Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Henry, H. L. 1845 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  H. L. Henry, a Civil war veteran, and early settler in McCamish township, is a
native of Illinois. He was born in Ogle county, April 11, 1845, and is a son of
Samuel and Sarah (Linn) Henry, both natives of Concord, Franklin county,
Pennsylvania. They left their Pennsylvania home in 1844 and came west, locating
in Ogle county, Illinois. These were real pioneer days on the plains of
Illinois, and railroads were almost unheard of in that State. When they made the
trip to that State they went by boat as far as Savannah, and drove the rest of
the way to their new home on the prairie, a distance of about sixty miles. The
father bought a claim and engaged in farming there until his death, in 1880. The
mother died the same year. The Henry family consisted of seven children, as
follows. Dr. William, a physician of Harmon, Lee county, Illinois; John, who
resides on the old homestead in Ogle county; Hester, also resides on the old
homestead and is unmarried; H. L., the subject of this sketch; Margaret
(deceased); Mary Jane, married Milton Woolhiser, and resides in Nebraska, and
James resides in Ogle county, near the old homestead. H. L. Henry attended the
public schools and remained on the home farm until early in 1865 when he
enlisted in Company G, Twenty-third regiment, Illinois infantry. He enlisted at
Chicago, and after spending a short time at Camp Fry, was sent to join the army
of the Potomac, on the James river. He joined his regiment four miles from
Richmond, Va., and for a time was located at General Grant's headquarters at
City Point. At the close of the war he was discharged at Richmond, Va., August
3, 1865, and returned to Chicago, where he was paid. He then went to his Ogle
county home and remained until 1867, when he came to Johnson county and located
on a claim, four miles northwest of Edgerton, and followed farming until 1900
when he removed to Edgerton where he has since resided. He sold his Johnson
county farm, and is now extensively interested in land in Kearney county. Mr.
Henry was married September 1, 1867, to Miss Martha Davis. She was born near
Hagerstown, Md., and removed with her parents to Ogle county, Illinois, when a
child. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry have been born four children, as follows: Walter,
Garden City, Kan.; Mary, married Ira Campbell, Garden City, Kan.; Margaret,
married. Frank Stephenson, Gardner City, Kan., and Ray L., in the employ of the
Union Pacific Railway Company, in Colorado. The wife and mother departed this
life, April 2, 1905. She was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
and a conscientious Christian woman who lived an exemplary Christian life. Mr.
Henry is a Democrat and has served as trustee of McCamish township. He is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and one of the substantial citizens of
Johnson county.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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