Sketch of Daniel Emerson, 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. ********************************************************************** John Emerson, of England, emigrated to America, and settled in St. Charles County, Maryland. His youngest son, Edward D., married Elizabeth Downs, of Maryland, and settled in Pike County, Missouri, in 1818. He was married three times, and raised a large family of children. His son, Daniel, married Catharine Smiley, and they had thirteen children. His first wife died, and he was married a sec- ond time to Ellen Boice, of St. Louis, who bore seven children. Mr. Emerson was Captain of Militia in Pike County for four years. He removed to St. Charles County in 1840. When he was a young man, courting his first wife, he went to see her one day, and got very wet in a heavy shower of rain that fell while he was on the road. When he got to the house he found no one at home, so he built a fire and lay down before it, and went to sleep. He slept sometime, and was awakened by his buckskin pants drawing tight around his legs and body as they dried. They were so tight that he could not straigh- ten himself, and while he was in that condition his seetheart came. She laughed at him a little, and then procured him dry clothing in which to dress. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================