Photo #36978
Last Name: Emory
First Name: James
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Subject's City: Baltimore City
Subject's State: MD
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Subject's Country: United States
Date: 1921-1940
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Type**: PRT
Comments: James Emory (Nee: ) | Baltimore City MD United States | 1921-1940 | Comments: This is a 1936 portrait of James Emory, a beloved family friend, painted by artist Leonard Marion Bahr (search "Bahr") (although this is NOT a good copy of a beautiful portrait, no other image of James currently exists in photographic form). James was born c.1870's in Kentucky and his father was a former slave. When a youth, James moved to Baltimore and later became a gardener and caretaker of a home owned by James H. Riefle (search
"Riefle"), who had known Emory as a childhood friend. Now Leonard was Riefle's son-in-law, who lived in this same house and where Emory had an apartment in the basement, which apartment consisted of 2 rooms with a dirt floor and a portrait of Lincoln above his bed. Emory taught Bahr gardening, how to cut grass with a scythe, and other useful skills. All of Riefle's children and grandchildren loved James Emory, who died late in his years at an unknown date. Burial unknown.
Digital Image Only? NO
Everyone Listed In This Photo:
James Emory