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 HBREINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Emery, Lewis, petroleum producer, was born in 1839 in Cherry Creek, N.Y. He was educated in the public schools and academies of his native state. In _ advance of oil develop-

ment

in Bradford, Pa.,

he leased about fourteen thousand acres ot 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. Since that time he has been very successful in business affairs; is identified with the public affairs of Bradford, Pa.; and has filled numerous positions of trust and honor. Emery, Lucilus A., lawyer, jurist, was bom July 27, 1840, in Carmel, Maine. In 1874, 1875 and 1881 he was a member of the Maine senate. In 1876-79 he was attorney-general of Maine; is a professor of medical jurisprudence at the Medical school of Maine; and is lecturer on Ro-

man law

the law school of Maine. Since 1883 he has been justice of the supreme judicial court of in

Maine; and since 1906 has been chief justice

Maine and resides in Ellsworth. Emery, Nicholas, lawyer, jurist. In 183441 he was an associate justice of the supreme

of



court of Maine.

Emery, Sarah Anna, educator, author, was born Nov. 9, 1821, in Newburyport, Mass. She taught in private schools and gave lessons in drawing. She was the author of Three Generations; My Generation; and Reminof a Nonagenarian, her recollections. She died in 1907.

iscences

mother's

Emery, Stephen Albert, musician, compos-

was born Oct. 4, 1841. In 1862 he studied under Plaidy, Papperitz, Richter, and Hauptmann, at Leipzig. In 1867-90 he taught in the New England conservatory of music of Boston, Mass. He was the author of Sonatinas and other pieces Songs and Elements of er,

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ford, Maine; The Chadboume Genealogy; and the Deering Genealogy. Emery, Z. Taylor, physician, surgeon, medical director, was born Feb. 22, 1847, in Novi, Mich. He was educated at the Union school of Northville; and at the high school of Ann Arbor, Mich.; and graduated from

the Detroit medical college of the university of Michigan. In 1874 he became connected with the Long Island college hospital of

Brooklyn, N.Y. He has been attending physician of the Central dispensary, Graham in-

Brooklyn orphan asylum and Kings county hospital; and is now medical director of the Manhattan life insurance company at Brooklyn, N.Y. He has been commissioner of health of Brooklyn, N.Y.; president of the medical society, county of Kings; and is a member of various other medical and scientific societies.

stitute,

Emmerton, James Arthur, physician, genwas born Aug. 28, 1834, in

ealogist, author,

He served as a surgeon in the civil war; and since then has practiced his profession in Massachusetts. He is the author of Eighteenth Century Baptisms in Salem; Record of the Twenty -third Massachusetts Regiment; and Materials towards Salem, Mass.

an Emmerton Genealogy.

Emmet, Emma,

painter, artist, was born She has attained national prominence as an artist. Emmet, Joseph Kline, actor, was bom March 13, 1841, in St. Louis, Mo. He performed in Australia in 1877; and in Europe in 1881 and 1885, in the latter year fulfilling engagements in England, Ireland and Scotland. He died June 15, 1891, in Cornin

1854.

wall-on-Hudson, N.Y. Emmet, Robert Temple,

soldier,

was

bom

Dec. 13, 1854, in New York City. He served as commander of Indian scouts through the four years' campaign against the Apaches. Emmet, Rosina, painter, 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 the author of Pieces of Irish History. He died Nov. 14, 1827, in New York City. •



Harmony, a

text book.

He

died April

15,

1891, in Boston, Mass.

Emery, Susan L., editor, author, was bom Sept. 26, 1846, in Dorchester, Mass. Since 1891 she has been on the editorial staff ot the Sacred Heart Review of Boston, Mass. She is the author of Uncle Rod's Pet; and Noel.

Emery, William Morrell, journalist, genealogist, author, was born Oct. 2, 1866, In Bmnswick, Maine. Since 1899 he has been on the staff of the Evening News of Fall River, Mass.

He

is

the author of History of Stan-

Emmet, Thomas Addis, civil engineer, author, was born June 4, 1818, in New York City. In 1858 he was appointed by the North Carolina state legislature to conduct the geological survey of that state. He published valuable reports in connection with the surveys of New York and North Carolina; Manual of Minerand was the author of

A

alogy and Geology; and American Geology.

He died in New York City. Emmet, Thomas Addis, physician, surgeon, author, was born May 29, 1828, in Virginia. He is a physician and surgeon of New York