“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


EMERSON H. THAYER,  farmer, Sec. 16;  P.O. Concord; born in town 
of Concord, April 17, 1856; son of Rev. W. H. Thayer, who came to 
Concord in 1844.  The family is closely identified with the early history 
of this county, as three generations have lived here.  W. H. Thayer died 
Oct. 15, 1876, leaving a wife and five children – Emerson, Nelson, 
Lewis, Sarah and Clara, who died in 1876.  Emerson Thayer has spent 
his life in Jefferson Co., with the exception of four years in Sauk and 
Vernon Cos., as a student and teacher; he has taught in his native county, 
and intends to continue the profession.  He has fifty acres of the old 
farm; is a Republican and in sympathy with the U. B. Church of his 
father.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)