Samuel Henry Emerson (1846 - 1920)

Born 5 Oct 1846 in Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Catherine (Gill) Emerson — married 10 Oct 1865 in Hot Springs, Ark

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1920 at age 74 in Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1846. Samuel Emerson ... He passed away in 1920. ^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Kim White, Saturday, October 4, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FQ-XM2 : accessed 13 August 2018), Samuel H Emerson, Fenter Townships Malvern town, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 15A, family 290, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,061.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVS-HJ7Y : 13 December 2015), Samuel Henry Emerson, 1920; Burial, Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States of America, Oak Ridge Cemetery; citing record ID 5188872, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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Name

Name: Samuel * Henry /Emerson/^[3][4][5]

Birth

Birth: Old Rockport, Arkansas

Date: 05 OCT 1846

Birth:

Date: 05 OCT 1846

Place: Old Rockport, Arkansas

Birth:

Date: 05 OCT 1846

Place: Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA^[6]

Birth:

Date: 05 OCT 1846

Place: Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA^[7]

Birth:

Date: OCT 1846

Place: Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA^[8]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 05 OCT 1846

Death

Death:

Date: 26 DEC 1920

Place: Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA

Death:

Date: 26 DEC 1920

Place: Malvern, Arkansas

Death:

Date: 28 DEC 1920

Place: Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA^[9]

Death:

Date: 28 DEC 1920

Place: Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA^[10]

Death:

Date: 25 DEC 1920

Place: Malvern, Arkansas, USA^[11]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 26 DEC 1920Array

Burial

Burial: Oakridge Cemetery, Malvern, Arkansas

Date: 27 DEC 1920

Burial:

Date: 27 DEC 1920

Place: Oakridge Cemetery, Malvern, Arkansas

Burial:

Place: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA^[12]

Burial:

Place: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA^[13]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 12 MAR 1924

Place: Augusta, Virginia^[14][15][16]

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Fenter, Hot Spring, Arkansas^[17]

Residence:

Date: 1860

Place: Fenter, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States^[18]

Residence:

Date: 1880

Place: Fenter, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States^[19]

Residence:

Date: 1900

Place: Malvern town, Hot Spring, Arkansas^[20]

Note

Note: #N70

PHOTO

PHOTO @M71@

Object

Object: @M55@

Object: @M71@

Object: @M77@

Marriage

Husband: Samuel * Alexander Emerson

Wife: Sarah * Margaret Givins

Child: Samuel Alexander Emerson

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Elizabeth Emerson

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Bowey Emerson

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel * Henry Emerson

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Elbert English Emerson

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage: At her sister's house.

Date: 27 MAY 1842

Place: Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States^[21]

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Notes

Note N70According to his obituary, Samuel H. Emerson was a Pioneer Citizen of Hot Spring County. He was prominent in affairs of Malvern and Hot Spring County for many years.

He had been publisher of the Malvern Meteor and the Times-Journal.

He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1863 and served to the end of the war under Gen. Robert E. Lee. He was wounded several times, the last being at the battle of Gettysburg. He enlisted in the 3rd Arkansas.

He and Mary Catherine Gill had 10 children.

He had the honor of being Malvern's first mayor, elected in 1877, and served several terms. In 1877, he was elected Representative form Hot Spring County and served in the House of Arkansas Legislature for several terms including 1883 and 1893. He was, at one time, Chairman of the County Democratic Central Committee.

He was postmaster during President Cleveland's first administration.

He was master of Rockport Lodge, F. and A. M. on several occasions and was a mason from 1883 until his death.

He was a member of the Methodist Church.

According to the 1900 census, his father was born in NC and his mother in Virginia. He listed his occupation as publisher.

In the Malvern Meteor, March 1913, Mr. Samuel H. Emerson, its editor, states, "The Methodist Episcopal Church was founded nearly a century ago among the early settlers to that (Rockport) region." The Clark County Circuit was organized in 1836 and the Rockport Methodist Church was made a regular preaching station on the circuit. Mr. Samuel H. Emerson also states that the first church building was built of logs and heated by a large stone fireplace.

Samuel H. Emerson, son of the founder of Rockport, was the first mayor of Malvern. The county's first brick courthouse was built in 1888 at the cost of ,000. {Source: the Friday, August 19, 1977 issue of the Malvern Daily Record in "Looking Back".}