First Generation
1. Frank Emison was born on 10 Sep 1856 in Kentucky. He died on 3 Aug 1937 in Brown Co, Texas. He was buried in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas.
Elected Sheriff of Brown Co, lived in Old Jail
Frank EMISON was elected on November 6, 1906, reelected November 3, 1908, and served until November 8, 1910. Contributed by Patsy Johnson in Brownwood at ikesis2@juno.com
Emison family was in Brown County by 1882.
Frank Emison was elected sheriff of Brown County in Nov 1906. Local citizens must have been satisfied with him as he was re-elected in 1908.
Monday morning, Nov 7, 1907, was probably just another day for Sheriff Emison. The first order of business was to dispatch Deputy Eastman Kitchens, with a group of county prisoners to work on the public road near the Pecan Bayou bridge.
Perhaps by mid-morning Emison had time to review the events of the weekend. One incident, reported in a local newspaper that afternoon, began Saturday morning when Mr. O’Neal, a San Saba County rancher from the Locker community, called on the sheriff and requested his help in the search for Raymond, his young son. Raymond, who was angry with his father, had saddled a horse in the middle of the night and rode away toward Brownwood. Emison traced the lad to Thrifty but lost his trail and returned home. Unfortunately, we have no record of what eventually happened to Raymond.
Another weekend event occurred that Saturday morning. At three a.m. the switching crew in the Santa Fe railroad yards discovered the unconscious body of a man sprawled across the tracks. Officers called to the scene who noted that the man had a ‘bad wound on the left side of his head,’ evidently caused by a blow from someone with a shovel that was found nearby. The man finally regained consciousness and informed the deputies that he was “WA. Blevins from Grosvenor.” From that point however, his memory slipped away and he just could not remember ‘how he came to be in the railroad yards or who struck him with the shovel.’
Meanwhile back on the road, near the Bayou bridge, Deputy Kitchens’ prisoners had worked all morning, eaten lunch and had again been positioned up and down the right of way. One prisoner on the work-gang, Claude Robinson, a local ‘bad guy’ had recently received a sentence of four years, six months and was awaiting transfer to the State Penitentiary, by some method, was chained to his leg.
Robinson obviously was not fond of his situation and was alert for an opportunity to escape. About 2:30pm he maneuvered himself into a position in which he could not be easily observed by the guard. “He succeeded in getting his chain loose and, when he thought the time was right, charged off down beside the Pecan Bayou, dodging in and out of the undergrowth.
When Kitchens realized what had happened he crashed through the bushes after the prisoner as he shouted back to a guard to go for the sheriff and the blood hounds. Undoubtedly inspired by the potential wrath of the sheriff he overtook the fugitive after ‘a chase of about one mile downstream.
Just as Sheriff Emison arrived on the work-site, with the dogs, Kitchens returned with Robinson who had a long, gaping scalp wound on the side of his head. The newspaper article reporting the incident suggested the wound looked as if it ‘could have been caused by a blow from a revolver in the hand of the deputy,’ but further stated ‘that reports differ as to how the wound was actually caused.” (In The Life and Lives of Brown County People, Book Number Eleven, (Brown’s Henry Ford, Pioneer, Historian, Educator, Brown County Clerk and Banker, Researched by: Lex Johnston, Great Grandson), (The Dawn of Brown County Early History 1904-1908 from Henry Ford’s Cotton Calculators), (Brown County Trivia by Lex Johnston), compiled by Mrs Louise Martin Johnston, Mrs. Lorene Eastman Bishop and Mrs. Pauline Glass Hochhalter, published by the Brown County Historical Society, Brownwood, TX, RD Printing, Brownwood, TX, June 1994, pg 116)
1900 US census — Brown Co, Texas — index list last name as “En”
1910 US census — Brown Co, Texas — lists as Sheriff
1920 US census— Brown Co, Texas
1930 US census — Brown Co, Texas
Frank married (1)Augusta Oberthier. Augusta was born in 1862. She died in 1893 in Brown CO, Texas.
Frank and Augusta had the following children:
2M i. Oscar F Emison was born on 19 Mar 1880. He died on 25 Oct1901 in Brown Co, Texas.
