Lemuel O. Emmerson was born at King's Station, south of Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana, on April 11, 1846, the son of Lemuel and Nancy (Dougan) Emmerson. The senior, Lemuel Emmerson, while living, was a successful farmer in Patoka township, this county, and died on December 12, 1845, a few months before the birth of the subject of this sketch. He was the father of five children, namely: Mary E. Mead, of Oakland City, Indiana; James R., of Oakland City; Mrs. Hannah J. Rutter, deceased; Mrs. Malissa Vickers, of Oakland City, and Lemuel O., the subject. After the father's death, the mother became the wife of Stephen Sanders, there being no issue to this union, and her death occurred in 1872 at Fort Branch, this county.
Lemuel O. Emmerson was reared on the paternal farmstead, receiving his education in the country schools of his home neighborhood. On December 8, 1863, when but sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, rendering valuable service to his country, receiving an honorable discharge on December 8, 1866. He took part in all the campaigns and battles in which his regiment participated, including the battles around Atlanta, and those at Rocky Face, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Lost Mountain and Kenesaw Mountain. He helped to lay the bridge at the crossing of Chattahoochee river, at the mouth of Soap creek, and there waded the stream in the face of the enemy's fire. He was in the battle of Atlanta, where General McPherson was killed, and in the sanguinary conflict at Jonesboro. After the fall of Atlanta, Mr. Emmerson accompanied his regiment in the pursuit of Hood to Tennessee, and took part in the engagements at Columbia, Nashville, and Franklin, Tennessee, and was in the battle of Kingston, North Carolina, one of the last of that great conflict. Returning home upon the conclusion of his service, Mr. Emmerson went to school for two years and then engaged in teaching, which commanded his attention for twenty-nine years, during all of which period he taught in Gibson county schools with the exception of four terms. In 1898 Mr. Emmerson retired from pedagogical work as profession and was elected a justice of the peace. This position he now holds, and he has discharged his duties to the entire satisfaction of all who have had business in his court. Well informed in the general principles of jurisprudence and with a large sense of justice and fairness, his decisions have been marked by a soundness of judgment and correctness of view, which have received the commendation of the higher courts.
On March 11, 1872, Mr. Emmerson was married to Marinda J. Mason, a native of Gibson county and a representative of one of its sterling families. To this union there were born three children, of whom one is living, Bessie, the wife of Lewis A. Shearer, of Charleston, West Virginia. Mrs. Emmerson died in 1890, and on April 16, 1891, Mr. Emmerson married Mary E. French, of Fort Branch, this county. Politically, he is an ardent Republican, while his religious membership is with the General Baptist church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. A man of sterling character and qualities, he has earned and retained to a notable degree the confidence and esteem of the entire community and is clearly entitled to representation in a work of the character of the one at hand.
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Lemuel O. Emmerson was reared on the paternal farmstead, receiving his education in the country schools of his home neighborhood. On December 8, 1863, when but sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, rendering valuable service to his country, receiving an honorable discharge on December 8, 1866. He took part in all the campaigns and battles in which his regiment participated, including the battles around Atlanta, and those at Rocky Face, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Lost Mountain and Kenesaw Mountain. He helped to lay the bridge at the crossing of Chattahoochee river, at the mouth of Soap creek, and there waded the stream in the face of the enemy's fire. He was in the battle of Atlanta, where General McPherson was killed, and in the sanguinary conflict at Jonesboro. After the fall of Atlanta, Mr. Emmerson accompanied his regiment in the pursuit of Hood to Tennessee, and took part in the engagements at Columbia, Nashville, and Franklin, Tennessee, and was in the battle of Kingston, North Carolina, one of the last of that great conflict. Returning home upon the conclusion of his service, Mr. Emmerson went to school for two years and then engaged in teaching, which commanded his attention for twenty-nine years, during all of which period he taught in Gibson county schools with the exception of four terms. In 1898 Mr. Emmerson retired from pedagogical work as profession and was elected a justice of the peace. This position he now holds, and he has discharged his duties to the entire satisfaction of all who have had business in his court. Well informed in the general principles of jurisprudence and with a large sense of justice and fairness, his decisions have been marked by a soundness of judgment and correctness of view, which have received the commendation of the higher courts.
On March 11, 1872, Mr. Emmerson was married to Marinda J. Mason, a native of Gibson county and a representative of one of its sterling families. To this union there were born three children, of whom one is living, Bessie, the wife of Lewis A. Shearer, of Charleston, West Virginia. Mrs. Emmerson died in 1890, and on April 16, 1891, Mr. Emmerson married Mary E. French, of Fort Branch, this county. Politically, he is an ardent Republican, while his religious membership is with the General Baptist church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. A man of sterling character and qualities, he has earned and retained to a notable degree the confidence and esteem of the entire community and is clearly entitled to representation in a work of the character of the one at hand.
