Sketch of Benjamin Emmons, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Benjamin Emmons and his wife came from one of the Eastern States and settled in Dardenne Prairie, near the present town of Cottleville, in St. Charles County. Several years afterward he removed to the town of St. Charles and opened a hotel. He was also elected Justice of the Peace, and, being a man of education and intelligence, was chosen by the people of his county to represent them in the first State Constitutional Convention, which met at St. Louis in 1820. He afterward served in both houses of the Legislature for several terms, to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. In 1832 St. Charles was visited by that dreadful pestilence, the Asiatic cholera, and many persons were swept into untimely graves. Mr. Emmons fearlessly offered his assistance to the afflicted, and nursed the sick night and day; thereby saving many lives. He was assisted in this good office by a Mr. Loveland, proprietor of the ferry at St. Charles. Mr. Emmons had two children: Daphney and Benjamin Jr. Daphney married a Mr. McCloud, who was the first editor of the St. Charles Gazette. He died, and she afterwards married Alonzo Robinson, a school teacher, who moved to California and died. Benjamin Jr., was County and Cir- cuit Clerk of St. Charles County for many years, and is now practic- ing law in St. Louis. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================