Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Henby, Eli February 27, 1813 - 1874 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glapha Cox rcoxfam@earthlink.net January 13, 2006, 11:03 am Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884) Jackson Township p. 567 Eli Henby, deceased, was born Feb. 27, 1813, in North Carolina, where he lived till he reached the age of twenty-one years. He then came to Wayne County, Ind., where he learned the brick-maker's trade, at which he worked several years, clerking in a dry-goods store during the winter seasons. He was married, in 1846, to Gulielma, daughter of Josiah and Abigail Bell. They were blessed with a family of four children---Ellen, Achsah, Jesse B. and Thomas O. Soon after his marriage Mr. Henby engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he followed successfully the greater part of his life. He died in 1874. The farm contains seventy-four acres of well-improved land and is managed by Jesse B. and Thomas O. Henby. They are devoting a great deal of their time to the raising of Poland China hogs. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/wayne/bios/henby97gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb