Born in Jasper County, Illinois, Emma was the 7th of 10th children, and 5th daughter of Thomas A and Maria Trainor Upton. She married Merritt Weaver on Aug 31, 1894, in Jasper County, Il. They had one daughter, Millie Upton Weaver Crouse.
"Em" as she was known to all, had a very complex personality. She was ambitious, determined, jolly, vivacious, with a warm love for her family and home, and having great human kindness for the sick and needy, she contributed many hours of home nursing and help to her community. But it was the young people with whom she best related. She had that indefinable magnetism that drew the young to her for both fun and counseling. She was very visionary and had many ultra modern and non-conforming ideas about life that would be much more applicable today than they were during her lifetime. She finished her schooling with teaching credentials but decided against a teaching career and spent the two years prior to her marriage working in Mattoon, IL. Her entire married life was spent on her husband's family farms. All but two years were spent on the family farm six miles south of Newton, IL where fourteen years after her marriage, her only child, a daughter, was born.
Newton Press: 4/24/1936
Mrs. Emma Weaver passed away at Jacksonville, Wednesday, following an extended illness and a longer period of poor health. She was born April 19, 1872. [Note: tombstone states 1873]
She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Norman Crouse of Taft, California; and other relatives and many friends. Her husband, Merritt A. Weaver, preceded her in death several years ago.
Funeral services will be held at the Markwell Funeral Home at 10:30 o'clock this morning, and burial will be in Riverside cemetery.
"Em" as she was known to all, had a very complex personality. She was ambitious, determined, jolly, vivacious, with a warm love for her family and home, and having great human kindness for the sick and needy, she contributed many hours of home nursing and help to her community. But it was the young people with whom she best related. She had that indefinable magnetism that drew the young to her for both fun and counseling. She was very visionary and had many ultra modern and non-conforming ideas about life that would be much more applicable today than they were during her lifetime. She finished her schooling with teaching credentials but decided against a teaching career and spent the two years prior to her marriage working in Mattoon, IL. Her entire married life was spent on her husband's family farms. All but two years were spent on the family farm six miles south of Newton, IL where fourteen years after her marriage, her only child, a daughter, was born.
Newton Press: 4/24/1936
Mrs. Emma Weaver passed away at Jacksonville, Wednesday, following an extended illness and a longer period of poor health. She was born April 19, 1872. [Note: tombstone states 1873]
She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Norman Crouse of Taft, California; and other relatives and many friends. Her husband, Merritt A. Weaver, preceded her in death several years ago.
Funeral services will be held at the Markwell Funeral Home at 10:30 o'clock this morning, and burial will be in Riverside cemetery.
Born in Jasper County, Illinois, Emma was the 7th of 10th children, and 5th daughter of Thomas A and Maria Trainor Upton. She married Merritt Weaver on Aug 31, 1894, in Jasper County, Il. They had one daughter, Millie Upton Weaver Crouse.
"Em" as she was known to all, had a very complex personality. She was ambitious, determined, jolly, vivacious, with a warm love for her family and home, and having great human kindness for the sick and needy, she contributed many hours of home nursing and help to her community. But it was the young people with whom she best related. She had that indefinable magnetism that drew the young to her for both fun and counseling. She was very visionary and had many ultra modern and non-conforming ideas about life that would be much more applicable today than they were during her lifetime. She finished her schooling with teaching credentials but decided against a teaching career and spent the two years prior to her marriage working in Mattoon, IL. Her entire married life was spent on her husband's family farms. All but two years were spent on the family farm six miles south of Newton, IL where fourteen years after her marriage, her only child, a daughter, was born.
Newton Press: 4/24/1936
Mrs. Emma Weaver passed away at Jacksonville, Wednesday, following an extended illness and a longer period of poor health. She was born April 19, 1872. [Note: tombstone states 1873]
She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Norman Crouse of Taft, California; and other relatives and many friends. Her husband, Merritt A. Weaver, preceded her in death several years ago.
Funeral services will be held at the Markwell Funeral Home at 10:30 o'clock this morning, and burial will be in Riverside cemetery.
"Em" as she was known to all, had a very complex personality. She was ambitious, determined, jolly, vivacious, with a warm love for her family and home, and having great human kindness for the sick and needy, she contributed many hours of home nursing and help to her community. But it was the young people with whom she best related. She had that indefinable magnetism that drew the young to her for both fun and counseling. She was very visionary and had many ultra modern and non-conforming ideas about life that would be much more applicable today than they were during her lifetime. She finished her schooling with teaching credentials but decided against a teaching career and spent the two years prior to her marriage working in Mattoon, IL. Her entire married life was spent on her husband's family farms. All but two years were spent on the family farm six miles south of Newton, IL where fourteen years after her marriage, her only child, a daughter, was born.
Newton Press: 4/24/1936
Mrs. Emma Weaver passed away at Jacksonville, Wednesday, following an extended illness and a longer period of poor health. She was born April 19, 1872. [Note: tombstone states 1873]
She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Norman Crouse of Taft, California; and other relatives and many friends. Her husband, Merritt A. Weaver, preceded her in death several years ago.
Funeral services will be held at the Markwell Funeral Home at 10:30 o'clock this morning, and burial will be in Riverside cemetery.
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