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Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1890

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The Biography of Augustus EMORY 

Pages 867-867, transcribed in fully by Karen CRANE Goggin 

[Surnames: BOND, BROWN, ELLIS, EMORY, INGALLS, JENNINGS, MAYNARD, PARLIN, ORENDORFF, WHITE, WOODWORTH] 

    
AUGUSTUS EMORY. When contemplating the present condition of the vast Mississippi Valley and noting the wonderful development of its resources and growth of its civilization, due credit should always be given to those who stood in the vanguard and bore many privations which we of the present generation find it hard to realize. Among the men now living in Canton Township who are numbered among that grand class, the old settlers of Fulton County, is Augustus Emory, whose career we purpose to sketch in outline. The details of his lifework, of his struggles and successes, his hardships and his comforts, must be left to the imagination of the reader. 
    
The parents of Mr. Emory were Stephen and Polly (Ingalls) Emory, natives of New Hampshire, and who died in Rindge, that State. The natal day of our subject was September 27, 1813, and his birthplace Rindge, N. H. He grew to manhood upon his father's farm, acquiring such an education as was possible in the schools of the period and gaining a practical knowledge of agriculture while assisting his father. After he reached his majority he still remained in the vicinity of his birthplace until 1838 when he turned his footsteps westward, arriving in this county on the 3rd of June. For about a year he lived with the late Samuel Brown, then entered the employ of Abel H. White, for whom he peddled tinware and dry goods through the county for a period of three years. 
    
We next find Mr. Emory peddling clocks in Ohio for Abner D. Bond, but a year later returning to the vicinity of Canton. Soon afterward, in company with Abel H. White, he went to Ohio for the purpose of purchasing sheep. They bought thirteen hundred head which they drove from Greene County hither, dividing the flock after their arrival. Soon after, Mr. Emory sold one-half of his flock to J. A. Maynard with whom he was engaged in the sheep business for three years. The venture proved a successful one and after the connection between the two gentlemen was dissolved, Mr. Emory continued in the business alone for a number of years. In 1886, he finally abandoned it, selling off his entire flock. 
    
In 1847 Mr. Emory purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 20, which he operated in connection with his other business. He built a good house, made other valuable improvements and after he sold his sheep, gave his attention wholly to farming. He has now disposed of all his land but forty-seven and one-half acres, where he and his estimable wife have a comfortable and attractive home. They are passing quietly down the hill of time, blest by the respect of their acquaintances and the deep affection of their only child, Herbert, who is in the employ of Parlin & Orendorff in Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Emory are liberal in their religious views and the former votes the Republican ticket. Had he been more distrustful he would have been in still better finances, as he has lost considerable money by displaying confidence in others. His enjoyment is perhaps as great as it would have been in other circumstances, as the pleasures of companionship are lessened by our distrust of human-kind. 
    
The wife of Mr. Emory was known in her maidenhood as Miss Permelia Ellis. She was born in this township, March 4, 1832, and married here, November 1, 1865. Her parents were Isaac and Nancy (Jennings) Ellis, both of whom were natives of the Southern States. Mrs. Emory had previously been married to James Woodworth, by whom she had one son, Milton C., who is married and lives in Winchester, Scott County, Ill.