Embry, Jim
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Title
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Embry, Jim
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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While little is known about Jim Embry, he had at least one child, a daughter, likely with a woman enslaved by the Wheeler family. His daughter, Lucinda Embry, had two children, Jim’s grandchildren, a boy named Dan Bogie (born 1858) and a girl (name unknown; born 1860). His Enslaver’s name was Talton Embry, and his property bordered the Wheeler property in Garrard County. Jim’s grandson, Dan Bogie, remembered Jim making shingles using a steel drawing knife in Talton Embry’s yard. His grandson also recalled Jim being adept at mending shoes.
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Member
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Embry family
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Child(ren)
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Wheeler, Lucinda; Wheeler, unknown Male
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Relationship
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Slaveholder(s): Talton, Embry
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 7, Kentucky, Bogie-Woods with combined interviews of others. 1936. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mesn070/.