MOTHER: Margaret "Peggy" Linnen
FATHER: Eusebius Emerson, Sr.

1st WIFE: Susanna Knowles McKenzie
m. 21 Sep 1828 Indian River, Washington, Maine
CHILDREN:
1. Henry C. Emerson
Civil War Soldier Death

2. Stillman McKenzie Emerson
m. Anna B Leighton

2nd WIFE: Susanna Knowles Wass
CHILDREN
3. Phebe Wass Emerson
m. Andrew Tabbut

4. Susanna Knowles Emerson
Infant Death

5. Edward Knowles Emerson
m. Rosanna Kelley Donovan
m. Mary Asenath Libby

6. Jefferson E. Emerson
Infant Death

7. Laura L. Emerson, 1842 – 1902
m. William T. Chase
m. William Dick Goff

8. Abby Jane Emerson
Toddler Death

9. Ada Salome Emerson
m. Uriah M. Kelley

Named after his father, Eusebius was third born, yet first son, of twelve children. His mother was Margaret Linnen of Georgetown, Maine.

Initially, Eusebius was married to Susan Knowles McKenzie. After becoming widowed, he and Susanna Knowles Wass, Susan's first cousin, married on April 14, 1833. Susanna became stepmother to her husband and cousin's young children, Henry C. (1829-1862, Civil War Death) and Stillman McKenzie (1831-1908). How does one cope with the loss of a wife and three toddlers?

Eusebius and Susanna's first daughter, Phebe, immigrated to Palestine with her husband, Andrew Roger Tabbut. Historically their community is known as the American Colony in Jaffa. As supportive parents, Eusebius and Susanna must have instilled courage and conviction in their daughter in order for her to follow her dreams and blaze a trail. The Emerson's understood the value of life. They were people of faith.

SOURCES:
1. Addison ME Marriages & Intentions: To 1892
"Iverson Emerson [from] Jonesport [to] Susannah K. Wass [from] Addison [published their intention to marry] 27 Mar 1833"
URL: http://home.comcast.net/~downeastgenealogy
/Vital_Records/AMRecds_MO.htm

2. Tibbetts, Leonard F, and Darryl B. Lamson. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, Me: Picton Press, 1997. Print.