serviceyears branch death_date allegiance birth_date alma_mater laterwork commands death_place placeofburial_label battles rank image name caption birth_place unit awards nickname article_title
3 union army june 20 , 1899 united states of america union july 26 , 1832 university of michigan lawyer , company founder , historian 47th missouri volunteer infantry ironton , missouri place of burial battle of pilot knob major jw emerson.png john wesley emerson john major , company founder , and author / historian . wesley emerson was a lawyer , civil war pepperell , massachusetts 47th missouri volunteer infantry purple heart -lrb- 2 -rrb- j.w. john wesley emerson

john wesley emerson

john wesley emerson -lrb- also known as j. w. emerson -rrb- was an american lawyer , american civil war commander , missouri circuit court judge , and the founder and principal investor of the emerson electric company .
