He was one that ran Lee's Ferry, Arizona. He was opisitional to the Grand Canyon Cattle Company when they fenced public land and he cut the fences for his cattle to graze. They tried to charge him with Cattle Rustling but it didn't stick.Tho at that time in Flagstaff he met and befriended Zane Grey. Grey wrote 3 books about Emmett and his family. An article published in 1923 was called." The man who influenced me most" That was James Simpson Emmett. The Cattle Company got back at him when they bought Lee's Ferry from the LDS church and fired him. He was a respected man.
He was buried in the Hinckley Cemetery but when Emma died they moved him to lay beside her in Cedar City Cemetery.
He was one that ran Lee's Ferry, Arizona. He was opisitional to the Grand Canyon Cattle Company when they fenced public land and he cut the fences for his cattle to graze. They tried to charge him with Cattle Rustling but it didn't stick.Tho at that time in Flagstaff he met and befriended Zane Grey. Grey wrote 3 books about Emmett and his family. An article published in 1923 was called." The man who influenced me most" That was James Simpson Emmett. The Cattle Company got back at him when they bought Lee's Ferry from the LDS church and fired him. He was a respected man.
He was buried in the Hinckley Cemetery but when Emma died they moved him to lay beside her in Cedar City Cemetery.
Family Members
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Catherine Sytha Emett
1873–1873
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Emma Jane Emett Chamberlain
1874–1959
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James Simpson Emett II
1876–1877
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William Moses "Snap" Emett
1878–1944
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John Taylor Emett
1880–1909
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Clara Electa Emett Nebeker
1882–1966
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George Franklin Emett
1884–1949
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Rose Nell Emett Lundgreen
1893–1928
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Bessie Emett Cahoon
1896–1968
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