Record #:

6692

Author(s):

Pittard, Janet C.

Abstract:

Among the people of Chatham County he was known as “Ike,” a self-made man, loyal to his neighbors and his community. To the world he was known as Captain Isaac Edward Emerson, the inventor of Bromo-Seltzer, founder of the Emerson Drug Company, builder of the Emerson Hotel, veteran of the Spanish-American War, noted yachtsman, fancier of automobiles, lavish entertainer, and philanthropist.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 1, June 2004, p26-28, il

Subject(s):

Emerson, Isaac Edward, 1859-1931