Biographical Sketch of Henry Debery, Camden County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Henry Debery, farmer, was born in Carroll county, Ohio, December 5,
1847, being a son of Thomas and Emma (Johnson) Debery, who were born
in Maryland and New Jersey, respectively.  They both became residents
of Ohio when very young, and were reared and married in Carroll county.
When about eighteen years of age the father was crippled by falling 
from an apple tree, and he afterward learned the shoemaker's trade,
following this occupation until he came to Missouri in 1861.  He then 
resided on the farm in Glaize township until his death, in 1875, at the
age of sixty-six years.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church 
while residing in Ohio, but after coming to Missouri united with the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was an active member.  He was
also an active politician, and a strong Union man during the war, and
furnished the Government with valuable information regarding the people
and country.  His wife is still living, and resides on the home farm in
Camden county.  Their eight children are named as follows: Henry, Alex-
ander, John, George; Mary, wife of D. R. Miller; Albert, Isaac and 
Thomas C.  Henry Debery attained his majority in Camden county, and
received a fair education in the common schools.  At the early age of
sixteen years he enlisted in the Second Missouri Light Artillery, at
Lebanon, Battery K, serving mostly at St. Louis and along the Mississ-
ippi River.  In 1865 his company was transferred to the plains in
Montana to fight the Indians, and he participated in the battle fought
on Powder River in Montana, which lasted about fifteen days.  During 
this siege the troops suffered severely from hunger, and were finally
obliged to eat their own horses and mules to keep from starving to
death.  From this point they returned to St. Louis and were disbanded.
Mr. Debery farmed the home place for two years, but since his marriage
which occurred in 1867, he has been engaged in farming for himself, and
has been a resident of his present farm since 1878.  He has held the
office of county assessor since 1886, having also held a number of 
minor offices.  His wife, whose maiden name was Samantha Shaha, was 
born in Ohio, and when a child was brought to Missouri by her parents,
Jackson and Elizabeth Shaha, who were also natives of the "Buckeye
State."  Mrs. Debery is the eldest of their eight children, and is the
mother of the following children: Ella; Effie, wife of Joseph Evans;
Charles, Vallie, Emma, Lilburn, Virgil, Atha and Montez.  Mr. Debery 
is a stanch Republican in politics, a member of the G. A. R. Post of
Montreal, the A. O. U. W., and he and wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

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