Where is 'here'?

Northeast Alabama. They are in 2 different areas and growing fine.

Overhead or top down photos make ID'ing more complicated. Can you take one from the side so we can see how this plant grows?

Wild guess - Photinia serratifolia.

Ok here they are.

If these were evergreen, then perhaps Photinia....but I've never seen leaves that dark when emerging -- usually more greenish bronze. Are the leaves stiff and spiny? Or soft and bendy?

I'd wager it's Prunus persica 'Bonfire', a compact dwarf purple-leaf peach.

The leaves are soft and bandy. It does look like the peach tree. That maybe why the previous owners chopped it diwn. It is right beside the back porch steps and another right beside the driveway.

Photinia suggestion withdrawn on learning that the leaves are not stiff. I don't follow the logic of "It does look like the peach tree. That maybe why the previous owners chopped it down." Why would they chop a Peach down?

Because the ornamental fruit would fall on the back porch literally. The bugs would be right by the porch. But they surely would know all that comes with a fruit tree. I honestly don't know they have planted some odd things. The one in the driveway would take up half the driveway when mature.

Peaches and other Prunus can fall victim to numerous maladies (diseases and pests). Maybe that's why they chopped it down.