Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Embury, George M. 1852 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

GEORGE M. EMBURY. Among the prominent and enterprising citizens of Genesee
County we take pleasure in representing upon this page the worthy son of a
worthy sire, who is a good representative of the typical pioneer families of
Michigan. He was born in this township, October 10, 1852, and his parents, David
and Marcia (Morse) Embury, were natives of the Empire State, his paternal
ancestors being English and his mother's progenitors having come to this country
in the historic "Mayflower" that landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620.

  David Embury emigrated with his parents to Genesee County, in 1832, two years
after his father's first coming to this part of the country, when he had located
land upon which he hoped to create a farm and bring up his family. The boy was
but fourteen years old when the family settled in the woods and he therefore saw
much of pioneer life and for years made his home in the log cabin which his
father bad erected.

  David and Marcia Embury were the parents of seven children, five of whom are
still living. The father of this family was killed, June 22, 1886, by a horse
running away with him. His widow still survives and now in her seventy-third
year she is active and interesting in conversation and is looked upon as one of
the representative pioneer women of this county. She is said to have been the
first school teacher in what was then a hamlet, now Lapeer, and she is the
daughter of one of the very earliest pioneers of Lapeer County.

  George M. Embury grew to manhood in this county and helped greatly in
developing its resources. He seceived [sic] his education here in the district
schools and afterward in the public schools of Flint and thus secured an
admirable preparation for life's duties. He was married October 5, 1875, to
Eveline McFarlen, daughter of John R. McFarlen, one of the first pioneers of
this county. To them have been born three children, Philip O., Irving W., and
George A.

  Mr. Embury now owns a line farm of two hundred and eighty acres upon which he
carries on general farming. He has served as School Director and in every
department of life is a helper toward improvement and progress. In his political
affiliations he is with the Democratic party, and in business matters he enjoys
to a marked extent the confidence of the community. He is enterprising and
public-spirited and both he and his interesting wife are highly esteemed members
of the social circles of the township and county.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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