Emily's+Family+Life

Born on December 10t, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts Father was a lawyer and member of Congress Mother was a timid women Her grandfather was also a lawyer and one of the founding fathers of Amherst College. Family was greatly affected by the deaths of family and friends which occurred during the Civil War The family was very close. Her brother William (known as Austin) ended up marrying her best friend Susan Gilbert She also had a younger sister named Lavinia "Vinny" The family was a great advocate for education which Emily was a clear beneficiary of. Until Emily was ten they lived with her grandfather. Family wrote 3 books of poetry about her, after her death