He was buried in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brown Ca, Texas. Oscar married Unknown
3F ii. Mabel E Emison was born in Apr 1883 in Brown Co, Texas. Mabel married R L Gray on
12 Aug 1914 in Brown CO, Texas.
+4M iii. Clarence Leroy Emison was born on 17 Sep 1884. He died in 1963. Frank married
Florence Pearce daughter of William Yancey Pearce and Mary Olive on 22 Apr 1894 in Brown Co, Texas. Florence was born on 24 Nov 1868 in Louisiana. She died on 5 Aug 1943 in Brown Co, Texas. She was buried in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas.
Frank and Florence had the following children:
5M v. Walter W Emison was born in May 1895 in Brown Co, Texas.
Walter married Anabel Cunningham on 22 Jun 1920 in Brown Co, Texas.
+6F vi. Mary Emison was born about 1902.
+7M vii. Frank Emison was born on 24 Aug 1907.
Second Generation
4. Clarence Leroy Emison (Frank) was born on 17 Sep 1884 in Brown CO, Texas. He died in 1963. Clarence married Beatrice Riggs on 14 Mar 1917. Beatrice was born in 1901. She died in 1989.
They had the following children:
12F i. Frankie Emison was born in 1918.
13F ii. Edna Emison was born in 1921.
14F iii. Ruby Rowena Emison was born in 1922. She died in 2001.
15F iv. Oleta Clara Emison was born in 1927. She died in 1990.
7. Mary Emison (Frank) was born about 1902 in Texas. Mary married Delton Kenneth Longley.
They had the following children:
16M i. Delton Kenneth Longley, Jr. was born on 24 Apr 1944 in Brown CO, Texas.
8. Frank Emison (Frank) was born on 24 Aug 1907 in Brown Co, Texas. Frank married Annie Helen Thedford.
They had the following children:
17M i. Rupert Frank Emison was born in Dallas Co, Texas.
18F ii. Martha Jane Emison was born in Dallas Co, Texas.
1. Frank Emison was born on 10 Sep 1856 in Kentucky. He died on 3 Aug 1937 in Brown Co, Texas. He was buried in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas.
Elected Sheriff of Brown Co, lived in Old Jail
Frank EMISON was elected on November 6, 1906, reelected November 3, 1908, and served until November 8, 1910. Contributed by Patsy Johnson in Brownwood at ikesis2@juno.com
Emison family was in Brown County by 1882.
Frank Emison was elected sheriff of Brown County in Nov 1906. Local citizens must have been satisfied with him as he was re-elected in 1908.
Monday morning, Nov 7, 1907, was probably just another day for Sheriff Emison. The first order of business was to dispatch Deputy Eastman Kitchens, with a group of county prisoners to work on the public road near the Pecan Bayou bridge.
Perhaps by mid-morning Emison had time to review the events of the weekend. One incident, reported in a local newspaper that afternoon, began Saturday morning when Mr. O’Neal, a San Saba County rancher from the Locker community, called on the sheriff and requested his help in the search for Raymond, his young son. Raymond, who was angry with his father, had saddled a horse in the middle of the night and rode away toward Brownwood. Emison traced the lad to Thrifty but lost his trail and returned home. Unfortunately, we have no record of what eventually happened to Raymond.
Another weekend event occurred that Saturday morning. At three a.m. the switching crew in the Santa Fe railroad yards discovered the unconscious body of a man sprawled across the tracks. Officers called to the scene who noted that the man had a ‘bad wound on the left side of his head,’ evidently caused by a blow from someone with a shovel that was found nearby. The man finally regained consciousness and informed the deputies that he was “WA. Blevins from Grosvenor.” From that point however, his memory slipped away and he just could not remember ‘how he came to be in the railroad yards or who struck him with the shovel.’
Meanwhile back on the road, near the Bayou bridge, Deputy Kitchens’ prisoners had worked all morning, eaten lunch and had again been positioned up and down the right of way. One prisoner on the work-gang, Claude Robinson, a local ‘bad guy’ had recently received a sentence of four years, six months and was awaiting transfer to the State Penitentiary, by some method, was chained to his leg.
