When George Worley Emberton was born on 28 November 1842, in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Emberton, was 38 and his mother, Charity Worley, was 33. He married Eliza Ellen Boyd on 1 November 1860, in Sullivan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sullivan, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Polk Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 23 May 1919, in Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Payne Cemetery, Polk Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1843: Highland County create from Non-County Area 23 1845: Highland County renamed Sullivan County
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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