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James Hyrum Empey

12 Oct 1857 – 19 Feb 1943

Birth	12 Oct 1857
Death	19 Feb 1943
Cemetery	Junction Cemetery Junction , Piute County , Utah , USA
Added by	SMS on 18 Feb 2020
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23246516

Bio

Father: William Adam Empey Mother: Martha Fielding Empey Wife: #1 Harriet Keele (Md.Jun 15 1881)(Died Jul 11 1906) #2 Mary Keele McIntosh (Md.Jul 15 1909) ( (died 20 1916) #3 Eva J Gilger (Md.Aug 29 1916)(Div.Jun 3 1924) #4 Mary Eva LaBarron Bay (Md. 9/9/1926) Cause of Death: Stroke When he was nine years of age the fmaily moved to St.George. He grew to manhood in Utah's Dixie. He spent one and a half years working on the St.George Temple and was a missionary to the Navajo and Moquitch Indians for 18 months. He hauled freight between St.George and SLC for five years. It took a month to make the trip. After marrying Harriet they moved to Panaca, Nevada, where they lived a number of years. THey were parents of nine children. While there, he served as leader of the choir and superintendant of the Sunday School, serving many years. When his wife passed away he moved to Junction. He later married his wife's sister. They separated and she later died. He then married Mrs. Eva Johann Leibert Gilger. After 8 years they divorced. He was a machinist and blacksmith, having spent 35 years working at that trade. For several years after coming to Junction he was in the mercantile business and served as a member of the Junction Town Board and for a number of years was president of the City Creek Irrigation Company. At the time of his death he was the oldest resident and lived in Junction for 33 years.

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Family

Parents

• William Adam Empey 1808–1890
• Martha Fielding Empey 1838–1912

Spouse

• Mary Elizabeth Keele McIntosh 1856–1916 FaG
• Harriet Keele Empey 1864–1906 FaG
• Eva Johanna Leibert Gilger 1866–1957 FaG
• Mary Eva LeBaron Bay 1867–1958 FaG

Siblings

• Margaret Minerva Amanda Empey Richards 1831–1909 FaG
• Nelson Adam Empey 1834–1904 FaG
• Emma Marilla Empey Clark 1839–1897 FaG
• Maria Empey Pace 1844–1896 FaG
• Brigham Young Empey 1846–1847 FaG
• Diantha Empey Morris 1848–1928 FaG
• Alice Empey McIntyre Markey Hadlock 1850–1915 FaG
• Robert Nephi Empey 1856–1857 FaG
• Charles Henry Empey Sr 1858–1926 FaG
• Sarah Ann Sullivan Empey Stout 1859–1941
• Joseph Lamoni Porter Empey Sr 1860–1935 FaG
• John William Fielding Empey 1861–1880
• Martha Ann Empey 1863–1864
• Joshua Fielding Empey 1865–1866
• Heber Fielding Empey 1865–1948
• Arthur Porter Empey 1866–1946 FaG
• Mary Harriet Empey Thomas 1869–1946 FaG
• Osen Fielding Empey 1870–1870
• Charles Fielding Empey 1877–1945

Children

• Martha Elizabeth Empey Woods 1882–1959 FaG
• Annie Ethel Empey 1883–1894 FaG
• Edith Harriet Empey 1885–1894 FaG
• Rhoda May Empey 1889–1889 FaG
• Elsie Diantha Empey 1900–1911 FaG
• Ivan Heber Empey 1904–1911 FaG

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