Emma Vermilyer is the daughter of Mary Cummings and Charles Barnabas Vermilyer. She was born in 1846/1847 in Illinois. She died sometime between 1880 and 1900.

On 24 Dec 1864/5, she married Eugene E. Howard in Kane County, Illinois. He is the son of Dimic Howard and Unity Nash. He was born 4 Apr 1842 in Batavia, Kane, Illinois. He died 2 Oct 1926 at age 84 in Batavia, Kane, Illinois.

Children of Emma Vermilyer and Eugene E. Howard:

1. Frank E. Howard was born was born 4 Apr 1865 or Mar 1866 in Illinois.
2. Samuel Everett Howard was born 31 Aug 1868 in Sugar Grove, Kane, Illinois.
3. James Wilbur Howard was born 10 Apr 1874 in Joliet, Will, Illinois.
4. William Raymond Howard was born 28 Dec 1881/1882. He died 4 Mar 1963 at age 80/81 in Batavia, Kane, Illinois.
   • On 18 May 1916, he married Nellie G. Smith in Muskegon Heights, Muskegon, Michigan. She is the daughter of Frank Smith and Hannah Fist. She was born about 1893 in Michigan.

Sources

Emma:

• Birth from the 1850 Census [Plato, Kane, IL. Page 60].
• Marriage from the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900 [which gives the year as 1865].

Eugene: Death from the Illinois Statewide Death Index [Name: HOWARD EUGENE; Gender/Race: M/W; Age: UNK; ID: 0450431; Date: 1926-10-02; County: KANE; Location: BLACKBERRY TWP; Date filed: 26-10-04]

William:

• Birth from his WWI draft registration card which gives his birth as 1882.
• Marriage from the marriage registry.

Much of the information for this family was provided by Wilma Vermilyer who is actively researching the Vermilyer and related families. She can be reached by email at [email protected].

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Emma: 1850 Census. Plato, Kane, Illinois. Page 60.
• Emma: 1860 Census. Plato, Kane, Illinois. Page 728.
• 1870 Census. Blackberry, Kane, IL. p. 6.
• 1880 Census. Blackberry, Kane, IL. p. 2.
• 1900 Census. Union Grove, Whiteside, IL. p. 8.
• William: 1900 Census. Blackberry, Kane, IL. p. 15.
• 1910 Census. Blackberry, Kane, IL. p. 14.
• 1920 Census. Blackberry, Kane, IL. p. 4.
• William: 1930 Census. Muskegon Heights, Muskegon, MI. p. 4.