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Edward Warren "Eddie" Emerson
23 May 1855 – 17 Oct 1934
| Birth | 23 May 1855 |
| Death | 17 Oct 1934 |
| Cemetery | Dry Valley Cemetery Custer County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Starlight on 20 Aug 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58781709 |
Bio
Among the few old residents of Custer county who have retained possession of their original homesteads since first locating there is the enterprising farmer and stockman whose name heads this article. Mr. Emerson is a native of Alton, Illinois, born May 23, 1855, eldest child of Richard and Mary (Ellis) Emerson, who were parents of seven children. He has a brother and a sister in Minneapolis, Minnesota; a sister in Montana, a brother in Boston, the others of the children being deceased. Both parents were born in Massachusetts, the father of English parentage and the mother of English and Scotch descent. He died in Alton, August 5, 1872, and she in Minneapolis, August 23, 1910. The coat of arms formerly used by the Emerson family in England is in the possession of E. W. Emerson. Mr. Emerson was reared in Alton and there received the educational advantages afforded in the public school. As a young man he engaged in farming and in the spring of 1882 decided to seek the larger opportunities offered in the west and went to St. Paul, Nebraska, where he remained one year. Mr. Emerson was married at Hastings, March 7, 1883, to Miss Lou Edwards, who was born in London, England, and came to America in infancy. She had been a teacher in Illinois before coming to Nebraska. The young couple made their first home in Custer county, securing a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land on the northeast quarter of section twenty-seven, township eighteen, range eighteen, which has been their home throughout all the years since. Mr. Emerson has made all possible improvements and has brought his land to a state of large productiveness. He is one of the older settlers of his neighborhood and in early days met with many discouragements and trying experiences, but has met them with unflagging energy and ambition, never losing faith in the future of Nebraska. In his early years there he did freighting between Westerville and Grand Island, during this time enduring the hardships of Nebraska's severe winters. He is well known in, his part of Custer county as an upright and useful citizen and is regarded with respect and esteem by all. Mrs. Emerson died on the home farm in Custer county, March 17, 1894, being survived by her husband and five of her six children: Myra, wife of Henry Snyder, of Custer county, has two children; Ralph W., married and has one child, living in Lewellen, Nebraska; Roscoe, died in July, 1887; Daisy M. and Richard R., twins, the former deceased and the latter living at home; George E., in Massachusetts, and Mina Alice. Mrs. Emerson was deeply mourned by her family as a devoted wife and mother and her loss was a grief to her many friends. Mr. Emerson was married (second) at the home of the bride's parents, March 5, 1905, to Miss Melissa Irwin, who was born in Cass county, Iowa, and two children have blessed this union: Mary E. and Ada Mae, both at home. Ernest T. Irwin, a son of Mrs. Emerson, resides east of Comstock, is married and has one daughter. Source: Compendium of history, reminiscence, and biography of Nebraska, Chicago: Alden Publishing Company, 1912, page 584
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- Susan Elizabeth Emerson Barry 1830–1907 FaG
- Benjamin Franklin Edwards "Frank" Emerson 1838–1927 FaG
- Carey William Emerson 1851–1929 FaG
- Mae Eloisa Emerson Tribble 1852–1938 FaG
- Harriet Hunt Emerson Featherston 1860–1941 FaG
Children
- Ralph Warren Emerson 1885–1966
- Richard Ray Emerson 1888–1966
- Mina Alice Emerson Carpenter 1893–1983
- Mary Elizabeth Emerson Thompson 1905–1998
- Ada Mae Emerson Gibbens 1910–1996
- William "Carey" Emerson 1912–1974
- John Edward Emerson 1914–2003
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