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JAMES A. EMBRY
Vol. 5, p. 1903

This name has long had significance in the political life of
Oklahoma, and one of its bearers is James A. Embry, now serving as
circuit clerk of Lincoln County. Mr. Embry is a son of one of the
early settlers in Lincoln County, and his own life has been spent in
this state from early boyhood, a period of twenty-five years. He has
recently been admitted to the bar and prior to his election as
district clerk in 1912 had made an acceptable record as district
clerk of Lincoln County.

James A. Embry was born September 21, 1878, on a farm near
Owensburg, Kentucky, son of V. R. Embry, now a resident of Jennings,
Oklahoma. His father was a native of Kentucky and of old Kentucky
lineage, with many of the characteristic qualities of the Kentucky
people. V. R. Embry was reared in Kentucky and when a boy in his
teens enlisted for service in a Kentucky regiment in the Union army
and saw four years' of active service as a soldier. At the beginning
of settlement in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, he came as one of the
pioneers and developed a large farm. He subsequently removed to the
City of Jennings, and died at Morgantown, Kentucky, in February 1916.
He married Miss E. BRATCHER, who died some years ago. She transmitted
some of the noble qualities of her heart and mind to her children,
who were six in number, as follows: Clinton, of Lincoln County; John,
a prominent lawyer of Oklahoma City; James A.; Iverson; Eliza, living
in Iowa City, Iowa; and Hannah, of Oklahoma. The parents were both
Methodist Church people.

James A. Embry was eleven years of age when his parents located in
Lincoln County, and many of his early recollections are associated
with the wilderness conditions, which then prevailed in this state.
He grew up on a farm, and by the wholesome occupations of the country
developed a strong physique and a vigorous mentality. He was educated
partly in the public schools of Kentucky and partly in the high
school at Chandler, and his early life was devoted to farming and
stock raising. He was associated with his brother, John Embry, and
later took up the study of law with him and was admitted to the bar
in 1914.

In 1904, Mr. Embry married Ivy BOATRIGHT, a woman of refinement and
culture. Mr. and Mrs. Embry have six children: John, Henry, Glen,
Dorothy, Ivy and James A., Jr.

Mr. Embry, like his father, has a military record to his credit,
having served for twenty months in the Thirty-third United States
Infantry during the Spanish-American war. He subsequently served as
lieutenant of the National Guard, and in 1916 was elected department
commander for Oklahoma of the United States Spanish War Veterans. He
and his wife are members of the Methodist Church and he belongs to
the Veteran Reserve Corps and is a member of the Masonic Lodge.

SOURCE: Thoburn, Joseph B., A Standard History of Oklahoma, An
Authentic Narrative of its Development, 5 v. (Chicago, New York: The
American Historical Society, 1916).

Typed for OKGenWeb by Peg Luce, April 2001.