Robinson obviously was not fond of his situation and was alert for an opportunity to escape. About 2:30pm he maneuvered himself into a position in which he could not be easily observed by the guard. “He succeeded in getting his chain loose and, when he thought the time was right, charged off down beside the Pecan Bayou, dodging in and out of the undergrowth.
When Kitchens realized what had happened he crashed through the bushes after the prisoner as he shouted back to a guard to go for the sheriff and the blood hounds. Undoubtedly inspired by the potential wrath of the sheriff he overtook the fugitive after ‘a chase of about one mile downstream.
Just as Sheriff Emison arrived on the work-site, with the dogs, Kitchens returned with Robinson who had a long, gaping scalp wound on the side of his head. The newspaper article reporting the incident suggested the wound looked as if it ‘could have been caused by a blow from a revolver in the hand of the deputy,’ but further stated ‘that reports differ as to how the wound was actually caused.” (In The Life and Lives of Brown County People, Book Number Eleven, (Brown’s Henry Ford, Pioneer, Historian, Educator, Brown County Clerk and Banker, Researched by: Lex Johnston, Great Grandson), (The Dawn of Brown County Early History 1904-1908 from Henry Ford’s Cotton Calculators), (Brown County Trivia by Lex Johnston), compiled by Mrs Louise Martin Johnston, Mrs. Lorene Eastman Bishop and Mrs. Pauline Glass Hochhalter, published by the Brown County Historical Society, Brownwood, TX, RD Printing, Brownwood, TX, June 1994, pg 116)
1900 US census — Brown Co, Texas — index list last name as “En”
1910 US census — Brown Co, Texas — lists as Sheriff
1920 US census— Brown Co, Texas
1930 US census — Brown Co, Texas
Frank married (1)Augusta Oberthier. Augusta was born in 1862. She died in 1893 in Brown CO, Texas.
Frank and Augusta had the following children:
2M i. Oscar F Emison was born on 19 Mar 1880. He died on 25 Oct1901 in Brown Co, Texas.
He was buried in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brown Ca, Texas. Oscar married Unknown
3F ii. Mabel E Emison was born in Apr 1883 in Brown Co, Texas. Mabel married R L Gray on
12 Aug 1914 in Brown CO, Texas.
+4M iii. Clarence Leroy Emison was born on 17 Sep 1884. He died in 1963. Frank married
Florence Pearce daughter of William Yancey Pearce and Mary Olive on 22 Apr 1894 in Brown Co, Texas. Florence was born on 24 Nov 1868 in Louisiana. She died on 5 Aug 1943 in Brown Co, Texas. She was buried in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas.
Frank and Florence had the following children:
5M v. Walter W Emison was born in May 1895 in Brown Co, Texas.
Walter married Anabel Cunningham on 22 Jun 1920 in Brown Co, Texas.
+6F vi. Mary Emison was born about 1902.
+7M vii. Frank Emison was born on 24 Aug 1907.
Second Generation
4. Clarence Leroy Emison (Frank) was born on 17 Sep 1884 in Brown CO, Texas. He died in 1963. Clarence married Beatrice Riggs on 14 Mar 1917. Beatrice was born in 1901. She died in 1989.
They had the following children:
12F i. Frankie Emison was born in 1918.
13F ii. Edna Emison was born in 1921.
14F iii. Ruby Rowena Emison was born in 1922. She died in 2001.
15F iv. Oleta Clara Emison was born in 1927. She died in 1990.
7. Mary Emison (Frank) was born about 1902 in Texas. Mary married Delton Kenneth Longley.
They had the following children:
16M i. Delton Kenneth Longley, Jr. was born on 24 Apr 1944 in Brown CO, Texas.
8. Frank Emison (Frank) was born on 24 Aug 1907 in Brown Co, Texas. Frank married Annie Helen Thedford.
They had the following children:
17M i. Rupert Frank Emison was born in Dallas Co, Texas.
18F ii. Martha Jane Emison was born in Dallas Co, Texas.
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