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Benjamin B. Emison

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Benjamin B. Emison

Birth
Scott County, Kentucky, USA
Death
18 Nov 1886 (aged 86)
Burial
Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
older part of cemetery
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From: :Portrait & Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline counties, Missouri":

Benjamin was a son of Ash Emison, a native of Ireland, whose wife was Mary Mitchell Emison, a Scotch-bred woman. Ash emison was a soldier in the War of 1812. Catherine Briscoe Emison, a native of Maryland, married Benjamin in Kentucky in 1818 and died May 6 1846. After her death Benjamin married again in 1848, taking as his second wife Mrs. Bethany Elgin. In the year 1850 Benjamin Emison moved to Missouri,k and settled in Lafayette County at Wellington, where he resided for 35 years, when his 2nd wife died. He then made his home with his son, James A. Whitsitt after the death of his wife and until his own death which occured November 18, 1886. By his first marriage Benjamin was the father of 11 children, three of whom outlived him, James A. Whitsitt, Martha A. Whitsitt McHatton and Joseph W. Whitsitt. His second wife bore no children.

Marriage Record Scott Co., KY.
Benjamin Emison m. Bethany Williamson, Elgin 23 Aug. 1847 Scott Co. KY. Bethany Williamson, Elgin, Emison d/o Anderson Williamson and Hester Johnson.
From: :Portrait & Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline counties, Missouri":

Benjamin was a son of Ash Emison, a native of Ireland, whose wife was Mary Mitchell Emison, a Scotch-bred woman. Ash emison was a soldier in the War of 1812. Catherine Briscoe Emison, a native of Maryland, married Benjamin in Kentucky in 1818 and died May 6 1846. After her death Benjamin married again in 1848, taking as his second wife Mrs. Bethany Elgin. In the year 1850 Benjamin Emison moved to Missouri,k and settled in Lafayette County at Wellington, where he resided for 35 years, when his 2nd wife died. He then made his home with his son, James A. Whitsitt after the death of his wife and until his own death which occured November 18, 1886. By his first marriage Benjamin was the father of 11 children, three of whom outlived him, James A. Whitsitt, Martha A. Whitsitt McHatton and Joseph W. Whitsitt. His second wife bore no children.

Marriage Record Scott Co., KY.
Benjamin Emison m. Bethany Williamson, Elgin 23 Aug. 1847 Scott Co. KY. Bethany Williamson, Elgin, Emison d/o Anderson Williamson and Hester Johnson.

Inscription

Tombstone reads B. Emison



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  • Added: Jul 24, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15026495/benjamin_b-emison: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin B. Emison (18 Nov 1800–18 Nov 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15026495, citing Greenton Cemetery, Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ann (contributor 46853885).