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W. N. EMERY, of the firm of W. N. Emery & Son, was born near
Greenville, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1833. His parents,
Jacob and Jane (Humphrey) Emery, were natives of eastern Pennsylvania and
Butler county, Pennsylvania, respectively. They were married in Butler
county and about 1829 removed to the vicinity of Greenville, subsequently
located in Pymatuning township, and thence removed into Hickory township
and settled south of Clarksville, where both died. They were members of
the Presbyterian church, in which body Jacob Emery was an elder for many
years. Our subject grew to manhood on the home farm, and received a good
education, teaching a few winter terms of school in early life. He
followed farming until 1860, when he came to Venango county and went into
the meat business at Franklin, which he carried on until 1868. He then
engaged in his present business, first in the Boston Iron Works, which he
operated one year. In 1869 he erected his present works on Thirteenth
street, and excepting a few years when he rented the shops, he has been
engaged in business at this place. The present firm was established in
1882. Mr. Emery was married January 14, 1858, to Miss Emma Love, a native
of Ohio, who is the mother of three children: John P., junior member of
the firm; Mary. and Jennie. The family are Presbyterian in faith, and
Republican in politics. Mr. Emery has been a member of the city council
for several terms, and has been a resident of Franklin for the past
twenty-nine years.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc.
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