Martin Luther EMERSON^[1]

1858 - 1925  (67 years)

• Name	Martin Luther EMERSON
  Born	7 Apr 1858	Middle River, Augusta Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  _UID	B12312BE132CCF47A098DEBCDE8A7A33E061
  Died	3 Nov 1925	Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia
  Buried	5 Nov 1925	Mt. Rupert Cem., Upshur Co., West Virginia
  Person ID	I14185	Branch 078 Laban Stafford b. 1738 NC
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	John EMERSON,   b. 4 Feb 1824, Virginia ,   d. 1896, Gilmer Co., West Virginia  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Susana SHICKLE,   b. 4 Feb 1822, Virginia ,   d. 4 Oct 1902, Cox's Mills, Gilmer Co., West Virginia  (Age 80 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1850
  Family ID	F5007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Martin Luther never married. He lived for many years with his sister Sarah (Sally) and when her son Olin married Lottie Beverly the family lived together in Buckhannon, Upshur Co., WV until her death. He continued to live with Olin and Lottie and their family until his death. Luther was a gentle and kind man and is said to never speak illof anyone, or harshly to anyone. He was not welll in his later years, and did not go out to work, but he helped Lottie with the small children. He did needlework as a pastime and made beautiful embroideried quilts and knitted sweaters for tthe children. I remember him and his funeral. I remember my cousin Delbert holding me up to his coffin and having me touch his face with my fingers. Lona B. Emerson, a grand-neice, Researcher Uncle Luther died of cancer. Howard Emerson was in possession of a snapshot of me, Lona Emerson Lyon, sitting on Luther Emerson's knee in a rocking chair. It is probably in the possesion of his son, Clarence, since Howard's death. It is a very out'of'focus picture of and old-looking man and a baby with curly light hair. Lona B. Emerson Lyon, Researcher

  
  

• Sources

  [S201] Stafford Data Branch 60.