Butler County's Napier Family

Left to right - Martha Davis Brown, her daughter Maud Brown Napier, the little girl is Ruth Napier, and Emma Brown Spurrier (also Martha's daughter).

Maude Brown Napier

Left to right - Ruth Napier age 3,
Irene Napier age 9 and Ruby Napier age 6

1. JESSIE H.⁸ EMBRY (MASON DALTON⁷, CADER⁶, WILLIAM "GRANCER"⁵, WILLIAM⁴, WILLIAM³, HENRY², HENRIE¹) was born January 31, 1845 in Welch's Creek, Butler Co., KY, and died July 13, 1938 in Butler Co., KY. He married (1) LAURA BRATCHER. He married (2) MARTHA BRATCHER July 19, 1866 in Grayson Co., KY, daughter of BENNETT BRATCHER and MARTHA GREEN. She was born December 29, 1847 in Grayson Co., KY, and died January 27, 1923 in Butler Co., KY.

Children of JESSIE EMBRY and MARTHA BRATCHER are:

2. i. TEMPERANCE FLORENCE⁹ EMBRY, b. January 21, 1868, Butler Co., KY; d. May 31, 1898, Butler Co., KY.

ii. MATELLA ELLEN EMBRY, b. September 19, 1869.

iii. MARTILLA EMBRY, b. June 21, 1871, Butler Co., KY; d. March 01, 1944, Butler Co., KY.

iv. CARLESS (CARLOS) EMBRY, b. December 05, 1874, Butler Co., KY; d. July 20, 1907, Butler Co., KY.

v. ATLAS O. EMBRY, b. Abt. 1877, Butler Co., KY; d. January 06, 1940, Butler Co., KY.

vi. ROSETTA EMBRY, b. May 21, 1879, Butler Co., KY; d. January 31, 1914.

vii. ESAU EMBRY, b. April 02, 1882, Butler Co., KY; d. April 02, 1882, Butler Co., KY.

viii. JACOB B. EMBRY, b. April 02, 1882, Butler Co., KY; d. April 02, 1882, Butler Co., KY.

ix. LULA EMBRY, b. September 19, 1884, Butler Co., KY; d. September 22, 1886, Butler Co., KY.

x. ELTA EMBRY, b. 1887.

xi. ARTIE EMBRY, b. 1892.

2. TEMPERANCE FLORENCE⁹ EMBRY (JESSIE H.⁸, MASON DALTON⁷, CADER⁶, WILLIAM "GRANCER"⁵, WILLIAM⁴, WILLIAM³, HENRY², HENRIE¹) was born January 21, 1868 in Butler Co., KY, and died May 31, 1898 in Butler Co., KY. She married JAMES R. NAPIER November 11, 1886 in Butler Co., KY. He was born April 01, 1867 in Hawesville, Hancock Co., KY, and died December 15, 1962 in Louisville, KY.

Children of TEMPERANCE EMBRY and JAMES NAPIER are:

3. i. OTIS¹⁰ NAPIER, b. August 22, 1887, Butler Co., KY; d. January 16, 1916, Harrisburg, IL, Killed by a falling rock at the Ongoa Coal Mine.

ii. BERTHA NAPIER, b. Abt. 1889.

iii. MAUDE NAPIER, b. February 09, 1895; d. November 03, 1905, Butler Co., KY.

iv. GILBERT NAPIER, b. Abt. 1893.

v. HILBERT NAPIER, b. Abt. 1895.

3. OTIS¹⁰ NAPIER (TEMPERANCE FLORENCE⁹ EMBRY, JESSIE H.⁸, MASON DALTON⁷, CADER⁶, WILLIAM "GRANCER"⁵, WILLIAM⁴, WILLIAM³, HENRY², HENRIE¹) was born August 22, 1887 in Butler Co., KY, and died January 16, 1916 in Harrisburg, IL, Killed by a falling rock at the Ongoa Coal Mine. He married MAUDE LOUISE BROWN, daughter of ISSAC BROWN and MARTHA DAVIS. She was born May 04, 1890 in KY, and died Abt. 1976 in St Louis, MO.

Children of OTIS NAPIER and MAUDE BROWN are:

i. IRENE¹¹ NAPIER.

ii. RUBY NAPIER, b. October 04, 1910, Grayson Co. Ky; d. February 13, 1998, Christman, Edgar Co., IL; m. ETTORE (ARTHUR) VENTURI, June 16, 1933; b. August 10, 1902, Modena, Italy.

iii. RUTH NAPIER.

The 2 girls on the horses are (left to right) Lena Bratcher and Ruby Napier. They are shown in front of Ruby's grandmother's house ~ Martha Davis Brown ~ near Goff, Ky.