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

consisted of DIR. Richard Kingsman,
Andrew B. Duvall and George W. Gray.
The memorial is marble tablet and is
set in the north wall of the auditorium,
adjoining a tablet to the memory of
President Mckinley.
Mr.. Emery was born in Pembroke,
n. H. in 1918. After passing through
the schools and academies of his
birthtown he decided upon imm media tely
pursuing business career though it
was the wish of his father and mother,
Jacob and Jane Gault Emery, that he
should take the course of Dartmouth
college. He removed to Baltimore,
where lived an elder brother, John
Emery That was in 1887. He decided
to become an architect and builder and
as a preparation for this career he
learned the trade of Stone-cutting and
obtained detailed understanding of
the allied building trades. In 1910 he
obtained government contract for
furnishing stone for the Post Office
Department building, then in course of
construction. That is the building
which WashingtonianS now call the
"old Post Office Department building"
In 1872 Mr.. Emery settled in Wash
ington. In 1914 he married Juliet Day
Weston. a Virginia woman. She died
after nine years of married life April
;. 1854, he married Mary Kittrdge
Hazeltine, daughter of William and
Abby Hazeltine, of his home town, Penn
broke, n. H. His biographer writes:
Demands for the construction of public build
ngs in different parts of the country came at an
early date TO Mr.. Emery, well contracts for
the construction of many important buildings in
Washington. both for the government and for
private citizens. Numbers of the most notable
structures erected by him during this period
have ever since become we'll known landmarks
In ha Sp1il u-phff h.
much of the stone work of the Capitol and cut
and laid the corner stone for its extension at
delivered the Grafton. With his force he also
prepared, cut and squared, and the Fourth
the Washington Monument. The board of di-
reetors passed resolutions thanking him for
that service among the signatures which
Clay When the capstone of the monume Mt
was set in place in 1884 Mr.. Emery was In
NIted to b. present.
Mr.. Emery was one of the oaarsha1s
at the inauguration of President Linz
coin, and at the outbreak of the civil
war he organized company of militia
and was commissioned as CAPTAIN
May IA. 1861, his commission being
signed by President Lincoln and Simon
Cameron, Secretary of War. This COM
pany became Company 3 of the 5th
District Regiment. The regiment was
called out several times for patrol
duty and was employed in guarding
bridges and government buildings. Mr.
Emery became treasurer of the New
Hampshire Soldiers Aid Associat ton in
Washington, and took charge of many
of the sick and disabled soldiers from
his native state.
Among the many civic activities of
this remarkable man, he was one of
the founders of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, regent of the
Smithsonian Institution. a trustee of
Dickinson College at Carlisle, Pa, and
one of the incorIbrators and for ten
years a regent and the treasurer of
the American, University. He was
director and president of the Night
Lodging Association, and for many
years a director and the treasurer of
the Associated Charities.
In Mr.. Cox's biography one may read: