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Name |
Emerson, Charles Octavius, 1799-1863 |
Born |
1799 |
Birthplace |
York |
Deceased |
1863 |
Deceased where |
York |
Spouse |
Phillips, Harriet Jane (1808-1890) (m.1829) |
Father |
Emerson, Edward, Jr. (1765 - 1803) |
Mother |
Lyman, Abigail (1765 - 1836) |
Children |
Charles Edward (b.1830 - d. 1832) Francis Phillips (b.1831 - d.1887) (m. 1864 Miranda Emerson Brooks) Abigail Clarissa (b.1833 - d.1911) (m. 1868; Jeremiah McIntire) Edward Octavius (b.1834 - d.1912) (m. 1860; Lucy H. Johnson) Andrew Leonard (b.1837 - d.1909) (m. Francis L. Phillips) Harriet Eliza (b.1840 - d.1840) |
Relationships |
Clarissa (Emerson) Wiggin, 1788-1882, sister George Lyman Emerson 1790-1878, brother Edward Augustus Emerson 1793-1880, brother Miranda (Emerson) Keating 1796-1816, sister Andrew Leonard Emerson 1802-1835, brother |
Occupation |
Merchant, businessman, landowner Town clerk, treasurer, overseer of the House of Corrections, school committeeman, overseer of highways 1827 - 1829 State representative to the Maine State Legislature |
Education |
Harvard A.B. 1818 Harvard A.M. 1821 |
Notes |
Prominent York citizen. Strong supporter of the temperence movement. Lived in the Emerson Homestead on Long Sands Road. Buried in First Parish Cemetery |
