Catherine Wilson Emerson

WILSON, EMERSON, METZ, MERCKENS, MASDEN

Posted By: Linda Watson Byak (email)
Date: 7/2/2007 at 15:08:52

January 7, 1918. Lockrigde. Mrs. Catherine Emerson Died Saturday. Catherine Wilson Emerson was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Harbour Wilson and was born in William County, Ohio, on October 31, 1837. When four years of age, came with her parents to Jefferson County, Iowa, locating near Glasgow where she has since resided. On September 19, 1858, at Glasgow, she was united in marriage to W.J. Emerson, who passed away at their home September 23, 1889. Nine children, five of whom, three daughters and two sons, have preceded their mother in death. Surviving children: Mrs. Mary Metz of Glasgow, Mrs. Ida Merckens of Fairfield, Alonzo Emerson of Glasgow, and Mrs. Amy Masden of Fairfield and 17 grandchildren. After raising her own children, Mrs. Emerson took her daughter Ada's three daughters after the death of their mother and reared them as carefully as she did her own. Baptist Church.