Lavinia Jones Emmert was born to Anthony Kennedy and Eva (Gephart) Jones on November 19, 1880 in Dunlap, Iowa. She married Melvin J. Emmert on December 14, 1910 in Omaha, Nebraska and had two children. Beulah Harriet was born in Haugen, Montana on April 28, 1913 and died in Baltimore, Maryland on January 27, 1915. Melvin Jones Emmert, Jr. was born in Haugen, Montana on October 20, 1915 and died in Warm Springs, Montana on May 23, 1978.
Lavinia Emmert was appointed the first Postmaster at Haugen, Montana, in 1911 and served until 1915 when her husband succeeded her. Melvin Emmert died May 29, 1934 in Missoula, Montana. Lavinia Emmert died Oct. 10, 1970 in Missoula, Montana.
From the guide to the Emmert Family Papers, 1911-1920, (Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections)
