Pueblo-Denver-Gilpin County CO Archives Biographies.....Henry, John W. 1820 - 
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Author: R. M. Stevenson (1881)

HON. JOHN W. HENRY.

    This gentleman was born in Jackson County, near Louisville, Ky.. July 30,
1820. When six years of age, his father moved to Coles County, Ill., where he
was raised on a farm. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at Charleston,
in 1841. In 1842, he went to Platteville, Wis., where he entered the practice of
law, and continued to 1850. In that year, he removed to St. Joseph, Mo., where
he practiced law several years. In 1857, he went to Leavenworth, Kan., at which
place he lived about three years. He came to Colorado in 1860, and settled first
at Nevada, where he owned an interest in a quartz-mill. He mined and milled in
that vicinity until spring 1862. He afterward lived in Denver to February, 1863.
His family then joining him he removed to Pueblo County, and settled on a ranch
some miles below Pueblo. In 1872, he located at Pueblo, at which place he has
since resided. He was a member of the Lower House of the State Legislature from
Pueblo County in 1865. He was District Attorney for the Third Judicial District
of Colorado from 1872 to 1876. In 1876, he was elected Judge of the Third
Judicial District, which position he now holds. His district now comprises the
counties of Bent, Huerfano, Las Animas and Pueblo. Judge Henry has become
eminent as a lawyer. As a District Judge, he has no superior in the State, and
his opinions and decisions are very highly regarded.


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Extracted from:

History of the  Arkansas Valley, Colorado
By J. Harrison Mills

O. L. Baskin & Co.
Chicago
1881


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