Charles P. Emery, Maine State Legislature, 1880. "Biddeford. (York county.) Republican, Congregationalist, shoe manufacturer, married; age 41. Born in Andover, and attended the town schools in Buxton. Common Councilman in 1878 and President of the Council. Member of the Maine House in 1879. Always a republican." -Biographical sketches of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of Maine, v. ix. Augusta, Me. : Kennebec journal, 1880, compiled by Howard Owen.