Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885,
Butler Co.

MALACHI EMBRY was born in Butler County, May 26, 1838, and is the fifth 
child in a family of eight children born to Wiley and Eliza (Bolton) 
Embry, the former of whom was a native of Garrard County, Ky., and the 
latter of Buckingham County, Va.  They were of English and Scotch-Irish 
descent respectively.  Wiley Embry was educated and married in his 
native county, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years; 
in 1831, removed with his wife and family to Butler County, Ky., and 
bought wild land on the waters of Welch's Creek, where he subsequently 
improved the farm upon which he resided until his death, April 11, 1879, 
in his seventy-second year; he was one of the noted hunters of the 
Kentucky frontier, having frequently killed as many as thirty-eight deer 
in a week, besides wolves and other game; was a life-long and devoted 
church member, first of the Baptist and afterward of the Christian 
Church, and was for over forty years a regularly ordained preacher.  
Mrs. Eliza Embry's death occurred October 16, 1852, in her forty-third 
year.  She was also a devoted member of the Christian Church.  Malachi 
Embry received a very fair education at the early subscription schools, 
and was employed on his father's farm until he attained his majority; 
then bought 106 acres of wild land near the old homestead, where he has 
since improved the farm upon which he still resides, and to which he 
afterward added about 1,000 acres, a part of which he deeded to his 
children, but still owns a well improved farm of some 600 acres.  He is 
decidedly the largest tobacco grower in Butler County, and has also 
been extensively engaged in the stave, log and lumber business in 
connection with farming.  In 1865, he was elected deputy sheriff for 
that part of Butler County lying north of the Green River, to fill the 
unexpired term of J. A. Dockery, and was re-elected to the same office 
in 1866.  In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Twelfth Kentucky 
Volunteer Cavalry (Federal service), and served with that regiment in 
all its marches and engagements until April, 1863, when he was 
discharged on account of disability, resulting from a severe wound in 
the knee.  He was married August 8, 1859, to Frances Phelps, also a 
native of Butler County, Ky.; born March 16, 1841, a daughter of James 
and Nancy (Embry) Phelps, and a twin sister of Mrs. Nancy Duke.  Eleven 
children were the fruit of this union, nine of whom - four sons and 
five daughters - are yet living.  The names of the children are as 
follows: William W., Mary E. (deceased), Olivia E. Embry, Sarah Byers, 
Ulysses S. Grant, Nancy E., James O., Eudora A., Estil O., Cleopatra 
and Effie L. (deceased).  Mr. Embry belongs to no church, but is a 
member of the Masonic fraternity, and was formerly a member of the 
Grange.  He is also a member of Perry Campbell Post, G.A.R., of 
Caneyville, Grayson County, Ky.  Mrs. Embry and the three eldest 
children are members of the Christian Church.  In politics Mr. Embry 
is a Republican.

Embry Bolton Phelps Duke Dockery
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Garrard-KY Buckingham-VA Caneyville-Grayson-KY

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