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LORENZO W. EMERY was born in Maine, February 5, 1837. He is a son of William Emery and Sabrina Emery, nee Drew. Mr. Emery was educated in his native State, remaining till he was about grown to manhood, when he came West, after which, for several years, he was engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, first in Chicago and then in Burlington, Iowa; then in the city of St. Louis, Mo. He remained at the latter city, until the commencement of the late war, when he closed up his business and removed to Evansville, Ind. In the latter place he did an extensive insurance business, until coming to Paducah, Ky., in 1865. His first business venture in Paducah was in the marble business, which he conducted successfully until 1876, at which time he was awarded the government contract for the central monument in the National Cemetery at Mound City, Ill., for which he received the sum of $25,000. In 1876 he formed a partnership with M. K. Scott, in the wholesale hardware business, which partnership terminated in 1882, by the retirement of Mr. Emery. Since that date he has been employed in an extensive tobacco business, associated with H. H. Hobson and is now numbered among the wealthy men of Paducah. While he is strictly a business man he has nevertheless devoted some attention to enterprises of a public character, and especially deserves credit for his devotion to the public schools of the city of which he was for five years the superintendent, besides serving as a member of the board of education. He is a stockholder and director in the City National Bank. He is a member of the Masonic order, K. of H. and of the A. O. U. W. Mr. Emery was married in Albion, Ill., to Miss Margaret Ferryman, and has a family of three children: Charles, George and Lorenzo Melvin Emery.