Biography of 	HENRY, Burt W., Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, 
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 200-201.  Edited 
by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical 
Association.

Henry, Burt W., is a native son of Louisiana.  He was born in the city of 
New Orleans, Feb. 5, 1878, as the youngest of 5 children born unto William 
and Sarah (McDonough) Henry.  The parents were born in Ireland, the father 
in Belfast, and the mother in Dublin.  They were brought to this country 
when young, by their parents, the Henry family settling at Thornton, 
Canada, and the McDonough family located at New Orleans.  William Henry, 
the father, grew to manhood in Canada and as a young man came to New 
Orleans, where he met and married Sarah McDonough.  He was a veteran of the 
Mexican war, in which he served with gallantry.  In New Orleans he engaged 
in contracting business in the firm of Fayssoux & Henry, which were 
builders of railways and constructors of streets.  The firm became 
prominent and successful, and Mr. Henry was held in high esteem as a 
business man and honored as a progressive citizen.  He died at New Orleans, 
Feb. 2, 1888, at the age of 66 years, and his wife survived him for 20 
years.  She died in 1908 at the age of 72 years.  They had the following 
children:  Wallace B.,  William A. (deceased),   Burt W.,  Sarah,  Laura, 
and  Mary.  The children were reared in New Orleans, and the family has 
long been numbered among the prominent of the city.  Burt W. Henry, whose 
name forms the caption of this personal sketch, was prepared for college 
in Leche's school of New Orleans.  He then took an academic course in 
Tulane university, from which institution he graduated in the law, 
receiving the degree of LL.B. in 1899.  Since 1901, Mr. Henry has been 
continuously engaged in the practice of law in New Orleans, and during 
this period of time has built up a remunerative practice and won for 
himself an enviable reputation as a lawyer.  He has never sought political 
preferment, his preference being to devote his time and energy to his 
professional work.  Mr . Henry is prominent in fraternal and club 
relations.  He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member 
of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and is also a 
member of the Boston and Louisiana clubs, of New Orleans.