BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID B. EMMERT Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912. submitted by Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net); (copyright) 2001 by Teresa Lindquist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DAVID B. EMMERT, born in Pennsylvania in 1837, came to Kansas in 1860 and settled at Auburn, Shawnee county, and in June of that year established a paper called the Auburn Docket. This paper lasted one year, when Mr. Emmert moved to Marmaton, Bourbon county. Mr. Emmert was chief clerk of the first state house of representatives in 1861. In July, 1862, he issued the first copy of the Monitor at Marmaton. He was chief clerk of the house of representatives of 1865. In 1865 he was elected state senator for Bourbon county to fill a vacancy. In 1866 he was elected from the fourteenth senatorial district, Bourbon and Cherokee, to the state senate for a full term. From April, 1867, to October, 1871, he served as receiver at the Humboldt land office. In 1874 he was assistant secretary of the state senate. About 1881 he moved from Kansas to Alburquerque, N. M.. where he died June 11, 1884. He left a wife and four children. [included with the article, Lost Towns of Bourbon County, page 449]