Emerton, James Henry – Endicott, Charles Moses
Emerton, James Henry
naturalist, author, was born in 1847 in Salem, Mass. He is a naturalist of eminence, and the author of Structure and Habits of Spiders; and Life on the Seashore.
Emery, Brainerd P
journalist, author, poet, was born March 25, 1865, in Southport, Conn. He is the author of In Sunshine and Shadow; and In the Haunts of Bloom and Bird.
Emery, Charles Edward
civil engineer. He has invented numerous appliances for the use of civil engineers.
Emery, George Addison
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born in November, 1839, in Saco, Maine. He has been justice of the peace, commissioner for Massachusetts, judge of the municipal court and recorder and trial justice. He has represented Saco in the state legislature.
Emery, George W
governor, was a citizen of Tennessee. In 1875 he was appointed governor of Utah, serving until 1880.
Emery, Lewis
petroleum producer, was born in 1839, in Cherry Creek, N. Y.
In advance of oil development in Bradford, Pa., he leased about fourteen thousand acres of land. Sinking the first well at Toad Hollow, two miles south of the present city of Bradford, in 1875, he obtained a flow of forty barrels of oil per day.
Emery, Matthew Gault
architect, was born Sept. 28, 1818, in Pembroke, N. H. He is a well-known architect of New York city. From 1845 he has been identified as incorporator, director or officer in nearly all the fire and life insurance companies organized in Washington.
EMERY, ORIN C.. journalist, author, was born Jan. 19, 1860, in Compton, Ill.
In 1896 he was elected a representative in the Oregon state legislature. He is the editor of the Yamhill Independent of Newburg, Ore., and has attained prominence in the political affairs of his state.
Emmerton, James Arthur
genealogist, physician, author, was born Aug. 28, 1834, in Salem, Mass. He is a New England genealogist and physician, and the author of Eighteenth Century Baptisms in Salem, Massachusetts; Record of the 23d Massachusetts Regiment; and Materials towards an Emmerton Genealogy.
Emmet, Emma
artist, was born in 1854. She has attained national prominence as an artist.
Emmet, John T
Roman catholic priest, was born Feb. 13, 1854, in Pittstown, N. Y. In 1890 he was appointed pastor of St. Mary's church of Waterford, N. Y.
Emmet, Joseph Kline
actor, was born March 13, 1841, in St. Louis, Mo. He visited in Australia in 1877, and in Europe in 1881 and 1885, in the latter year fulfilling engagements in England, Ireland and Scotland. His final appearance on the stage was made in the spring of 1891. He died June 15, 1891, in Cornwallon-Hudson, N. Y.
Emmet, Rosina
artist. She received a first prize medal in London in 1878, for heads on china. She has illustrated a book for children, entitled Pretty Peggy, collecting and arranging for it the poems and music, and Mrs. Burton Harrison's Old Fashioned Tales.
Emmet, Thomas Addis
lawyer, author, was born April 24, 1764, in Ireland. He was an Irish patriot who came to the United States in 1804 and settled in New York city, where he practiced law. He is the author of Pieces of Irish History. He died Nov. 14, 1827, in New York city.
Emmet, Thomas Addis
civil engineer, author, was born June 4, 1818, in New York city. In 1858 he was appointed by the North Carolina legislature to conduct the geological survey of that state. He published valuable reports in connection with the surveys of New York and North Carolina; A Manual of Mineralogy and Geology; and American Geology.
Emmet, Thomas Addis
physician, surgeon, author, was born May 29, 1828, in Virginia. He is a physician and surgeon of New York city, whose chief work is The Principles and Practice of Gynecology.
Emmett, H. Huntingdon
clergyman, lecturer, was born Jan. 31, 1852, in the state of Maine. He received his education in the schools of Maine and New Hampshire; and has filled pastorates in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He has attained distinction as a popular orator; and his lectures on the North Amer-
Emory, William Helmsley
soldier, author, was born Sept. 9, 1811, in Queen Anne county, Md. He was an army officer who retired from the United States service in 1876 with the rank of brigadiergeneral, and was the author of Notes of a Military Reconnoissance in Missouri and California, 1848; and Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission. He died Dec. 1, 1887, in Washington, D. C.
