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1811 Queen Annes County, Maryland - 1887 Washington, District Of Columbia. Known for: Topographic sketches border survey.
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Born in Queen Annes County, MD on Sept. 7, 1811, William Hemsley Emory, after graduating from the U. S. Military Academy, served in the Army Topographical Engineers in 1838. During 1844-46 he worked... Read full biography
Born in Queen Annes County, MD on Sept. 7, 1811, William Hemsley Emory, after graduating from the U. S. Military Academy, served in the Army Topographical Engineers in 1838. During 1844-46 he worked on the boundary survey between Canada and the U.S. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he was sent to... Read full biography
Born in Queen Annes County, MD on Sept. 7, 1811, William Hemsley Emory, after graduating from the U. S. Military Academy, served in the Army Topographical Engineers in 1838. During 1844-46 he worked on the boundary survey between Canada and the U.S. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he was sent to California. As a colonel with the Army of the West, he fought in the battles of San Gabriel, San Pasquale, and the plains of Mesa. Following the war he surveyed the U.S.-Mexican boundary. He sketched... Read full biography
Born in Queen Annes County, MD on Sept. 7, 1811, William Hemsley Emory, after graduating from the U. S. Military Academy, served in the Army Topographical Engineers in 1838. During 1844-46 he worked on the boundary survey between Canada and the U.S. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he was sent to California. As a colonel with the Army of the West, he fought in the battles of San Gabriel, San Pasquale, and the plains of Mesa. Following the war he surveyed the U.S.-Mexican boundary. He sketched in his leisure, and his experiences were related in Military Reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth in Missouri to San Diego in California and Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Emory died in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 1, 1887.... Read full biography
Born in Queen Annes County, MD on Sept. 7, 1811, William Hemsley Emory, after graduating from the U. S. Military Academy, served in the Army Topographical Engineers in 1838. During 1844-46 he worked on the boundary survey between Canada and the U.S. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he was sent to California. As a colonel with the Army of the West, he fought in the battles of San Gabriel, San Pasquale, and the plains of Mesa. Following the war he surveyed the U.S.-Mexican boundary. He sketched in his leisure, and his experiences were related in Military Reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth in Missouri to San Diego in California and Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Emory died in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 1, 1887. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". NY Times, 12-3-1887 (obituary). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California
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Born in Queen Annes County, MD on Sept. 7, 1811, William Hemsley Emory, after graduating from the U. S. Military Academy, served in the Army Topographical Engineers in 1838.
During 1844-46 he worked on the boundary survey between Canada and the U.S. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he was sent to California. As a colonel with the Army of the West, he fought in the battles of San Gabriel, San Pasquale, and the plains of Mesa.
Following the war he surveyed the U.S.-Mexican boundary. He sketched in his leisure, and his experiences were related in Military Reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth in Missouri to San Diego in California and Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey.
Emory died in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 1, 1887.