U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Emir, John ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Harrison County, West Virginia, From the Early Days of Northwestern Virginia to the Present. by Henry Haymond Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1910 Page 392 John Emir. Among the many interesting characters who have tarried within the gates of Clarksburg was a Frenchman by the name of John Emir. His occupation was that of a gardner and a trimmer of fruit trees and grape vines. He had been a soldier in the victorious armies of Napoleon, and had taken part in the famous retreat from Moscow and had been wounded at the battle of Waterloo. He worshipped the memory of Napoleon and still retained his military bearing. The later years of his life passed amid the hills of West Virginia, were as quiet and peaceful as his early ones in war-tossed Europe had been stirring and eventful. He died far from the vineclad valleys of Sunny France, and from the fields of the triumphs of the mighty Napoleon, in whose stupendous achievements he had borne an humble though an honorable part. May the ashes of the old soldier of the Empire rest in peace. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Harrison County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/harrison/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------