Lewis Emery Jr. (1839–1924) was a New York-born businessman and politician who was active in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.He moved with parents to Michigan; attended common schools; pursued a career as a miller; moved to Pennsylvania and engaged in the oil business in Titusville; moved again to Bradford, McKean County, 1875; member of the House of Representatives, 1879; state Senate, 1880–1888; became a wealthy oil man and industrialist, and 1906 Reform Republican candidate for Governor.He married at age 78, Eleta Card of New York City.[1] [Note: The Pennsylvania State Senate website biography incorrectly cites the death date as 8 November 1941.]Much of the business district shut down to honor the funeral procession.
