Notes |
- from "The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle", 13 Dec 1890 (ancestry.com)
DEATH OF GEORGE O. EMERSON
George Ozro Emerson, son of George and Huldah M. Emerson, of Bergen, died Thursday morning of consumption. Had he lived until the 16th ins. he would have been 45 years old. He was born in Riga; was graduated from the Rochester University in 1807, and two years later from the Columbia law school; began the practice of the law in New York city, which he continued two years, when he was taken ill with typhoid fever, from the effects of which he never recovered and was obliged to abandon the law. He had lived with his parents in Bergen seven years. He was elected president of the Bergen Fire Department, which he assisted in organizing, in November, 1888, and was three time re-elected, hold the office at the time of his death. The Rev. Dr. Saxe, pastor of the First Universalist Church, of Rochester, will conduct the funeral service in the Episcopal Church this morning at 10 o'clock. The burial will take place in the Churchville cemetery. At a special meeting of the Fire Department Thursday evening resolutions of respect and condolence were adopted, and it was voted to attend the funeral in a body, procure a floral design for the casket, and drape the engine room and fire apparatus in black for thirty days.
|