She was the third of nine children born to Wait and Elizabeth Ann (Norton) Talcott. On September 7, 1858 she was married to Ralph E. Emerson, and they were the parents of three sons and five daughters. She was one year old when she accompanied her parents to Rockton, arriving there in October, 1838. She attended the Rockton Seminary and then taught in country schools. In 1853 she went to New York to attend Rutgers College graduating in 1856. In 1857 her family moved to Rockford. She taught at the East Side High School to the time of her marriage. She was a member of the Second Congregational Church, the Home and Foreign Mission Societies, the Woman's Union Missionary Society, the Chicago Art Institute, the Fortnightly Society of Chicago, the Monday Club of Rockford, the Mayflower Society, the Colonial Dames, the Daughters of 1812, a charter member and Honorary Regent of the Rockford Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution. She was also a gifted writer. Her chief contributions were "Love Sound," a volume of poetry published in 1854 which saw three editions; "Personal Recollections of Lincoln," written in collaboration with her husband; "Reminiscences of the Early Fifties"; "Letters to Hon. Wait Talcott," written to her father while a student at Rutgers; and "Love Bound", published in 1894, as well as other unpublished poems.
She was the third of nine children born to Wait and Elizabeth Ann (Norton) Talcott. On September 7, 1858 she was married to Ralph E. Emerson, and they were the parents of three sons and five daughters. She was one year old when she accompanied her parents to Rockton, arriving there in October, 1838. She attended the Rockton Seminary and then taught in country schools. In 1853 she went to New York to attend Rutgers College graduating in 1856. In 1857 her family moved to Rockford. She taught at the East Side High School to the time of her marriage. She was a member of the Second Congregational Church, the Home and Foreign Mission Societies, the Woman's Union Missionary Society, the Chicago Art Institute, the Fortnightly Society of Chicago, the Monday Club of Rockford, the Mayflower Society, the Colonial Dames, the Daughters of 1812, a charter member and Honorary Regent of the Rockford Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution. She was also a gifted writer. Her chief contributions were "Love Sound," a volume of poetry published in 1854 which saw three editions; "Personal Recollections of Lincoln," written in collaboration with her husband; "Reminiscences of the Early Fifties"; "Letters to Hon. Wait Talcott," written to her father while a student at Rutgers; and "Love Bound", published in 1894, as well as other unpublished poems.
Family Members
Spouse
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