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Lemuel O. Emmerson was born at King's Station, south of Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana, on April 11, 1846, the son of Lemuel and Nancy (Dougan) Emmerson. The senior, Lemuel Emmerson, while living, was a successful farmer in Patoka township, this county, and died on December 12, 1845, a few months before the birth of the subject of this sketch. He was the father of five children, namely: Mary E. Mead, of Oakland City, Indiana; James R., of Oakland City; Mrs. Hannah J. Rutter, deceased; Mrs. Malissa Vickers, of Oakland City, and Lemuel O., the subject. After the father's death, the mother became the wife of Stephen Sanders, there being no issue to this union, and her death occurred in 1872 at Fort Branch, this county.
Lemuel O. Emmerson was reared on the paternal farmstead, receiving his education in the country schools of his home neighborhood. On December 8, 1863, when but sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, rendering valuable service to his country, receiving an honorable discharge on December 8, 1866. He took part in all the campaigns and battles in which his regiment participated, including the battles around Atlanta, and those at Rocky Face, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Lost Mountain and Kenesaw Mountain. He helped to lay the bridge at the crossing of Chattahoochee river, at the mouth of Soap creek, and there waded the stream in the face of the enemy's fire. He was in the battle of Atlanta, where General McPherson was killed, and in the sanguinary conflict at Jonesboro. After the fall of Atlanta, Mr. Emmerson accompanied his regiment in the pursuit of Hood to Tennessee, and took part in the engagements at Columbia, Nashville, and Franklin, Tennessee, and was in the battle of Kingston, North Carolina, one of the last of that great conflict. Returning home upon the conclusion of his service, Mr. Emmerson went to school for two years and then engaged in teaching, which commanded his attention for twenty-nine years, during all of which period he taught in Gibson county schools with the exception of four terms. In 1898 Mr. Emmerson retired from pedagogical work as profession and was elected a justice of the peace. This position he now holds, and he has discharged his duties to the entire satisfaction of all who have had business in his court. Well informed in the general principles of jurisprudence and with a large sense of justice and fairness, his decisions have been marked by a soundness of judgment and correctness of view, which have received the commendation of the higher courts.
On March 11, 1872, Mr. Emmerson was married to Marinda J. Mason, a native of Gibson county and a representative of one of its sterling families. To this union there were born three children, of whom one is living, Bessie, the wife of Lewis A. Shearer, of Charleston, West Virginia. Mrs. Emmerson died in 1890, and on April 16, 1891, Mr. Emmerson married Mary E. French, of Fort Branch, this county. Politically, he is an ardent Republican, while his religious membership is with the General Baptist church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. A man of sterling character and qualities, he has earned and retained to a notable degree the confidence and esteem of the entire community and is clearly entitled to representation in a work of the character of the one at hand.
*Partial bio
Lemuel O. Emmerson was reared on the paternal farmstead, receiving his education in the country schools of his home neighborhood. On December 8, 1863, when but sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, rendering valuable service to his country, receiving an honorable discharge on December 8, 1866. He took part in all the campaigns and battles in which his regiment participated, including the battles around Atlanta, and those at Rocky Face, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Lost Mountain and Kenesaw Mountain. He helped to lay the bridge at the crossing of Chattahoochee river, at the mouth of Soap creek, and there waded the stream in the face of the enemy's fire. He was in the battle of Atlanta, where General McPherson was killed, and in the sanguinary conflict at Jonesboro. After the fall of Atlanta, Mr. Emmerson accompanied his regiment in the pursuit of Hood to Tennessee, and took part in the engagements at Columbia, Nashville, and Franklin, Tennessee, and was in the battle of Kingston, North Carolina, one of the last of that great conflict. Returning home upon the conclusion of his service, Mr. Emmerson went to school for two years and then engaged in teaching, which commanded his attention for twenty-nine years, during all of which period he taught in Gibson county schools with the exception of four terms. In 1898 Mr. Emmerson retired from pedagogical work as profession and was elected a justice of the peace. This position he now holds, and he has discharged his duties to the entire satisfaction of all who have had business in his court. Well informed in the general principles of jurisprudence and with a large sense of justice and fairness, his decisions have been marked by a soundness of judgment and correctness of view, which have received the commendation of the higher courts.
On March 11, 1872, Mr. Emmerson was married to Marinda J. Mason, a native of Gibson county and a representative of one of its sterling families. To this union there were born three children, of whom one is living, Bessie, the wife of Lewis A. Shearer, of Charleston, West Virginia. Mrs. Emmerson died in 1890, and on April 16, 1891, Mr. Emmerson married Mary E. French, of Fort Branch, this county. Politically, he is an ardent Republican, while his religious membership is with the General Baptist church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. A man of sterling character and qualities, he has earned and retained to a notable degree the confidence and esteem of the entire community and is clearly entitled to representation in a work of the character of the one at hand.
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