John A. Emery is living in Bath Maine at age 40, a wool puller according to the 1850 census . He is living in a household with Sarah Emery, age 76, born in Massachusetts, probably his w idowed mother. The head of the household is Nancy P. Dyer, age 38, and two Dyer children. I n the 1860 census of Bath John E. Emery, age 52, wool leader is livng in the household of Nancy P. Dyer, age 45, and one child David Dyer, age 17. The 1870 census shows John Emery, age 6 2, wool dealer, living in Bath in the household of Nancy Dyer, age 66(?). In 1880 John A. Emery is living in Bath, age 72, a wool merchant, a boarder in the household of Nancy Dyer, age 64.