EMERSON BEMILLER, 88, retired teacher and farmer, died early today at his farm near Newville. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Mabel Bowman, and Mrs. Grace Bowman, both of Perrysville, and Mrs. Mary Snavely of Mansfield; sons, Brice of Perrysville and Charles of Johnstown; sister, Mrs. Mary Cleaver of Toledo, 35 grandchildren; 65 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Snyder Funeral Home, Butler, The Rev. Bert Hosking, pastor of Newville Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. H.E. Stout, pastor of Amity Methodist Church. Burial in Bunker Hill Cemetery. Friends call at funeral home starting this evening. Member of Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church.

[The Mansfield News Journal, Page 2: Wednesday June 11, 1959] (Date should read 1958)
Submitted by Contributor Judy Farst 47238119

Emerson F Bemiller was born on 5 February 1869, in Butler, Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio. His father, Valentine Bemiller, was 45 and his mother, Mary Barbara Garber, was 41. He married Alberta Mary Wilson on 11 November 1893, in Richland County, Ohio. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. Alberta died in 1903. He married Maria Elizabeth Palmer on 18 December 1903 in Richland County, Ohio. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. Emerson lived in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio for over 40 years. He died on 11 June 1958, in Richland County, Ohio at the age of 89, and was buried in Bunker Hill Cemetery, Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.

Father: Valentine Bemiller
Mother: Mary Barbara (Garber) Bemiller
Siblings: Susannah Bemiller, Phillip Bemiller, Rebecca Jane Bemiller, John Bemiller, Samuel Bemiller, Infant Son Bemiller, Sarah A Bemiller, Daniel Bemiller, William Bemiller, Reuben Bemiller, Catherine Bemiller, Amanda Jane Bemiller, Mary Barbara Bemiller
Spouse: Alberta Mary Wilson (m. 11 Nov 1893 in Richland County, Ohio)
Children: Nina Bemiller, Mabel Viola Bemiller, Pearl Geneva Bemiller, Gladys Lula Bemiller. Grace Lucille (Bemiller) Bowman
Spouse: Maria Elizabeth Palmer (m. 18 Dec 1903 in Richland County, Ohio)
Children: Charley E. Bemiller, Benjamin Brice Bemiller. Mary Elizabeth Bemiller