Delos W. Emmons
( 1829 -- 1905 )

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Collis P. Huntington's business dealings requires that he spend months at a time in California, New York, Washington, D.C.,  and other far flung locales.  This meant he needed somebody he could leave in charge of his namesake city.  He found that man  in his brother-in-law, Delos W. Emmons (1829-1905), who had married Huntington's sister Mary. The couple moved to Huntington, where in 1871 Emmons oversaw the first  sale of lots in the new town. This photo shows Emmons and Mary enjoying the river  view from  the porch of their Huntington home. Three of their children played important  roles in Huntington growth. Carlton D. Emmons was one of the founders of Emmons-Hawkins Hardware Co., J. Allen "Ollie" Emmons ran a furniture factor. Arthur S. Emmons became Huntington's first city  clerk and in 1910 built the Emmons Apartments. In 1924, a second  apartment, the Emmons Jr. was built next door. Both  buildings  were demolished in 2007 after a tragic  fire that claimed nine lives.

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