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ity of Red Bank, New Jersey. This union
has been blessed with the following chil-
dren : I. Louis Dennie, born August 4.
1897, died July 2, 1898. 2. Herbert Dav-
enport, born July 30, 1900; he left the
freshman class at Stevens Institute of
Technology to enlist as a volunteer in the
United States army, 1918; he was not
sent overseas, but was honorably discharged
from the service in 1019 and
returned to college. 3. Edward Van
Schoick, bom July 8, 1901 ; at the age of
seventeen he tried three times to enlist
in the United States navy, but was re-
jected on account of his youth ; he took
a position in the New York Division Superintendent's
Office of the New York &
New Haven Railroad Company.
Mr. Winchester's favorite pursuits are
the study and practice of those sciences
involved in his vocation, the study of po-
litical science, economics and philosophy.
His patriotism is intense, which to his
mind finds its best expression in rendering
efficient public service for the sake of the
results rather than for personal reward.
He believes in constructive rather than
destructive criticism ; in bringing harmony
out of confusion ; in attracting people
to each other by showing the good
that can always be found in everyone, if
it is appealed to sympathetically; in set-
tling disputes by man-to-man and heartto-
heart conferences ; in telling the good
that can be told of others, with emphasis ;
in helping the needy without their learn-
ing the source of the benefaction. He is
greatly interested in everything that per-
tains to his fellow-man, and his special
interest in boys finds an outlet to their
advantage in his activities in connection
with the Boy Scout movement, already
referred to. Mr. Winchester is a strong
believer in Divinity, and is convinced that
all things are controlled and actuated by
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a positive, authentic, supreme purpose of
concentrated right, which is perfect
power and action eternal. Though nonsectarian
in his own views, he honors and
respects all creeds and those who endeavor
faithfully to live up to them.
EMERY, Albert Hamilton,
Celebrated Inventor.
The derivation of names, which is always
an interesting study, proves that
places of abode and occupation were the
most frequent sources of their origin, but
very often we find one derived from either
a personal characteristic or similar qual-
ity. The surname, Emery, is derived
from Almeric, a Christian name signify-
ing "of obscure origin." It was gradually
changed to the present English form
and spelling. In the Italian it is Amerigo
and is forever represented in the word
"America."
John Emery, founder of the American
branch of the family, was born September
29, 1598, in Hampshire, England, and was
the son of John and Agnes Emery. On
April 3, 1635, John (2) Emery sailed in
the "James," of London, for Boston, Massachusetts,
landing on June 3, 1635. Soon
after, he removed to Newbury, Massachusetts,
where he received a grant ; was
made a freeman on June 2, 1641, and received
a further grant on April 19, 1644.
He served as selectman in 1661 ; as fence
viewer in 1666 ; and as grand juryman in
1666. He married (first) in England,
Mary , who
died in April, 1649, '"
Newbury. He married (second) Mrs.
Mary (Shatswell) Webster. His death
occurred in Newbury, November 3, 1683,
and he was survived by his widow until
April 28, 1694.
Six generations later the father of Albert
H. Emery was born and he was
Samuel Emery, son of Joshua and Ruth