Biographical Sketch of John S. Edmisson, Dallas County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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John S. Edmisson (deceased).  In giving a history of the prominent
and progressive citizens of Dallas County, the biographical depart-
ment of this work would be incomplete without mentioning the Edmisson
family, who have been represented in Missouri since 1837, at which
date John S. Edmisson and his parents, Emanuel and Nancy (Johnson)
Edmisson, located in Washington Township, Dallas County, where they
entered land and were among the first settlers.  He was born October
20, 1820, in Hardin County, Tenn., but received a fair education in
the schools of Dallas County.  On July 8, 1847, he was married to 
Miss Elizabeth Wollard, and removed to Washington Township, where he
was robbed and killed by the militia on the night of September 25,
1863.  He was a very successful farmer and stock dealer, and all his
property was acquired by his own energy and judicious management, as
he started in life a poor boy and received no assistance from his
parents.  He held a number of offices in the county, and had been 
clerk of the Baptist Church, of which he was a member, for a number
of years.  Five of his seven children are now living:  George T.; 
Louisa R., wife of James L. Randle; Richard C.; Nancy M., wife of
John H. Williamson; and Robert N.  His wife is still living, aged
sixty-one years, and after his death she was married to Dr. George
Davison, of Murray County, Tenn., by whom she became the mother of
two children:  Joshua S., and Mary J., wife of John A. Brown.  The
Doctor died January 4, 1887, and was a member of the Christian Church
and also came to Missouri when seventeen years of age.  His wife's
parents were Nathaniel and Margaret (Hardison) Wollard, natives of
Murray County, Tenn., where also their daughter Elizabeth was born,
November 29, 1827.  They came to Dallas County about 1837, and settled
on a farm in Washington Township, where the father was also killed by
the militia September 1, 1863, his house having been robbed and burned
by them.  He was a minister of the Baptist Church, and was a peacable
and law-abiding citizen.  Emanuel Edmisson died at the home of his 
son, John S., in Jackson Township, in July, 1857.
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