When Ai Emberton was born on 10 October 1900, in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States, his father, George Thomas Emberton, was 20 and his mother, Julia Butler, was 21. He married Florence Augusta Hilmer on 24 March 1934, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Buckingham, Tama, Iowa, United States in 1940 and Bruce Township, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1950. He died on 9 September 1982, in La Porte City, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Westview Cemetery, La Porte City, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
English (Staffordshire): habitational name from Emberton in Buckinghamshire, from the Old English personal name Ēanbeorht + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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