Emma was born on January 16th, 1865.1 Emma's father was Elwood Beadle and her mother was Mary Ann McCalla. Her maternal grandparents were Thomas McCalla and Catherine Zehner. She had two brothers and two sisters, named Eugene, Samuel, Phoebe and Lucy. She was the third oldest of the five children. She died at the age of 8 on March 21st, 1873.1