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James Blackston Embry

James Blackston Embry[1]

Male 1837 - 1893  (55 years)
Person ID: I443 


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  • Name James Blackston Embry 
    Born 30 Nov 1837  Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    • * 1880 Census: father born TN, mother born AL
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Oct 1893  Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Unknown burial location, though there is an empty and unmarked space next to his wife's plot at the Waxahachie city cemetery. He died 7 months after his wife passed. Daughter Mary stepped in to take care of her younger brothers and sisters and may not have been able to afford a gravestone. Just speculation at this point.
    Siblings
    4 more
     1. Charles D. Embry,   b. 1835, Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. James Blackston Embry (current person),   b. 30 Nov 1837, Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1893, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     ½3. Elizabeth Embrey,   b. Bef 4 Jul 1844, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown

  • Parents

    Family ID: F796 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Curtis Embrey,   b. 1809, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1900, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Nancy,   b. Est 1810,   d. Between 30 Nov 1837 and Apr 1840  (Age 27 years) 
    Married Est 1834 

  • Family

    Family ID: F67 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart   
    Wife Martha Ann Sutton,   b. 8 Jan 1842, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1893, Boise, Oldham, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 11 Mar 1863  Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9] 
    • Solemnized at the residence of James M. Sutton of Marshall County. Mr. Sutton was first thought to have been Martha's father, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Perhaps he was an uncle, perhaps he was the pastor in the area.

      Justice of Peace Eli Campbell presiding. Co-signer on the marriage bond was a man named William Bondurant. Family Bible gives the marriage date of 12 March (1862, which is probably wrong). Possibly the bond and license were done on the 11th and the ceremony on the 12th. It was wartime, the first child came along only 5 months later.
    Children 
      1. Frankie Ann Embry,   b. 7 Aug 1863, Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1866, Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
    + 2. Martha Adeline Embry,   b. 21 Jan 1865, Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1955, Elkhart, Morton, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    + 3. Nancy Jane Embry,   b. 13 Feb 1867, Madison, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1919, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    + 4. Mary Elizabeth Embry,   b. 18 Jun 1869, Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1946, Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
      5. Charles Francis Embry,   b. 30 Jan 1872, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1889  (Age 17 years)
    + 6. Arthur Blackston Embry,   b. 1 Sep 1875, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1937, McLennan, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    + 7. Clayton Benjamin Embrey,   b. 22 Jul 1878, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1905  (Age 27 years)
    + 8. Johncy Helen Embry,   b. 4 Dec 1880, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1930, Ellis, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    + 9. William Wallace Embry,   b. 9 Jul 1884, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1947, Atoka, Atoka, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
      10. Georgia Ann Embry,   b. 1 Feb 1887, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1902  (Age 15 years)

  • Other Personal Events

    Ω Census son 1 Jun 1850 
    Census 1 Jun 1860  Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • He was a farm laborer living with James Clay, his wife, and 4 small children
      Witness Role: Resident James Blackston EMBRY
      Witness Role: providing farm labor to the Clay family
      Witness Role: head of household Name: James W. Clay
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1860  Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military Service From Nov 1861 to 27 Jan 1864  [6] 
    Civil War, Confederate Army 
    • Company A, 22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry. Mustered in and out as a private.

      22nd Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Montgomery, Alabama, in November, 1861, then moved to Mobile. Its companies were raised in the counties of Walker, Clarke, Cherokee, Mobile, Pike, Choctaw, Montgomery, Calhoun, and Randolph. The unit suffered severe losses at Shiloh under General Gladden, then saw action in Bragg's Kentucky Campaign under General Gardner. Later the 22nd was attached to Deas', G.D. Johnston's, and Brantley's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It fought in many conflicts from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was part of General Hood's winter operations in Tennessee, and ended the war in North Carolina. After the Battle of Shiloh, the regiment reported only 123 men fit for duty. It sustained 94 casualties at Murfreesboro, and lost fifty-three percent of the 371 engaged at Chickamauga. In December, 1863, it totalled 272 men and 171 arms. It reported 5 killed and 35 wounded in the fight at Ezra Church; many were also disabled at Franklin and Nashville. The regiment was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. Its field officers were Colonels Zach C. Deas, B.R. Hart, John C. Marrast, and Harry T. Houlmin; Lieutenant Colonels E. Herbert Armistead, Napoleon B. Rouse, and John Weedon; and Majors Robert B. Armistead, Robert Donnell, and T.M. Prince.
    Physical Description 1864  [7] 
    6' 4" tall, with blue eyes and auburn hair, fair complexion, and lame 
    • Seems to have been injured in the war.
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    Occupation 1864  Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    farmer 
    Census 1 Jun 1870  Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1870 
    Census 1 Jun 1880  Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family Search ID L489-GF7 
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1880 
    Residence Between 1887 and 1889  Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 0B152F63F4284063817943FC823D7319F53A 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Nov 1837 - Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1860 - Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsΩ Census Principal - 1 Jun 1860 - Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Mar 1863 - Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 1864 - Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1870 - Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1880 - Marshall, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Between 1887 and 1889 - Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Oct 1893 - Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
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  • Source Citations

    1. [S72] Compiler: Price, Debbie, Genealogical Papers of the Price and Chamberlain Families, Present Owner: Leslie Price, Compiler Address: Casper, WY and Houston, TX (Houston, TX, 1976-1990).

    2. [S263] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1850 US Census, Alabama, Talladega County, Talladega District, p.393", (1 June 1850), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 12 January 2012)..

    3. [S802] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1870 US Census, Alabama, Marshall County, Subdivision No 44, Township 6, Range 4, p.2", (1 June 1870), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 18 January 2018)..

    4. [S1204] James Blackston Embry, "Family Record in Holy Bible: J B Embry Family", (Alabama, 1876), privately held by Leslie Price..

    5. [S286] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1860 US Census, Alabama, Marshall County, Tract 6 Range 3E, pp.1, 4", (1 June 1860), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 11 January 2012)..

    6. [S65] Original Publisher: United States National Archives, Civil War Service Records, Record Type: database, Original Book Title: Civil War Compiled Military Service Records (Access Date, 21 Jun 2006), J.B. Embry.

    7. [S88] Compiler: Riffle, Katie Alma, Oath of Allegiance, Record Type: military document, Subject: Embry, James B, Compiler Address: Follett, TX, Original Publisher Location: Woodville, AL (Houston, TX, Original Date, 27 Jan 1864).

    8. [S803] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1880 US Census, Alabama, Marshall County, Beat 8, p.18", (1 June 1880), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 18 January 2018)..

    9. [S99] Probate Court of Marshall County Alabama, Alabama State Marriage Bond and Petition for License, Record Type: marriage bond, Name Of Person: Sutton, James B., State: Alabama, County: Marshall County (11 Mar 1863).