Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Henry, Isaac 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

ISAAC HENRY, a worthy citizen of Plainfield Township, where he is engaged in 
agriculture, came to this county as early as 1856 and cast his lot with its 
pioneers. He is a Pennsylvanian by birth and his father, Jacob Henry, is 
supposed to have been a native of the same State. He moved from there to Ohio 
in 1835, and was an early settler of Richland County. At that time that part 
of Ohio was sparsely settled, and but few improvements had been made. Deer and 
all kinds of wild game were plentiful where now are fine farms, thriving towns 
and cities. Mr. Henry bought a tract of timber land, and after building a log 
house for the accommodation of his family, entered upon the hard task of 
clearing a farm from the primeval forests. There were no railroads in those 
days, and Milan, fifty miles distant, was the nearest market. Mr. Henry lived 
there sixteen years and then sold out and removed to Defiance County, and 
buying land there, entered upon the task of its improvement. His useful 
career, however, was soon brought to a close, as he died there about one year 
later. The maiden name of his wife was Christiana Coulser, and she was a 
native of Pennsylvania. In 1860 she removed to Wisconsin, and after living 
there a short time, to Grundy County, Iowa, and later to Marion County, Mo., 
and there died. The subject of this sketch was five years old when he removed 
with his parents to Ohio, and there he was reared under pioneer influences to 
the life of a farmer. When the family removed to Defiance County he bought a 
tract of timber land and built there. Thinking to better himself by removing 
to Illinois, he came here in 1856, and was employed in a cabinet shop for a 
year. He then went to Michigan City, Ind., but after a stay there of two 
months returned to his own home, and the following year again came to 
Illinois. He engaged in farming, working land on shares for eight years, and 
then purchased the place where he now resides, on section 13, Plainfield 
Township. It comprises eighty acres of land of exceptional fertility, and he 
has it under good improvement, and has made here a comfortable and cozy home. 
Mr. Henry is, no doubt, greatly indebted to the aid he has received from his 
capable, helpful wife, to whom he was united in marriage in 1858. Her maiden 
name was Sarah Smith and she was a daughter of G. Y. Smith, of whom see sketch 
on another page of. this work. The pleasant home circle of our subject and 
wife is completed by the five children born to them, namely: Mary M., Clara 
M., Werner L., Laura and Frank. A simple, upright, independent man, Mr. Henry 
bears a good reputation and is held in genuine respect for his sterling 
qualities. He has made his way in the world by persistent industry, and by the 
careful management of his affairs to a place among our subsubstantial citizens.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 
 


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