[Isaac E. Emerson, biographical materials] [1893?]-

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[Isaac E. Emerson, biographical materials] [1893?]-

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Emerson, Isaac E. (Isaac Edward), 1859-1931

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Isaac Edward Emerson was born in Chatham County, N.C., in 1859. His family moved to Chapel Hill in 1868. Emerson was graduated from the University of North Carolina as a chemist in 1879. He worked out and patented the formula for Bromo-Seltzer, a headache remedy, upon which Emerson's immense wealth was based. Emerson organized the Emerson Drug Company; built the Emerson Hotel; was president of the Citro Chemical Works of America, Maywood N.J.; chair of the American Bromine Company; ...