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The family of J J Emery of Cincinnati is extant and is quite private. The most well-known Emery from Cincinnati was Mary Muhlenberg Emery (1844-1927). She became one of the richest women in the United States upon the death of her husband Thomas and spent the rest of her life disseminating her inheritance. Her philanthropies and gifts date primarily from 1906, when Thomas Emery died, until her own death in 1927. She gave $7,000,000 to the development of the community of Mariemont, one of America’s most important examples of town planning. Her world-class collection of old master paintings was formed expressly as a future bequest to the Cincinnati Art Museum. She endowed the University of Cincinnati, the Episcopal Cathedral and the Cincinnati Symphony. Books have been written about her charities.
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