Samuel P. Henry, 1830 - 1902
Cameron Parish Obits, Louisiana
Submitted by Kathy LaCombe-Tell
Source: March 20, 1902 issue of the New York Morning Sun
Submitted August 2004

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The Hon. Samuel P. Henry, "father of Cameron Parish, in Louisiana, died 
yesterday at Cameron, age 72. He was a native of Lancaster, Pa. He went 
to Ohio and was professor of languages and mathematics in an Ohio 
college.

"He settled in Louisiana in 1870, in Calcasieu Parish, the southern 
part of which he had cut off and made into a new parish.

"He gave it the name of in honor of his friend, Simon Cameron of 
Pennsylvania. He was chosen Parish Judge, which office, he held until 
it was abolished in 1878.

"He was then sent to the Legislature, of which body he was twice 
Speaker. He was a member of the Legislature at the time of his death.

"He was largely instrumental in the founding of the biological station 
at Cameron last year (1901) for the study of Gulf fish life."