Pvt Abraham Emmett
Birth 1791
Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Death 1846 (aged 54–55)
Knox County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Mound View Cemetery
Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, USA
Abraham Emmett served as a private in the War of 1812.
He was the father of Daniel Decatur Emmett, the famed composer of the song, "Dixie."
He died in Clinton, Knox County, Ohio in 1846.
Inscription
PVT. ABRAM EMMETT
WAR 1812
DIED 1846
FATHER OF DANIEL D.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42696454/abraham-emmett