My grandfather was James Harmon Emory and lived in Polk Co. Missouri in the early 1900's. His mother was a Harris, but when she died his father then married one of her sisters and they had several more children. My grandfather married Nancy Catherine Payne and they lived just a few miles from my maternal great grandparents in Dallas Co. Missouri, I don't know if this is any part of the Emorys you are looking for as I am having a hard time finding any info about my grandfathers family. Any similarityies? My older aunts have said that one of grandpa's brothers was a school teacher and changes the spelling from Emery. I'm at a loss, as all my aunts were in their late 90's when then passed and my mother being the youngest of 9 doesn't know the history of the family.