Delos W. Emmons
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{{Infobox person
| name = Delos W. Emmons
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| birth_date =December, 1828
| birth_place = Otsego County, New York, US
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1905|04|18|1828|12}}
| death_place = Huntington, West Virginia, US
| burial_place =Spring Hill Cemetery
| known_for = Co-founder of Huntington, West Virginia
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Delos W. Emmons was the co-founder of Huntington, West Virginia, alongside Collis P. Huntington.
Career
In 1871, Emmons was contacted by Collis P. Huntington to be left in charge of his new namesake city, Huntington, West Virginia, while he was off doing business in other states.{{cite web |first=Barry |last=Huffstutler |url=https://cabellcountydoorstothepast.com/People%2050/Delos%20W.%20Emmons.htm |website=Cabell County WV Doors to the Past |access-date=October 16, 2024 |title=Delos W. Emmons}}
His son, Arthur S. Emmons, named the Emmons Apartments after Emmons, completed in 1912. They stood in Downtown Huntington until they were destroyed by a multi-fatality fire, in 2007.{{cite journal |url=https://mds.marshall.edu/c_caverlee_collection/320/ |website=C. Clifford Caverlee Collection, 1895-1981 |publisher=Marshall University |access-date=October 16, 2024 |title=Emmons Apartments, Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1912.|date=January 1912 }}{{cite web |url=https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/007009 |website=West Virginia History OnView |publisher=West Virginia University |access-date=October 16, 2024 |title=Emmons Apartments, Huntington, W. Va.}}
Personal life
Emmons was married to Mary Huntington Emmons, the sister of Collis P. Huntington, and had three sons: Carlton Emmons, J. Alden "Ollie" Emmons, and Arthur S. Emmons, each of whom had pivotal roles in Huntington, West Virginia's growth.{{cite news |url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/special/lost_huntington/lost-huntington-the-emmons-apartments/article_26366c50-f65d-5f43-b16d-940da55ec5b9.html |newspaper=The Herald-Dispatch |access-date=October 16, 2024 |date=October 11, 2016 |orig-date=March 10, 2014 |title=Lost Huntington: The Emmons Apartments}} Emmons had a number of grandchildren including Carlton Emmons' son Delos Carleton Emmons.{{cite news |url=https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=3275#:~:text=Delos%20Carleton%20Emmons%20was%20born,Gibson%20Emmons.&text=Emmons%20graduated%20from%20the%20U.S.,a%20Second%20Lieutenant%20of%20Infantry.|publisher=Military Hall of Honor |access-date=October 20, 2024 |title=Lt Gen Delos Carleton Emmons}}
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Category:American city founders
Category:People from Otsego County, New York
Category:People from Huntington, West Virginia
Category:Burials at Spring Hill Cemetery (Huntington, West Virginia)