Mrs. Cammie Garrett Henry, Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Frances Ball Turner



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History of Louisiana by Chambers
Vol. III, pg. 32

Mrs. Cammie Garrett Henry was born in Assumption Parish, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Garrett.  She was christened at "Shadygrove," the old
home of her maternal grandfather, Isaac Erwin, in Iberville Parish.  This
home, the brick for which were made by the slaves on her grandfather's
place, was three years in the making, and is now used for an Agricultural
School.  Mrs. Henry graduated from the High School in Donaldsonville, and
then attended the State Normal School, in Natchitoches.  After her
graduation she was principal of the Thibodaux (sic) High School two years.

She was married to Mr. John H. Henry, planter, of Natchitoches, a member of
an old and prominent family in that parish.  She is the mother of seven
sons and one little daughter; and is the mistress of Melrose Plantation.
"Melrose," the antebellum home of the Henrys, was built in 1833 and is of
French and Spanish type, with a flower garden famous along Cane River.

Mrs. Henry is a member of the Louisiana State Historical Society, and the
U.C.Cs.  For thirty years she has collected historical data on the State of
Louisiana, and has compiled thirty volumes of clippings, letters, etc.,
from all over the United States bearing on the history of her state.
Professor Chambers, the author of the new three-volume history of
Louisiana, has this to say regarding these scrap-books:

"In compiling this series of scrap-books, Mrs. Cammie G. Henry is rendering
a priceless and patriotic service to students of history for generations to
come; and is handing down to posterity a heritage whose value will increase
steadily with the passing of the years."

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