Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-22
mrs ELIZABETH EnhOHs
KETCG'S SUFFRlGETTE
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A hon%naker. having had = large
past ]. The rsAEsaS q TIVE families
'hSs9 ser sSn M eser alive 70 e.
cry Fselss sgitAisa teading e ths uP-
IKn of tAs hunSn family she has
served ana Is san serving her genera
|6oa f4itAfsry
She has Always nade gcsd use Of
|hg kusvaacs ana eulere and a im-
|auiag shez 10 other
Fssra q uohS Christian pareats in
.6recs S~rosStr~l line with enc RevOla-
|uso4ry OzSF who carried important
.Aspatchss a. the risk Of his life she
has spent her life in bearing messages
IL sOod viii. good cheer and good adj
vice to all around her.
The foundations Of her education
werc laid in Prof. Minors Select
sqhool and the public schools of St.
Louis and Hardin College, Mexico,
but she has never ceased to study,
whether as a teacher in the high
schools Of Mexico and Marshall, or
in the home, social, club, Sunday
School or Missionary Circle,
With a pleasing personality, great
powers of concentration and adapta-
tion-a big heart and broad spirit
ual and mental vision she has filled
many and varied positions well.
The early death of her parents,
Samuel Ashby Grantham and Mary
Ford Grantham, left her the eldest
of five children to whom she devoted
her best thought and care for some
years.
Teaching successfully for seven
years she holds a state certificate for
life.
In 1886 she was married to Mr.. ST.
Clair Peyton Emmons, a prominent
business mar of Mexico. assuming
the care of his three children and to
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this union three others were born.
1t goes without saying that for
many years her home duties were
a~ll-absorbing. Here she sat enthron-
ed-gueen ) mother-adored by hus-
band, sons, daughters, sisters, broth
ers and dear old Grand-M Mother Mon
roc. Her seepter was always extend
ed to those who would come into her
presence and retiring with a blessing
ever, they would gladly join in voicing
an appreciation of the Astounding
good cheer and warm hospitality Of
that home.
Her colonial lineage, both Hugue-
not and Cavalier, was here most mani
fest for this is a Christian home and
in it also have all the graces Of the
old Cavaliers been fostered. As
the usual changes have come to all
families have depleted the family
circle till only n son remains un-
married, she has gradually extended
her notwithstanding in the Sunday
School, leading the choir, presiding
over the church societies and serving
on the boards of home and foreign
missions.
She has been twice president of
Hardin College Alumni Association;
she organized the Wednesday Club
Of Mexico in 1901 in the library of
her home and was its first president;
a charter member of the Mexi-
co, Missouri, Chapter Daughters of
the American Revolution, its first his
torian and afterward served as Re-
gent.
She is a member of Mexico What
Circle Of Kings Daughters.
Mothers and Others Club, Missionary
Society of the NJ. E. Church, South.
Suffrage League and Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union. She was
active in securing a Carnegie library
for Mexico and is now a member of
library board.
A gifted writer of both prose and
she is an accepted contribu-
tor to various publications. She led
the women of Mexico in the local op-
ton campaign in 1918, which COM
her training for the work in
she is now SO actively engaged.
AS state organizer and lecturer for
the W. G. 7. U. she speaks before
audiences. During the cam
last fall she spoke in % coun-
ties and was instrumental in winning
many of them for the County Unit
md Suffrage Amendments.
Mrs. Emmons talks suffrage from
viewpoint of a mother and home
and desires the ballot for wo-
men more for what they "a accom-
dish with it than because it is their
light.
Enjoying the sympathetic interest
nd cooperation of a good husband
nd relying implicitly upon the
ource of all Strength and Inspiration
ne rs we equipped for the work
he has undertaken.