Bio: HENRY, (Hon.) Joseph, Londonderry, IRE., then Natchitoches Parish,
Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller



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Henry, Hon. Joseph, of Natchitoches, La., was born at Londonderry, Ireland,
in the year 1827, and immigrated to America with his parents at the age of
16 years.  The family located upon lands in Natchitoches parish, La., and
here the son devoted his early manhood to the cultivation of the soil.  He
was studious and diligent from his youth upward and in his new environment
did not fail to improve such opportunities as came within his grasp.
Although these were small, yet through energy, perseverance, intelligence
and the force of a strong will, he gradually rose to prominence in his
community, accumulated wealth and acquired a position of honor and
distinction.  He early became affiliated with the democratic party, and
though at all times a busy man, his public-spirited devotion to the public
welfare led him at various times to accept the tender of positions in the
public service.  In all these he acquitted himself in a manner eminently
creditable to himself and to his constituency.  He served as a member of
the constitutional convention of 1879, and was elected to the state senate
in 1892.  Throughout Louisiana few men were better known for unselfish zeal
to public interest, and none were more highly respected.  Joseph Henry was
married to Ousite Roubieu, daughter of Francois Roubieu, and descendant of
an old French family whose ancestors located in Louisiana in Colonial
times.  Representatives of the Roubieu family have long been intimately
identified with the affairs of this state.  Four children were born to Hon.
Joseph and Mrs. Henry as follows:  Hon. Joseph C., by profession a civil
engineer, is now a member of the state legislature as representative of
Natchitoches parish;  John H., engaged in farming at Melrose, La.;
Eugareine, became the wife of A. W. Watson and is now deceased;  Judge
Samuel J., a leading attorney of the Natchitoches bar.  Mr. Henry was a
member of the Catholic church and died at the age of 72 years.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, p. 725.
Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.