For Jacksonville History Buffs

[Cheshire Cat]

I was reminded of this site while responding to another thread.  It was created by a friend who worked in the research department of our library many years back.  His name was Glen Emery and he so loved Jacksonville that he created a neat website about us and our history.  He passed away at a early age a few years back but happily I find his website still exists.  Take a look and enjoy the photo's and history.    If you visit, take the time to read the page about Glen who is responsible for this cache of information.

http://www.jaxhistory.com/Jacksonville%20Story/Non-Web%20Places%20for%20History%20&%20Genealogy.htm

[If_I_Loved_you]

I was reminded of this site while responding to another thread.  It was created by a friend who worked in the research department of our library many years back.  His name was Glen Emery and he so loved Jacksonville that he created a neat website about us and our history.  He passed away at a early age a few years back but happily I find his website still exists.  Take a look and enjoy the photo's and history.    If you visit, take the time to read the page about Glen who is responsible for this cache of information.

http://www.jaxhistory.com/Jacksonville%20Story/Non-Web%20Places%20for%20History%20&%20Genealogy.htm

Birth:    1962
Death:    2006



Glenn Emery was the creator and manager of the website, JacksonvilleStory.com. He passed away on December 16, 2006.

A sixth-generation Floridian, his roots ran deep in Florida's sand. Glenn's forebearers, the Sherouse family, were also early settlers of Georgia, first arriving in 1741. They fled Germany to escape the persecution of Protestants.

During the 1820's, fewer than 35,000 residents lived in Florida, but some of them were Sherouses. Members of the clan moved from Georgia shortly after the US bought Florida from Spain. They set up housekeeping near Florida's oldest inland town, Micanopy. This antique lover's paradise is located in Alachua County, about 55 miles southwest of Jacksonville, not far from Gainesville and the University of Florida.

A native of Ocala, Glenn Emery had a master's degree in history and a master's degree in library & information science. He specialized in Florida history at the University of Florida. His senior thesis was entitled "The Medical World of Marion Surgical" (a hospital in nineteenth-century Ocala), and his master's thesis was "Urbanization in Florida during the 1890s." Glenn worked as a librarian in Jacksonville, and he served as the manager of a Florida history collection there for many years.


In addition to this website, Glenn's personal interests included racquetball, antique Florida postcards, and the study of movie history, pop music history, and African American history.

http://www.jaxhistory.com/Jacksonville%20Story/Meet_the_Website_Manager.htm

Burial:
Windsor Methodist Cemetery
Windsor
Alachua County
Florida, USA

Created by: Glenda Sheffield
Record added: Jan 24, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 47046174  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=emery&GSfn=glenn&GSmn=brian&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2006&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=47046174&df=all&;

[Cheshire Cat]

Did you know him IILU?  He was a very reserved and sweet man with a mind like an encyclopedia.

[kreger]

Great website. Thanks for sharing.

[Cheshire Cat]

Great website. Thanks for sharing.

You are very welcome.  I am glad I remembered it so all of Glen's work can be viewed and used.  I love the old photo's myself.

[If_I_Loved_you]

Did you know him IILU?  He was a very reserved and sweet man with a mind like an encyclopedia.

No I didn't but "with a mind like an encyclopedia" this is the type of person I do like. It's sad he is gone but what a wonderful website he left thanks you posting it CC.