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J. Haven Emerson

Physician

Centurion, 1885–1913

Full Name John Haven Emerson

Born 15 April 1840 in New York (Staten Island), New York

Died 4 May 1913 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts

Proposed by Frank P. Foster and Francis A. Stout

Elected 7 February 1885 at age forty-four

Archivist’s Note: Nephew of (nonmember) Ralph Waldo Emerson; father of Haven Emerson and William Emerson

Century Memorial

John Haven Emerson, a good physician and long a devoted member of this Association; a man of fine integrity and gentle breeding.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1914 Century Association Yearbook