Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23

Mr.. Breckenridge had lived was pre-
scented to Gen. Grant by his friends.
Gen. Grant lived there until his inan-
guration as President. The house was
then bought by friends of Gen. Sher-
man and presented TO him, and he lived
there until he removed from Washing
ton to St Louis, in 1915. 1t then pass
ed into possession of Mr.. Emery, who
maintained ii as his city home pass
ing his summers at Emery Place.
Brightwood. 1t was in that house that
Mr.. Emery died.
There are two monuments in WASH
ington to Mr.. Emery which the Ram
bier has not mentioned. One is the
old census bureau building and the
other is the Emery School The organ
izerS of the 1900 census felt the need
of a suitable building, and Congress
was not willing to appropriate the sum
needed for such a structure. The site
of Il street between list and I'd streets
northwest was considered eligible.
Part of the ground was owned by Mr..
Emery, and he promptly bought adj
joining land and in four months erect
ed building covering 10000 square
feet which provided convenient and
adequate quarters for the census work.
A public school building was in
course of erection on Lincoln avenue
near r street northeast at the time OF
Mr.. Emery's death. and the Commits
sioners gave to that school building
the name of Emery" 1t was dedicated
on October IL, 1902. and the ceremonies
were strongly in the nature of a me-
mortal service to Mr. Emery. DR. Rich
ard kingsman, Henry Il. f. Macfarland,
William V. Cox, A. r Stuart and A. r
Server delivered addresses.
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The big frame house in the oak grove
at Brightwood is a very interesting
place to visit. There are so many
family relics of the Emerys and the
Hazeltines that the proposition is often
talked over in the family of fitting up
one or two of the large rooms especial
ly for the care of these heirlooms. The
Emery family is a very old one. The
first of the family to come to America
was John Emery, son of John and
Agnes Emery of Romsey. Hants. Eng
land He was born in 1898 and with
his family and brother Anthony. sailed
from Southampton. in the ship James.
April 3, 1885, landing at Boston June
3. 1875. Later he settled in Newbury-
port, and became prominent as APP
praiser, selectman. grand juryman and
elector. His eldest son Sergt. John
Webster. Their son Joseph married
Elizabeth Merrill Their son Joseph
married. as his second wife. Abigail
Long, removing in 1869 to Pembroke, n.
H., where ne dleu July l., Inelr
son, Capt. Joseph Emery, born 1879.
died 1921, married Hannah Stickney.
He was for six years an officer of pa
triot troops in the revolutionary war.
A child of this marriage was Jacob
Emery, born 1777, died 1870. In 1904
he married Jane, daughter of Matthew
and Elizabeth Bunton Gault. These
were the parents of Matthew Gault
Emery. The children of Jacob and
Jane Gault Emery We're: Sophia,
born 1905: John Brown, born 1897:
Charles Long, born 1917 Elizabeth.
born 1913; Samuel. born 1915: Matthew
Gau1t, born 1918; Joseph Stickney, born
1920: Hall Burgin, born 1922. and Mary
Jane, born 1925. The direct and col
lateral relations of the Emerys may be
numbered by the thousands and are
scattered throughout the United States
and in the most distant parts Of the
world.