Emily was the daughter of Nathaniel P. Martin and Mariah Patton. They were from Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Emily was born August 27 1834 in Juniata, Blair, Pennsylvania. Her family moved to Indiana about 1850. Here she met George Kistler. They were married August 27, 1856 in Carroll County, Indiana. They moved shortly after this to Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.
Here their eight children were born. They had two sets of twins. Frances Martha and Mariah were born May 4, 1857. Mariah only lived a month. Next came Lewis Cass in 1859. Next another set of twins were born November 1, 1861. Elnora Mary and Alvaretta were their names. Alveretta only lived a few days. Then Ida was born in 1863, Charles Sherman in 1864 and Emily in 1868. Most of these children spent their lives in Shawnee County, Kansas and are buried in the Rochester Cemetery.
Emily died October 27, 1868 in Shawnee County following childbirth. Her husband George remarried and lived until 1900. Emily's mother in Indiana lived ten years after the death of her daughter.
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