William "Bill" Emery , circus elephant trainer in United States Emery was born * in United States , in United States .
My dad always regarded him as one of the top elephant trainers of his day. His credentials are very impressive but for some reason, never seemed to remain at one place for very long. BILL EMERY 1892 Adam Forepaugh Show (Elephant hand) 1896 Barnum & Bailey (Elephant hand) 1900-02 Forepaugh-Sells Show (Superintendent) 1903-04 Barnum & Bailey (Superintendent) 1905 Barnum & Bailey (Asst. Supt.) 1909 Sun Bros. Circus 1910-11 Ringling Bros. Circus (Superintendent) 1912 Al G. Barnes Circus 1913 Frank A. Robbins Circus 1914 Alf Wheeler Show 1915 Sun Bros. Circus 1919 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1922-23 Walter L. Main Circus (Andrew Downie) 1926-27 Walter L. Main Circus (Floyd and Howard King) 1928 John Robinson Circus 1929 Sells-Floto Circus 1931 Evansville, Indiana Zoo 1932-38 Ringling-Barnum (Asst. Supt.) (Was in charge of the Herd following George Denman's departure in 1933 due to illness as well as 1934.) 1940 San Antonio Zoo William "Buckles" Woodcock Buckles Blog