Emma Jane Corker ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Emma was Emily Corker.²

  Death Notes:

Name: Emma Sawyer
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 23 Apr 1937
Event Place: Tipton Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States
Event Place: Tipton
Gender: Female
Age: 93
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Father's Name: Luke Corker
Mother's Name: Catherine Lightfoot
Certificate Number: 1656

Citing this Record
"Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24D-Z5R7 : 8 November 2017), Luke Corker in entry for Emma Sawyer, 23 Apr 1937, Tipton Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #1656, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101821064.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1842, Ohio, United States. ⁵

2. Alt. Birth, June 1844, Ohio, United States. ³

3. Alt. Birth, 1845, Ohio, United States. ²

4. 1850 US Census, 27 July 1850, East Union Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States. ⁵ 1850 US Census
Page 202A, Dwelling 48, Family 48
East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Emma Jane Corker..8..OH

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 27 Jun 1843, then her age should have been 6 instead of 8.

5. 1860 US Census, 10 July 1860, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁶ 1860 US Census
Page 140, Dwelling 947, Family 966
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Emma J. Corker..16..OH
(Living with parents.)

6. 1870 US Census, 23 August 1870, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 3, Dwelling 21, Family 21
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Emma Soyer..26..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and boarder.)

7. 1880 US Census, 3 June 1880, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 5, Roll 0331, District 354, Dwelling 41, Family 44
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Emily Sawyer..Wife..35..OH..Keeping House

(Living with husband and father-in-law.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 27 June 1843, then her age should have been 36 instead of 35.

8. Residence, 1883, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹

9. Residence, 1889, Springdale, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹

10. Residence, 1892, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹

11. Residence, 1895, Springdale, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹

12. 1900 US Census, 27 June 1900, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Page 8B, District 31, Dwelling 160, Family 161
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
married 38 years
farm rented
Emma J. Sawyer..Wife..Jun 1844..55..OH..0/0
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - Her birth date was believed to be 27 June 1843 instead of Jun 1844. Therefore her age should have been 56 instead of 55.

13. Residence, 1906, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹

14. 1910 US Census, 20 April 1910, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Page 5A, Roll 395, District 27, Dwelling 125, Family 125
Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
Fourth Street; home rented
Emma J. Sawyer..Wife..66..OH
(Living with husband.)

15. Residence, 1915, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States. ¹

16. Residence, 1917, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹

17. 1920 US Census, 2 January 1920, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁸ 1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 31, Family 24, Roll 482
Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
Spruce Street
Emma J. Sawyer..Head..76..OH..Single

(Emma was widowed and living alone. The marital status should have been Widowed instead of Single.)

18. 1930 US Census, 8 April 1930, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁹ 1930 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 2, Family 195, Line 7, Roll 646
Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
Mary Bell..Head..72..OH
Emma J. Sawyer..Lodger..86..OH..Widowed

(Emma was widowed and lodging with another lady.)

19. Obituary: Tipton Advertiser, April 1937, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹ Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Tipton, Sunday afternoon, April 25th for Mrs. Emma J. Sawyer, venerable Tipton resident who had won the love and esteem of a host of friends in Cedar county. The Rev. H. N. Poston officiated. Interment was made in the Masonic cemetery west of Tipton. Emma J. Corker was born in Wayne county, Ohio, on June 27, 1843. She was the daughter of Luke and Catherine A. Lightfoot Corker. She was 93 years, 9 months, and 26 days of age at her death in Tipton, Iowa, April 23, 1937. The family moved to Cedar county, Iowa, in the Spring of 1856. They and the family of her husband were the oldest of pioneers. Miss Corker was married to Andrew J. Sawyer on June 12, 1862. In August 1862 Mr. Sawyer enlisted in Company D, 24th Iowa Infantry and served to the close of the war. He was mustered out at Savannah, Georgia, on July 17, 1865. During his enlistment Mrs. Sawyer taught school and in 1864 enrolled in the University of Iowa at Iowa City, driving back and forth from Springdale with a team and wagon.