Emory, William Helmsley
naval officer, graduated at the United States naval academy in 1866; became master in 1869; lieutenant in 1870; and in 1884 commanded the Bear of the Greely relief expedition.
Emott, James
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 14, 1771, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a distinguished member of the bar; under the old constitution of New York, for several ican Indian and other subjects have gain-years, filled the office of first judge of the ed for him a national reputation as one of the most fluent, dramatic and cultured men on the platform. He has been grand worthy patriarch of the Sons of Temperance of western New York; and grand chaplain of the Independent Order of Good Templars of the state of Ohio.
Emmons, Ebenezer
geologist, author, was born May 16, 1799, in Middlefield, Mass. He was a noted geologist who in the latter part of his life was attached to the state geological survey of North Carolina. He was the author of Manual of Mineralogy and Geology; and American Geology. He died Oct. 1, 1863, in Brunswick, N. C.
Emmons, George Foster
naval officer, author, was born Aug. 23, 1811, in Clarendon, Vt. He was a rear-admiral in the United States service who wrote The Navy of the United States from 1775 to 1853. He died July 2, 1884, in Princeton, N. J.
Emmons, Nathaniel
clergyman, author, was born April 20, 1745, in East Haddam, Conn. He was a once noted congregational minister at Franklin, Mass., in 1773-1840. His theological works in six volumes, with Memoir by J. Ide, appeared in 1842. He died Sept. 23, 1840.
Emmons, Samuel Franklin
geologist, author, was born March 29, 1841, in Boston, Mass. He was a geologist in government service, and the author of Descriptive Geology; Geological and Mining Industries of Leadville; and Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals.
Emmons, Willis Talmon
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 27, 1858, in Biddeford, Maine. He graduated from the law school of Harvard university, and has attained success in his profession at Saco, Maine. He has been city auditor; was mayor for three terms; and during 1883- 91 was judge of the municipal court. During 1891-95 he was deputy collector of customs, port of Portland, Maine; and since 1894 has been county attorney of York county.
Emory, John
bishop, author, was born April 11, 1789, in Queen Anne county, Md. He was a methodist bishop of prominence in his denomination, and the author of The Divinity of Christ Vindicated; and Defence of Our Fathers. He died Dec. 17, 1835, in Reisterstown, Md.
Emory, Robert
clergyman, educator, author, was born July 29, 1814, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the president of Dickinson college of Carlisle, Pa., in 1842-48. He was the author of Life of Bishop Emory; and History of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died May 18, 1848, in Baltimore, Md. court of common pleas for his county, and in that capacity gave that court a rank among the best of the state. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1809 to 1813; and under the constitution of 1821 was appointed judge for the second district. He died April 7, 1850, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Emott, James
lawyer, jurist, was born April 23, 1823, in Poughkeepsie, N.
Y. In 1854-55 he served as the first mayor of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He then became justice of the New York supreme court for the second judicial district; was appointed presiding judge in 1852; and judge of the court of appeals in 1863.
He died Sept. 11, 1884, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Empie, Adam
college president, clergyman, was born Sept. 5, 1785, in Schenectady, N. Y. In 1827 he was elected president of William and Mary college, and continued in that office until 1836.
He resigned the presidency to become rector of St. James' church in Richmond, Va. He died Nov. 6, 1860, in Wilmington.
Emrie, J. Reece
congressman, was born in Ohio. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirtyfourth congress.
Emswiler, George P
merchant, author, was born Jan. 15, 1835, in York, Pa. Since his youth he has been employed in various capacitiès-as dry goods clerk, bank clerk, school teacher, freight and ticket agent; and for twelve years was proprietor of a wholesale and retail business, in which he has been emisuccessful. nently He has a most extensive collection of coins; and a large collection of mound builders' relics which he donated to Eastham college of Richmond, Ind. He is the author of a volume entitled Poems and Sketches; and has contributed extensively to periodical literature.
Endicott, Charles Moses
author, was born in 1793 in Danvers, Mass.
He was a writer of Salem, Mass., who was at one time commander of a merchantman, and the author of Life of John Endicott; The Persian Poet, a tragedy; Rights and Duties of Nations; and Three Orations. He died in 1863 in Northampton, Mass.