conwell, hardware merchant of Oneida, Kans., is an epitome of success and is a record of considerable accomplishment by a man who is yet young in years, while having risen to a high place in the business world and made good not only as an agriculturist, but as a merchant. Emery Conwell was born in Grant county, Indiana, January 26, 1870. and is a son of A. L. Conwell and Kathrine (Higgins) Conwell, who were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living. A. L. Conwell was born in Indiana in 1836, reared to young manhood on his father's farm, and at the outbreak of the Rebellion, he enlisted as a member of the Thirteenth Indiana cavalry. He saw much active service in the Southland, and at the close of the war he resumed his peaceful pursuit of farming. In 1870 A. L. Conwell migrated to Richardson county, Nebraska, where he made his home until 1879, at which time he came to Nemaha county, Kansas, and bought 160 acres of land in section two. Gilman township. This place had but few improvements when Mr. Conwell became the owner of it and he developed a fine farm which served as his home until his retirement to a home in Oneida in 1896, directly after his farm home and buildings were destroyed by the great cyclone of May 17, 1896. He owns 560 acres of good land in this county and was an extensive feeder of live stock. The mother of Emery Conwell was born in Ohio in 1841, married in Indiana, and has been her husband's faithful helpmate. Emery Conwell was reared on his father's farm and attended the district school and the public school of Oneida, Kans., eventually graduating from the Oneida High School. At the age of twenty-one years he rented land and began farming on his own account. Five years later he bought 160 acres of land in Gilman township, which he improved to such an extent that it is one of the finest farms in the township or county. He erected a six-room dwelling, barn and other outbuildings and made it a point to keep good graded live stock on his place. For a number of years Mr. Conwell was a successful breeder of Duroc Jersey swine. In 1910 he traded his Nemaha county farm for a tract of 260 acres in Sedgwick county. Kansas, and has at the present time 420 acres of Kansas land, besides property in Oneida. In 1911 he traded land for a stock of hardware at Oneida and has since conducted a very successful business enterprise which requires that he carry $15.000 worth of hardware and furniture in stock. This stock is well housed and displayed in a building forty by eighty feet in extent. Mr. Conwell was married November 18, 1896 to Miss Belle Brokaw, born in Illinois in 1875, a daughter of John and Letitia (Van Nuys) Brokaw, who migrated to Kansas in 1880 and made a settlement in Gilman township, this county. Both parents of Mrs. Conwell were natives of New England and are descended from old American stock. Mr. Brokaw is now living in retirement in Gilman township with his two daughters. Mrs. Mary Johnson and Mrs. Belle Conwell. Mrs. Brokaw is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Conwell are the parents' of five children, as follows: Goldia, Lois, Lenis. Bernice and Wilina, all of whom are at home with their parents. Politically. Mr. Conwell is allied with the Republican party. He is fraternally allied with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious affiliations are with the Christian church, of which organization he is an elder. Mr. Conwell is a deliberate, careful, conscientious business man who carefully weighs each undertaking or proposition until convinced of its merits and then proceeds to accomplish the task set to the best of His ability. Source: History of Nemaha County, Kansas By Ralph Tenna

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Emery Conwell's memorial is located at: Remsen Cemetery, Remsen, Plymouth County, USA.
When did Emery Conwell death?
Emery Conwell death on 6 Jan 1949 in
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Latitude: 42.8058014
Longitude: -95.9775009

Family Members:

Parent

Abraham Louis Conwell

(1836 - 1933)

Catherine Ann Higgins Conwell

(1841 - 1916)

Spouse

Elizabeth Brokaw Conwell

(1875 - 1958)

Siblings

Infant Conwell

(unknow - 1882)

Alida May Conwell Johnson

(1867 - 1957)

(1868 - 1879)

(1872 - 1879)

(1873 - 1957)

(1880 - 1969)

Children

Infant Conwell

(1899 - 1899)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Remsen Cemetery
Remsen, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8058014, -95.9775009

2. Saint Marys Cemetery
Remsen, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8078003, -95.9781036

3. Saint Catherines Cemetery
Oyens, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8224200, -96.0563900

4. Union Cemetery
Remsen, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6917000, -96.0291977

5. Seney Cemetery
Seney, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8586655, -96.1265106

6. Holy Name Cemetery
Marcus, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8163986, -95.8032990

7. Memorial Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7875000, -96.1504920

8. Calvary Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7939000, -96.1527100

9. Marcus-Amherst Cemetery
Marcus, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8161011, -95.8007965

10. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Henry Township, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6921700, -95.8795700

11. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Marcus, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7348000, -95.8208000

12. Resthaven Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8375015, -96.1686020

13. Nassau Township Cemetery
Alton, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9832993, -96.0318985

14. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Struble, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8953018, -96.2005997

15. Saint Marys Cemetery
Alton, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9902992, -96.0160980

16. Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
Neptune, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6447560, -96.1148360

17. Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
Granville, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9813995, -95.8716965

18. Stanton Cemetery
Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6786003, -96.1900024

19. Elkhorn Cemetery
Kingsley, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6041985, -95.9781036

20. Sherman Township Cemetery
Maurice, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9667015, -96.1444016

21. Saint John Cemetery
Germantown, O'Brien County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9566994, -95.7799988

22. Kingsley Cemetery
Kingsley, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5964012, -95.9655991

23. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Quimby, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6671982, -95.7611008

24. Saint Marys Cemetery
Maurice, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9594002, -96.1769028