Emmett, Daniel Decatur

Life Span
to
Full name
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Place of Birth
Mount Vernon, OH
Burial Place
Mount Vernon, OH
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
3
No. of Spouses
2
Family
Abraham Emmett (father), Sarah Zerick Emmett (mother), Catharine Rives (first wife), Mary Louise Brower Bird (second wife)
Occupation
Military
Writer or Artist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Episcopalian
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Date Event
Daniel Decatur Emmett's "Dixie" premieres in New York City
Jerry Bryant, leader of the famous Bryant's Minstrels, dies suddenly in New York City, aged thirty-two
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