Wow, Jan! I hope some of us can be as helpful to you in the future.
Nancy
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Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [INGIBSON] Rueben Emerson
Jan,
I have no known connection to Reuben Emerson, so won't be able to answer
any
questions about what I'm sending you. I'm just feeling in a
helpful mood
tonight and have some rare "free" time. So, for what it's worth [brackets
are mine - Tartt is a little confusing sometimes], here's what I found
about
Reuben...
Donna in Kansas
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from Tartt's History of Gibson County (1884)
p. 61 - Reuben Emerson, brother of Jesse, came to the county in 1813, and
settled in Sec. 32, T 3 R 11, where he made his home until his death in
1832.
He reared a good-sized family, and left quite a large estate. James
L.
Emerson, residing on the old homestead, Lucilla Rosborough, and Thomas
Emerson, of Owensville, are the only members of the family now living.
p. 173 - there is quite a lengthy bio of Reuben Emerson
highlights: family was from Virginia, later Lincoln Co., KY, then to
southern part of Gibson Co. in 1813. Reuben died 1831 [conflicts with
above
date of 1832.] He married Elizabeth Logan, who was also a Virginian
by
birth, born in 1780. She died in 1864. By that union there were 7 sons
and
4 daughters. Of the sons was Jesse, the father of the subject of
this
sketch
[i.e., there's an "old" Reuben and a "young"
Reuben - younger is son of
Jesse
according to Tartt.] He [Jesse] was born in Lincoln Co., KY in 1811
-
came
to IN in his 2nd year. After he grew to manhood he farmed on a tract
of
land
south of the old homestead. He lived there until 1864, when he moved
to a
place north of Owensville, on the road to Princeton, and there remained
until
his death, in 1879.
He married Margaret Ann Redman, dau of Absalom & Elizabeth (Smith)
Redman.
She was b in Adair Co, KY in 1813, and came to this county in 1833.
She
still survives her husband and is a resident of the old farmstead. The
offspring of the union of Jesse and Margaret A. Emerson were 8 children, 5
of
whom are now living.
Reuben is the oldest of their children. He was born on the farm in Gibson
Co., where his father first lived after his marriage Nov. 29, 1834. He
grew
to manhood in the country, and remained at home until 1854, when he
married
and went to farming on a place 4 miles north of Owensville, on which
farm
he
continued until 1880, when he came to Princeton and engaged in the
drug
business, in which he continued until 1830 (sic). On the 1st of March the
same year he commenced the furniture and undertakers business, in which he
is
still engaged. On the 19th of October, 1854, he m Lucinda J. Mauck,
dau
of
Joseph & Grace. She was b in Gibson Co. Her parents are natives
of
Washington Co., TN, and came to IN in 1826. Mrs. Emerson died Apr 4,
1879.
There were 2 sons: Thomas and Calvin. The former married Martha,
dau of
William Woods. On 27 Sep 1880, Mr. Emerson married his present wife, who
was
Mrs. Mary A. Montgomery nee Robb. She was b in Posey Co., IN and is
the
dau
of Thomas & Minerva Robb. Both Mr. & Mrs. Emerson are
members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
p. 197 - "Montgomery Township"
Jesse Emerson, afterward associate judge, and a very prominent and
influential man in the county, came here from KY in 1811, and settled on
the
road leading from Owensville to Princeton, in the northwest quarter
of Sec
28, T2 R 11. He reared a large family, of whom Henry Emerson, at
Haubstadt,
is the only one living. Reuben Emerson, brother of the above, came
to the
county in 1813, and settled in what is now Johnson Township.
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