EMERY - JULIEN - Bar Harbor

Bar Harbor Times

May 20, 1943




Julien Emery







Julien Emery Passed Away Last Sunday.

Funeral services for well known town citizen held Tuesday.




Funeral services for Julien Emery, life long resident of Bar Harbor, who died at his home on Hancock Street Sunday noon were held at the Sherman Funeral Parlor on Tuesday, with the Rev. J. Homer Nelson of the Congregational Church officiating. Bearers were Kenneth Maclean, David Peterson, Charles Shand, George Fogg, William Delaittre and Howe Smith. Burial was at Mountain View Cemetery in Town Hill.

Mr. Emery was born in Salisbury Cove on Feb. 21, 1859, the son of the late Samuel N. Emery and Eliza A. Ladd Emery. One of the towns leading citizens, Mr. Emery served on the board of Selectmen for ten years and as the chairman for six years. He was town moderator for a period of 25 years. From 1887 to 1907 he taught in the public schools of Bar Harbor and in 1891, 92 and 95 was supervisor of Schools.

Mr. Emery was awarded a certificate by the University of Maine for being an outstanding farmer, with a citation which said in part, "You have won the respect and esteem of your fellow citizens for being a successful farmer. You have also devoted much time to the activities of your town, county and state as a former member of your school committee, chairman of the board of selectmen for six years, master of Subordinate and Pomona Granges, active in the organization of the first Farm Bureau in Maine, President of the Hancock County Farm Bureau and of the Maine Farm Bureau Federation. You have always exercised those qualities of clear thinking and good judgment with which you are exceptionally endowed."

Surviving relatives include his widow, Addie J. Emery, of Hancock Street; two daughters, Miss Alma Emery, bar Harbor, and Mrs. Lewis Salisbury of East Hartford, Conn.; three sons, Charles I. Emery, Detroit, Mich.; Newell W. Emery of Orono and Harlan J. Emery, Washington D.C.; and a nephew, James Emery of Pawtucket, R.I..