- Gender
- Male
Emmons, Sylvester
Biography
28 Feb. 1808–15 Nov. 1881. Lawyer, newspaper publisher. Born in Readington Township, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. Son of Abraham Emmons and Margaret Vlerebome. Moved to Philadelphia, 1831. Moved to Illinois, 1840. Admitted to bar in Hancock Co., Illinois, May 1843. Member of Nauvoo City Council, 1843–1844. Editor of Nauvoo Expositor, 1844. Moved to Beardstown, Cass Co., Illinois, 1844. Edited Beardstown Gazette, 1844–1852. Married Elizabeth Miller, 21 Dec. 1847, in Cass Co. Died in Beardstown.
Links
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Docket Entry, between circa 19 and circa 21 November 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Brown]
- Docket Entry, between circa 7 and circa 22 June 1844 [JS v. Emmons]
- Docket Entry, circa 10 March 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS]
- Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter]
- Docket Entry, circa 4 February 1843 [State of Illinois v. Goddard et al.]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–A
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Sylvester Emmons, 29 January 1843
- Minute Entry, Committee Appointments, 11 February 1843
- Minute Entry, Report and Orders, 12 February 1844
- Minutes, 16 December 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Transcript of Proceedings, 10 March 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS]