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DR. J.O.EMMETT
[Pelham Herald, 27 June 1967]
James O. Emmett, M.D., was born in the township of Grantham, County of Lincoln on the 11th day of April,1843. His parents were James and Elizabeth(Dolson) Emmett, and his paternal grandfather was Stephen Emmett, who was a U.E. Loyalist, having left his native state of Delaware and come to Canada at the time of the American revolutionary War.
He settled in Grantham township, at what is now the village of Homer. Dr. Emmett, our present subject, received his literary education at St Catharines Academy, after which he took a three year course at the New York Homeopathic Medical College from which institution he graduated in 1865. He also attended Bellvue Hospital in New York Immediately after graduating he began practicing in Fonthill, where he remained. He always enjoyed a lucrative practice, as well as a general popularity, which was earned for himself, not only by his professional skill, but by his genial disposition, and fine social qualities. He was married in January 1867, to Catharine E., a daughter of John Gore, the latter a native of Nova Scotia, born in 1800.
Dr Emmett had a family of six children, four daughters, and two sons. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Reformer in politics. Our subject was Reeve of Pelham Township in 1887.
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