Life span: 01/01/1815 to 02/11/1903TabsLife SummaryFull name: Irene Sanford EmersonPlace of Birth: Winchester, VABirth Date Certainty: EstimatedDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: FemaleRace: WhiteNo. of Siblings: 6No. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 1Family: Alexander Sanford (father), Doctor Emerson (first husband), Calvin Clifford Chaffee (second husband)Relation to Slavery: Slaveholder who freed slaves Events Date span begin Life span End Event 04/06/1846 04/06/1846 Dred and Harriet Scott sue Irene Emerson in the Missouri circuit court at St. Louis Major TopicsDred Scott Case Documents Subject Docs Date Title 04/08/1852 Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, “Decision in a Slave Case,” April 8, 1852 05/12/1852 Boston (MA) Investigator, “A Slavery Decision Reversed,” May 12, 1852 03/14/1857 Boston (MA) Herald, “Dred Scott,” March 14, 1857 Bibliography
