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Female Emma J. Ambrose Click to view Emma J. Ambrose in the family tree Click to view Emma J. Ambrose in the family tree

Emma was born on October 9th, 1848 in Highland County, Ohio.1   Emma's father was George Ambrose and her mother was Margaret "Polly" Rizer.  Her paternal grandparents were Rev. William Hanby Ambrose and Susanna B. Crum; her maternal grandparents were Rev. Mathias G. Rizer and Mary Michael. She had five brothers and four sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Lewis, James, John, Joseph, Isaac, Katherine, Susannah, E., Elizabeth and Ambrose.  She died at the age of 19 on August 26th, 1868 in Highland County, Ohio.  She was buried in Hillsboro Cemetery, Highland County, Ohio.2 

1 David N. McBride & Jane N. McBride, Cemetery Inscriptions of Highland County, Ohio (2nd Ed., 1972)
2 Yoland Campbell Lifter, Tombstone Photos