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220 LUTHER S. ELiVIEE, OF WASHINGTON, D. C.
VI. Emma Bartlett Elmer," b. Newark, N. J., May 22, 1843; m., Oct.
25, 1870, Joseph Martin Ashbury. He was a vinegar manufacturer;
res. Baltimore, Md., where she died Oct. 25, 1891. Children:
Marian Elmer Ashbury,' b. July 31, 1871. Nellie Stewart
Ashbury,' b. July 3, 1873. Ida Virginia Ashbury,' b. Dec.
13, 1876. Lillie Ruth Ashbury,' b. Oct. 25, 1878. Howard
Elmer Ashbury,' b. April 26, 1880.
VII. Mary Wickersham Elmer,« b. Baltimore, Md., March 24, 1856, and
d. there June 25, 1858.
1406 f. John Carpenter Elmer,^ b. April 7, 1817; m., Sept. 19, 1843, Jane
R. Stiles. He was a physician; and d. Oct. 17, 1863. His
daughter, Louise B. Elmer,^ res. Springfield, N. J. William
Stiles Elmer," d. Nov., 1863.
1406g. Luther Stewart Elmer,'^ b. Goshen, N. Y., June 24, 1819; m.,
Sept. 22, 1845, Lavinia Grandon Smith, daughter of Major Cadwalader
and Ann (Wise) Smith, of Hackettstown, N. J. She
was b. in Hackettstown, June 10, 1824, and in 1892 resides in
Washington, D. C. Mr. Elmer was a lawyer; res. in Morristown
and Newark, N. J., and in Jersey City, N. J., from 1856
to 1889. He died in Washington, D. C, July 10,
1889. He
was highly esteemed for his upright Christian life. Children
:
I. Ida T. Elmer," b. Newark, N. J. ; res. Washington, D. C.
II. Virginia Lavinia Elmer," b. Newark, N. J.; m., May 29, 1873, Will-
iam Henry Ames, a graduate of Brown University. He was
formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio. Res. Jersey City, N. J., and is
deceased. He was b. at New Orleans, La. At the age of
twenty-three he entered the U. S. service as private in the 165th
Regt. N. Y. Vols. ; March 15, 1864, made 2d lieut. of Co. B, 87
U. S. colored infantry stationed at New Orleans, La., and Aug.
31, 1865, was transferred to 84th Regt. U. S. colored infantry,
and was aid-de-camp to General Doolittle. Children: Elmer
Hampstead Ames,' b. Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 23, 1876. Henry
Olcott Ames,' b. Jersey City, N. J., Jan, 29, 1878. Adele
Ames,' b. Feb. 1, 1882; d. March 13, 1885.
III. Lavinia Elmer,^ b. Dec. 15, 1855, in Jersey City, N. J. ; d. there
July 20, 1857.
IV. Luther Stewart Elmer," b. Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 24, 1859; res.
1723 Corcoran street, Washington, D. C. He Avas a member of
the New York University class of 1881; studied law for three
years in Jersey City and one year in Washington, and in 1881
was appointed to a position in the post-office department in
Washington, D. C. He is now assistant chief clerk.
1406h. Thomas Evans Elmer,^ b. Dec. 9, 1821; d. Nov. 12, 1827; single.
14061. Keziah Jane Elmer.o b. June 12, 1824; d. April 18, 1842; single.
1406 j.
"^
Sarah Elizabeth Elmer, b. Feb. 24, 1827; d. Dec. 7, 1848, at South
Hadley boarding school ; single.
1407. Sarah Maria Elmer *
William,^ Joseph ^
). She was born at Goshen, N. Y., in
1796 ; died in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 12, 1874. She married
Mahlon Ford, who died March 23, 1888. She lived in Newark,
N. J., till 1870, and then removed to St. Louis, Mo.; is buried
in Newark, N. J. In a letter written in 1874 she
"
says, I,
an only daughter, was loved and indulged all I ought to be ;
[1330] (Mary Allison,^ Gen.
had a ver}^ happy childhood, girlhood, and youth ; hardly
knew anything about care or sorrow ;
had all the necessaries,
most of the comforts, and many of the luxuries of life. At