| 1. | Emily Compton Covert was born on 24 Mar 1888 in North Dakota, United States; died on 16 Mar 1974 in Lane County, Oregon, United States; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Big Timber, Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 67865468
- _UID: 1E5F5096FB3A4251B7BF6C2B71A7649F538E
- Census-Household Member: 1910, Oakes Ward, Dickey County, North Dakota, United States; USA
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Role: Household Member
Died:
Served as nurse, US Army Nurse Corps, World War I.
Born 1888 in North Dakota, Emily, 22 years of age in 1910 federal census for Dickey County, North Dakota was step-daughter to James W. Filshier: her occupation school teacher. Trained as a nurse at University of Minnesota, Emily entered service April 2 1918 at Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, as Army nurse and left at once in May 1918 for Lakewood New Jersey to join Base Hospital 26: also known as "the Mayo Unit."
On 3 June 1918 she sailed to France via Liverpool, England. Stationed at Base Hospital Center Allerey Soane et Loire, France, Emily was Assistant Chief Nurse in Base Hospital 26 from July 1918 until the latter part of January 1919 . The Red Cross first organized this hospital, but the Army assumed responsibility for it. She married Lieutenant Nathaniel D. Heaton, U.S. Army at Allerey, France, 15 Sep 1918.
After war's end, she sailed from Brest, France in February 1919, and discharged April 16, 1919.
She returned to Billings and elected president of Montana State Association of Graduate Nurses in 1921. Emily lived at 1110 N 30th Street, Billings.
Emily moved to Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, where she was living in 1930 and was superintendent of Good Samaritan Hospital.
She died 16 March 1974 in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, and is buried in Big Timber, Montana.
(source) Women Veterans of World War I from Yellowstone County, Montana. c. 2014, by Ed Saunders, Laurel, Montana
Emily Covert Heaton is buried in the E.M. Adams family burial plot in Mountain View Cemetery, Big Timber, Montana. Emily is buried with Elizabeth Heaton McCormack.
Emily married Nathaniel Dade Heaton, of Lake Oswego, OR in 1918. Nathaniel (son of Dr. Eppa Hunton Heaton and Martha Clarke Dade) was born on 1 Jan 1893 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States; died on 6 May 1971 in Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States; was buried in Ketoctin Baptist Church Cemetery, Purcellville, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Elizabeth Lee "Libby" Heaton
 was born on 28 Jul 1919 in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, United States; died on 4 Jul 2004.
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1888 - 1974 (85 years)
