Biographical Sketch of Henry Henze, Gasconade County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Henry Henze, wine grower and farmer of Roark Township, is the son of
George and Elizabeth (Wedekind) Henze, natives of Hanover, Germany, 
born in 1793 and 1803, respectively.  They were the parents of six
children, all of whom were born in Hanover.  The father, for a liveli-
hood, followed bleaching linen.  He was a soldier under Wellington at
Waterloo, and at the battle of Hamburg.  Henry has two medals, one for
each battle, given his father for acts of bravery by the reigning 
Prince George.  In 1847 the parents and three of the children came to
America, and afterwards the other two children followed; one having
died in the meantime.  In 1848 they came to Gasconade County, and 
here the parents spent the balance of their days on the property on
which the subject of this sketch is now living.  The father died in 
1866, and the mother a year later.  The former was a Republican in
politics, and both were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Henry Henze was born in 1835, and at the age of thirteen came to this
county, where he remained with his parents until 1863, when he married
Mrs. Caroline Bradenburg, nee Voigt.  She was born in Prussia in 1836,
where she was married, and with her first husband came to this country
about 1858.  Four children were born to her first marriage, two sons
and two daughters.  To her union to Mr. Henze five children were born,
three sons and two daughters, and three are living of each marriage.
Mr. Henze is a Republican in politics, and both he and wife are members
of the Evangelical Church.  He owns eighty acres of land, seven of 
which are in grapes.  He has been a farmer and wine grower all his life
and is accounted as very successful.  For the last seventeen years he 
has taken more premiums and diplomas at the St. Louis Fair on grapes
and wine than any other man in the county.

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