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Emma Somers McNeff

Birth	:	23 May 1873 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	21 May 1964
Burial	:	Fullerton Cemetery, Fullerton, Nance County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.3510017, -97.9813995
Description	:	Daughter of George Koahler & Anna Katherina (Aver) Somers. Married to William McNeff on 10-9-1899 at Denver, CO. From the book "Fullerton's First 100 Years" page 94 William McNeff started a correspondence with Emma Somers, a housewife's helper in Denver, Colorado. They became engaged by mail, and he sold a load of pigs and traveled to Denver to marry her although they had never met face to face before. A humorous incident happened when they met. She said, "your teeth look like you chewed tobacco". (he did and never quit the rest of his life.) He answered "That's scurf", (scurf is a... Read More	Daughter of George Koahler & Anna Katherina (Aver) Somers. Married to William McNeff on 10-9-1899 at Denver, CO. From the book "Fullerton's First 100 Years" page 94 William McNeff started a correspondence with Emma Somers, a housewife's helper in Denver, Colorado. They became engaged by mail, and he sold a load of pigs and traveled to Denver to marry her although they had never met face to face before. A humorous incident happened when they met. She said, "your teeth look like you chewed tobacco". (he did and never quit the rest of his life.) He answered "That's scurf", (scurf is a film, such as a film left by chewing tobacco). They were married in Denver, Colorado, October 9, 1899, and moved to the farm south of North Star presently owned by Robert McNeff. Emma Somers had been born in Chicago, Illinois and the family moved to Argonia, Kansas. Her parents were George Koahler Somers, who was born in Germany and Anna Katherina, whose maiden name was Aver, and who was born in Switzerland. They were married September 12, 1865, in Washington D. C., both members of the Presbyterian Church. George Koahler was a cabinet maker. He built bridges for the confederacy during the Civil War. His wife Anna came from a family of union sympathizers because among her daughter Emma's possessions was found a hand written copy of the "Battle Cry of Freedom" beautifully written and embellished with the design enclosing a sketch of an eagle and signed "Miss Aver, Washington, D. C. August 31, 1863". Mrs. Anna Somers visited in the home of her daughter Mrs. William McNeff many times as late as in 1920. William and Emma McNeff had eight children: Four boys and four girls. Muriel Ruth (Barnica), Fern Marie (McCray), George Edward, Vivian Luther, Marjorie Belle (Bennett), Lee Roy Jennings, Helen Cathrine (Grapes), and Raymond Arthur. In order to support a large family, William found it necessary to farm a large amount of land. The children grew up in an atmosphere of hustle and hard work. The boys especially had little time for play during the summer. However Sundays were for recreation and church going and the family always attended the North Star Evangelical Church. They were lucky to grow up in one piece. In a large family of eight it was hard to keep them out of mischief. For example Vivian was four when his father drove into the farm stead with a team of horses pulling a load of coal in the wintertime. Vivian ran to the moving wagon in an attempt to climb on the step. He slipped and fell and the wheel ran over his stomach. (He was after a sack of candy, which his father brought to be divided among the children). His father carried him to the house and told his mother, "I've killed Him" . . . but he was only knocked out, frozen ground had saved him. William used to play the violin. He could hear a piece of music at the Fullerton Chautauqua and go home and play it. The William McNeff Family lived on the farm South of North Star until 1911, where seven of the children were born. In 1911, they purchased the farm presently owned by Raymond McNeff and where Raymond was born. The reason being so the children would be close to school. The "L" schoolhouse was in a comer of the farm, where all the children attended and graduated from the eighth grade. They built the present house on the farm in 1917. A Gordon Van Line home, a precut house being shipped here in a railroad car, costing $1100 laid down. While living on this farm all the children attended Fullerton high school, and were married and established homes of their own. In 1936, they retired and moved into Fullerton, where they attended the Methodist Church. In 1940, they bought the Kemp house across the street from the Evangelical Church, now owned by Kurt Liesch. William McNeff passed away in Fullerton on September 16, 1954, at the age of 83 years, 11 months, and 18 days. Emma Sommers McNeff passed away in 1964 at the age of 90 years, 11 months and 28 days.

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Emma Somers McNeff's memorial is located at: Fullerton Cemetery, Fullerton, Nance County, USA.
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Emma Somers McNeff death on 21 May 1964 in
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Latitude: 41.3510017
Longitude: -97.9813995

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

William Luther McNeff

(1870 - 1954)

Siblings

Children

Fern Marie McNeff McCray

(1901 - 1991)

Vivian Luther McNeff

(1905 - 1992)

Helen Kathryn McNeff Grapes

(1909 - 2006)

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