20 Facts About Emily Harold

In 1872, Harold was accused of engaging in an extramarital affair with her neighbor, former US President Andrew Johnson.

Emily Harold puts no credence in the rumors of Johnson's alcoholism.

Emily Harold Wright was born about May 29,1820 in Tennessee.

James W Harold worked as a tailor in Greeneville in 1850,1860, and 1870.

James W Harold was appointed postmaster of Greeneville beginning April 1,1869.

Per a Knoxville paper, after receiving the letter Mr Emily Harold caught Mrs Emily Harold leaving the library "late at night" with a blanket shawl covering her head and face; she then attempted to slip into their home through the back door.

Emily Harold said she had been a friend of Mrs Johnson's for half a lifetime, but that he had not spoken to her for a week or at the time of the alleged visit to his library.

Emily Wright Harold was 51 years, 11 months, and nine days old at the time of her death.

Emily Harold was found to have shot herself through the heart and left breast.

Emily Harold was past saving when she was found; the first shot was thought to be the fatal one and her clothes were on fire when she was discovered.

Emily Harold was brought into the house but died therein, without speaking any last words.

The truth of the charges against Johnson and Mrs Emily Harold was investigated, and some swearing done, of rather a plain character, as is reported, by two negroes and a white man.

In 1873, James W Harold requested compensation from the Southern Claims Commission for 50 locustwood fence rails and 15 cords of firewood that he stated were taken from him by Gen.

Emily Harold testified that he had remained loyal to the Union and voted against secession.

James W Harold was born on February 8,1815 and died April 20,1873, less than a year after the death of his wife.

Emily Harold prepared a will the month before he died, naming his oldest son John executor, and legal guardian of his minor children, Charles Harold, age 17, and Jessie Harold, age 10.

John W Harold served in the US Army until his death in 1879; he left a two-thirds of his personal estate to his brother Charles and one-third to his sister Jessie.

Charles Emily Harold moved to New York City where he lived, married in 1881, worked, and died in the Bronx in 1940.

The tale of Mrs Emily Harold resurfaced and Moore wrote that the neighbors even charged the late Andrew Johnson "with violating the chastity of his neighbor's wife":.

Emily Harold is even charged with violating the chastity of his neighbor's wife.