After the war Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer made their home on a farm near Springdale. In March 1883 they moved to Tipton where Mr. Sawyer was engaged in the livery business. They returned to the farm in 1889, back to Tipton in 1892, again to the farm in 1895 and returned again to Tipton in 1906. On February 19, 1915 they went to live in the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, where Mr. Sawyer died on December 13, 1916. Since that time Mrs. Sawyer made her home in Tipton. She was an active member of the W.R.C., the Eastern Star, and since April 1922 has been an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Tipton. Mrs. Sawyer leaves one sister, Mrs. David James of Boone, Iowa; two brothers, Julius Lee Corker of Mitchell, South Dakota and Archibald M. Corker of Pankington, South Dakota.

(Source: Tipton Advertiser, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, unknown date)

NOTE - The one surviving sister, "Mrs. David James" was Catherine Corker.
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20. Death Image, 23 April 1937, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States.

21. Cemetery: Masonic Cemetery, 25 April 1937, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. Find A Grave Memorial# 97931909

Emma married Andrew J. Sawyer, son of Amasa Sawyer and Elizabeth Fryberger, on 12 June 1862.^{1 2 3 4} (Andrew J. Sawyer was born on 8 April 1839 in Warren, Ohio, United States,^{3 4 12} died on 13 December 1916 in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States ¹² and was buried after 13 December 1916 in Masonic Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States ¹².). The cause of his death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1870 US Census, 23 August 1870, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 3, Dwelling 21, Family 21
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Andrew J. Soyer..30..OH..Farmer
Emma Soyer..26..OH..Keeping House
Thoms Burnett..26..OH..Farmer

2. 1880 US Census, 3 June 1880, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 5, Roll 0331, District 354, Dwelling 41, Family 44
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Andrew J. Sawyer..Head..42..OH..Farmer
Emily Sawyer..Wife..35..OH..Keeping House
Amasa Sawyer..Father..80..ME..Retired Farmer
Margaret Criley..Foster Daughter..11..IA..At School

3. 1900 US Census, 27 June 1900, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Page 8B, District 31, Dwelling 160, Family 161
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
farm rented
married 38 years
Andrew J. Sawyer..Head..Apr 1839..61..OH..Farmer
Emma J. Sawyer..Wife..Jun 1844..55..OH..0/0

4. 1910 US Census, 20 April 1910, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Page 5A, Roll 395, District 27, Dwelling 125, Family 125
Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
Fourth Street; home rented
Andrew J. Sawyer..Head..71..OH..Own Income
Emma J. Sawyer..Wife..66..OH

  Marriage Notes:

Emma J. Corker was born in Wayne County, Ohio, on June 27, 1843. She was the daughter of Luke and Catherine A. Lightfoot Corker. She was 93 years, 9 months, and 26 days of age at her death in Tipton, Iowa, April 23, 1937. The family moved to Cedar county, Iowa, in the Spring of 1856. They and the family of her husband were the oldest of pioneers. Miss Corker was married to Andrew J. Sawyer on June 12, 1862. In August 1862 Mr. Sawyer enlisted in Company D, 24th Iowa Infantry and served to the close of the war. He was mustered out at Savannah, Georgia, on July 17, 1865. During his enlistment Mrs. Sawyer taught school and in 1864 enrolled in the University of Iowa at Iowa City, driving back and forth from Springdale with a team and wagon.

After the war Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer made their home on a farm near Springdale. In March 1883 they moved to Tipton where Mr. Sawyer was engaged in the livery business. They returned to the farm in 1889, back to Tipton in 1892, again to the farm in 1895 and returned again to Tipton in 1906. On February 19, 1915 they went to live in the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, where Mr. Sawyer died on December 13, 1916. Since that time Mrs. Sawyer made her home in Tipton. She was an active member of the W.R.C., the Eastern Star, and since April 1922 has been an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Tipton. Mrs. Sawyer leaves one sister, Mrs. David James (Catherine Corker) of Boone, Iowa; two brothers, Julius Lee Corker of Mitchell, South Dakota and Archibald M. Corker of Pankington, South Dakota.

Emma and Andrew J. Sawyer had no children.
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