Dan Emmett

In Loving Memory

"Dan" Emmett

Composer of

"Dixie"

Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio

October, 29,1815

Died in Mount Vernon, Ohio

June 28, 1904

He composed "Dixie" in New York City 1859

Marker is on Old Airport Road (North Carolina Route 1547) east of Henderson Road (U.S. 25), on the ...