Emery Myers Emmert^{[1, 2]}

1900 - 1962  (62 years)

• Name	Emery Myers Emmert
  Birth	18 Jul 1900	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1920	Mount Morris, Ogle, Illinois, United States   [2]
  Death	6 Oct 1962
  Person ID	I1727	Emmert-Tipton
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Elder Michael Wolf Emmert,   b. 2 Mar 1870, Ogle County, , Illinois, United States d. 21 Jul 1931, Mt. Morris, Ogle, Illinois, United States (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Myers,   b. Abt 1877, Illinois, , , United States d. 11 Mar 1949 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1899  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet (Hettye) Myers
  Marriage	20 Jun 1927  [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth (Beth) Emmert   2. Donald Lee Emmert,   b. 6 Oct 1929   d. 6 Nov 1934 (Age 5 years) + 3. Ruth Ann Emmert + 4. Mary Catherine Emmert + 5. Emry Myers
  Family ID	F895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Jul 1900 - Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States Residence - 1920 - Mount Morris, Ogle, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Professor, University of Kentucky horticulturist, develope d hybrid plants. Recognized nationally. Lexington, Kentuc ky - from the report on descendants of Michal and Mary (Wol fe) Emmert - Vera Emmert Johansen UID 5DBCBE345ACC4D50B344901FEC0A5B1CE1B9

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] JoAnn and Harold Mack - Emmert Report dated October 10, 1997. [S50] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago C), Year: 1920; Census Place: Mount Morris, Ogle, Illinois; Roll: T625_398; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 100; Image: 418. (Reliability: 3). [S451] John Heckman and J. E. Miller, Brethren in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin, (Elgin, Illinois: Brethren Publishing House, 1941.), 159. (Reliability: 3). [S17] http://www.plasticulture.org/history_Emmert.htm (Reliability: 3). Dr. Emery Myers Emmert “The Father of Plastic Greenhouses”From The Proceedings of the 25 National Agricultural Plastics Congress in 1994Written by Robert G. AndersonUniversity of Kentucky Sept. 1994In 1994 Dr. Emery Myers Emmert was posthumously selected for the American Society for Plasticulture’s Pioneer Award in honor of his groundbreaking research in plastic film use. At that time the organization was celebrating its Silver Anniversary Congress on Agricultural Plastics. The Proceedings of that event were dedicated to Dr. Emmert. The following article in the Proceedings commemorated his work.On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the American Society for Plasticulture and its predecessors, the National Agricultural Plastics Association and the National Horticultural Plastics Association, it is appropriate to consider the impact that the researchers involved with the Society have had on agriculture in the world. Agricultural scientists take pride in “their mission or duty” to serve the