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Emerson, Philip H – Emmet, John T

Emerson, Philip H

lawyer, state senator, jurist, was born Feb. 15, 1834, in Danby, Vt. He was city attorney of Battle Creek, Mich., from 1865 to 1873; trustee and president of school board from 1868 to 1873; served in the state senate; and United States associate justice of the supreme court of Utah from 1873 to 1885.

Emerson, Ralph

clergyman, educator, author, was born Aug. 18, 1787, in Hollis, N. H. He was a congregational clergyman, professor in Andover Theological seminary in 1829-53, and author of Life of Joseph Emerson; and translation of Wisgon's Augustinianism and Pelagianism. He died May 20, 1863, in Rockford, Ill.

Emerton, Ephraim

educator, author, was born in 1851 in Massachusetts. He is professor of history at Harvard university, and the author of Introduction to the Study of Mediæval History; Synopsis of the History of Continental Europe; The Practical Method in Higher Historical Instruction; Sir William Temple and die Tripleallianz vom Jahre, 1668; and Mediæval Europe.

Emerton, James Henry

naturalist, author, was born in 1847 in Salem, Mass. He is a naturalist of eminence, and the author of Structure and Habits of Spiders; and Life on the Seashore.

Emery, Brainerd P

journalist, author, poet, was born March 25, 1865, in Southport, Conn. He is the author of In Sunshine and Shadow; and In the Haunts of Bloom and Bird.

Emery, Charles Edward

civil engineer. He has invented numerous appliances for the use of civil engineers.

Emery, George Addison

lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born in November, 1839, in Saco, Maine. He has been justice of the peace, commissioner for Massachusetts, judge of the municipal court and recorder and trial justice. He has represented Saco in the state legislature.

Emery, George W

governor, was a citizen of Tennessee. In 1875 he was appointed governor of Utah, serving until 1880.

Emery, Lewis

petroleum producer, was born in 1839, in Cherry Creek, N. Y.

In advance of oil development in Bradford, Pa., he leased about fourteen thousand acres of land. Sinking the first well at Toad Hollow, two miles south of the present city of Bradford, in 1875, he obtained a flow of forty barrels of oil per day.

Emmerton, James Arthur

genealogist, physician, author, was born Aug. 28, 1834, in Salem, Mass. He is a New England genealogist and physician, and the author of Eighteenth Century Baptisms in Salem, Massachusetts; Record of the 23d Massachusetts Regiment; and Materials towards an Emmerton Genealogy.

Emmet, Emma

artist, was born in 1854. She has attained national prominence as an artist.

Emmet, John T

Roman catholic priest, was born Feb. 13, 1854, in Pittstown, N. Y. In 1890 he was appointed pastor of St. Mary's church of Waterford, N. Y.