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Birth:          15 Mar 1873 Cincinnati, Ohio
Death:          25 Mar 1964 Cincinnati, Ohio
Burial:         Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Notes
1981 book:
	Emma did not marry. 
Source: Comly Fam. in Amer.; Mendenhall Gen.; Mendenhall Bible; George Stimson 
(1E613161)
1900 in Cincinnati, Ohio
1910 in Cincinnati, Ohio artist with own studio
1920 cannot find
1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio boarder occ: none
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Emma Mendenhall, (1873-1964) 
Emma Mendenhall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1873. She studied at the Art 
Academy of Cincinnati with Nowottny and Franks Duveneck and at the Julian 
Academy in Paris. She also received instruction from Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, Charles 
Woodbury and Henry Snell.

She was a member of the Cincinnati Woman's Art Club, American Water Color Society, 
Cincinnati MacDowell Club, New York Water Color Club and the Washington, DC 
Water Color Club.

Mendenhall painted in oil, watercolor and pastel. In addition to portraits she was 
known for her landscapes. She had traveled extensively and painted in France, Spain 
and Mexico. She spent some time painting in New Mexico about 1920 and exhibited, 
in Santa Fe, a number of local scenes.

She exhibited actively from 1898 at the Cincinnati Museum Pennsylvania Academy of 
Fine Art, Philadelphia Water Color Club and the Washington Water Color Club. She 
also exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Arts Club, with the Boston 
Water Color Club, the Ohio Water Color Society and at the Butler Institute of American 
Art in Youngstown, Ohio.



Parents
MENDENHALL Charles (29 Jul 1840 - 6 May 1898)
CARLISLE Fannie (28 Oct 1841 - 26 Nov 1926)

Siblings
MENDENHALL George Carlisle (29 Jul 1868 - 21 Dec 1873)
MENDENHALL Charles (26 Aug 1870 - 16 Feb 1872)
MENDENHALL Emma (15 Mar 1873 - 25 Mar 1964)
MENDENHALL Fanny Carlisle (14 Dec 1874 - 17 Apr 1968)
MENDENHALL Grace (27 Mar 1877 - 11 Nov 1969)
MENDENHALL Clara Carlisle (16 Sep 1882 - 19 Jun 1967)
MENDENHALL Elizabeth (18 Jan 1884 - 3 Mar 1967)

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