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 left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
