Lelia Dromgold Emig

Lelia Dromgold Emig (, Dromgold; January 21, 1872 – September 2, 1957) was an American genealogist. She was the author and compiler of the Hench and Dromgold Records, which was a genealogy of the original families of Nicholas Ickes, John Hench, Zachariah A. Rice, John Hartman, Thomas Dromgold, and kindred families who had settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania prior to the American Revolutionary War, in which they fought. Through defective titles, these pioneers lost their lands, and it was thus that Perry County, Pennsylvania became the haven of those men and women, and whose descendants became a substantial part of the citizenship of Perry County. Early in life, Emig became interested in philanthropic and club work and held many positions of responsibility in the various organizations to which she belonged, including the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.), Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Rubinstein Club, and Women's City Club of Washington, D.C.

In 1890, she accompanied members of the Young W.C.T.U. on a Flower Mission visit to the county jail and became interested in temperance reform.

Career

On January 17, 1894, she married Clayton Ely Emig (1862–1940), She was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The Leila and Clayton Emig Papers are held by the Western Reserve Historical Society.

Selected works