McDougall Emmitt
McDougall Emmitt, secretary of the Lima Progressive Association, is a well-known newspaper man, having for 15 years been connected with the leading publications of Pike, Ross and more recently, of Allen County. Mr. Emmitt was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1868. In his youth his parents moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he received the greater part of his education. he is a graduate of the Waverly High School.
After leaving school, he entered a newspaper office of Waverly, where he remained for five years. He next accepted a position on the Chillicothe Gazette and four years later came to Lima where he was connected with the Times Democrat. He was employed on this paper six years, resigning his position in August, 1905, to accept the secretaryship of the Lima Progressive Association. He was married July 7, 1892, to Edith McKinzie, of Waverly, Ohio.