Background
Emerson, Jabez Oscar was born on February 2, 1875 in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. Son of Joseph Jay and Mary Elizabeth (Norman) Emerson.
Emerson, Jabez Oscar was born on February 2, 1875 in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. Son of Joseph Jay and Mary Elizabeth (Norman) Emerson.
Educated Kansas Teachers’ College, Emporia, Kansas, 1893-1896.
Admitted to Kansas bar, 1898, and began practice at Emporia. Moved to Kansas City, Kansas.
Member Kansas House of Representatives, 1911. Member American and Kansas State bar associations. Mason (32 degree).
Married Carrie East. Doak, January 1, 1902. Children: Jean (Mistress Chester L. Hudson), Paul Lowell, Dorothy Alice, Ralph Waldo.